Joel 2:12"Therefore also now saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning:"
There is a feast prepared with the bread of heaven, we must gather all those we can, and bring them into the house of the Lord;and cry unto the lord" spare thy people O Lord and "Forgive us for we no not what we do. Let us come together, all the people, and hear what the Lord said; for the Lord says "Turn to me".
There are many going the wrong way, doing the wrong thing, following the wrong leaders, and traveling on the wrong road. Many on the broad road, yet Jesus said narrow is the way. God says turn, turn from our wicked ways, just turn and turn loose. Let go of the earthy and grab hold of the heavenly. Don't just turn your head giving the appearance of change, you know walking different but still going in the same direction. Let us turn our hearts with weeping and mourning, rent our hearts like it greatly grieves our souls to have sinned against God, rent our hearts, as we desire to never do it again. Rent our heart not our garments, make this an inward commitment and not an outward show. Rent our hearts, and turn to God with fasting and prayer, not the commitment of doing without meat for a day, but the commitment of doing without sin for a lifetime, as Jesus told the lady go and sin no more. Crucify the old man and his ways, walk in a newness of life.
Let us turn, and turn and fast, and fasten to him, and fasten on him, like Jacob holding on to the angel, and refusing to let go. We are blessed when we hold on to God. Grab on to him, hold to him with true devotion and loyalty, hold fast weeping for the wrong we have done to him, and the shame sin has brought to us, his beautiful bride. Hold on and wait for our change to come.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
He Prayed For All
John 17:20 " Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their words;"
Here we have Jesus praying for future believers, those who will believe the message of the early disciples.This is very precious, as Jesus prays for you, and me, He prays for us for all who believe the truth of His message this day and the days to come. Just think for a moment, who is the weakest believer on earth today? Who is the strongest? Only God knows, but think of the fact that Jesus prayed for each and everyone of us.
The purpose of a perfected unity is so that the world may know that God sent Jesus into the world to save it. But we the believer most be one with one message, that we might save a lost world.
Here we have Jesus praying for future believers, those who will believe the message of the early disciples.This is very precious, as Jesus prays for you, and me, He prays for us for all who believe the truth of His message this day and the days to come. Just think for a moment, who is the weakest believer on earth today? Who is the strongest? Only God knows, but think of the fact that Jesus prayed for each and everyone of us.
He prayed that we be one, there must be unity among all believers, for we are one body having one head, lead in one mission, to proclaim only one message; Christ and Him crucified. The standard for unity is the oneness between Jesus and His Father. We are to be one as the Father and the Son are one. We are to have the very same unity one to another. Having one mind, one heart and of one spirit "One Lord, one Faith and one Baptism". God has one request of man, to believe on the only begotten of the Father, and he prays that we be unified in this message and the request. Jesus doesn't just pray that we be unified, but that we be perfected in unity, perfected as one body. Many have been lost, because the believers have not been unified enough to penetrate the world with the gospel. God is willing that all be saved, Jesus died that all have a right to the tree of life, but we the believer have failed to carry a unified message into a non-believing world, so Jesus prays that we be perfected as one body.
The purpose of a perfected unity is so that the world may know that God sent Jesus into the world to save it. But we the believer most be one with one message, that we might save a lost world.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Jesus Christ Is The Way
1 Corinthians 9:16b "Woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel"!
The gospel of Jesus Christ , the power of God unto salvation. But did you know it is the power of God for everything that man needs.The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the message that will save man. In it lies the truth that will lead one in darkness into God's marvelous light. The gospel of Jesus Christ, from His birth, how He was born of a virgin, to His death, the perfect sacrifice for imperfect people, this is the power of God unto salvation.
He who knew no sin was made sin so we who was born of sin might be made free of sin. His death and shed blood as He died on a cross for the sin of the world. God's love given to man while we were yet without strength, ungodly, unholy, while we were sinners Christ died for us. Jesus was made a curse to free us from the curse. His resurrection, The new life we are given to live. How He rose on the third day morning with all power in His hands. The power for us to live a life pleasing unto God. The power for us to live a life that will lead others to the salvation of the Lord. Jesus the Christ and Him crucified the message that will convict and change a lost world.
With all the choices of religion before us, there is only one God; There are many bibles printed, but there is only one truth. We have the freedom to live any life, but there is only one life. And with the many roads we can travel there is only one way. Jesus Christ, the truth of Gods word, our eternal life and the only way to our heavenly Father. Jesus Christ is the way.
The gospel of Jesus Christ , the power of God unto salvation. But did you know it is the power of God for everything that man needs.The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the message that will save man. In it lies the truth that will lead one in darkness into God's marvelous light. The gospel of Jesus Christ, from His birth, how He was born of a virgin, to His death, the perfect sacrifice for imperfect people, this is the power of God unto salvation.
He who knew no sin was made sin so we who was born of sin might be made free of sin. His death and shed blood as He died on a cross for the sin of the world. God's love given to man while we were yet without strength, ungodly, unholy, while we were sinners Christ died for us. Jesus was made a curse to free us from the curse. His resurrection, The new life we are given to live. How He rose on the third day morning with all power in His hands. The power for us to live a life pleasing unto God. The power for us to live a life that will lead others to the salvation of the Lord. Jesus the Christ and Him crucified the message that will convict and change a lost world.
With all the choices of religion before us, there is only one God; There are many bibles printed, but there is only one truth. We have the freedom to live any life, but there is only one life. And with the many roads we can travel there is only one way. Jesus Christ, the truth of Gods word, our eternal life and the only way to our heavenly Father. Jesus Christ is the way.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Don't Let Go
Genesis 32:26 " And He said let me go, for the day breaketh,and he said ,I will not let thee go except thou bless me".
This journey we have embarked upon is one of faith. We must be willing to rid ourselves of the old man and all he stood for and stood with, and surrender ourselves totally over to the will of God. We must walk out on the promise of God's word and trust in all that it says, knowing that He will do just what He said.
See the love of Jesus creates in our hearts, love one for another. When we have Him, He lives within our spirits, His mind is our mind, his will is our will, and he is seen by others in all that we do. But first we must find Him; to find Christ, one just needs to seek Him. The writer says "I found Him"; I a man, found the Lord of Glory; I a slave to sin, found the great deliverer; I a child of darkness, found the light of the world; I the uttermost of the lost ,found my Savior and my God. Now I hold Him; Holding Him by not offending Him. First by being lazy, when the soul turns sleepy or careless, we tend to put Christ away. By beholden to Idols, for you can't serve two masters, nor hold on to two things. By being unwilling to be sanctified, or dwelling in an unholy house, we must remember to take Christ home with us, and let Him rule the house. If you only walk with Christ at church and never take Him home, you will soon part company with him forever. So hold on to Him and share Him with all.
The true blessing come when we hold on to God, through all of the trials and storms that come upon us in life. So often the storms and trials themselves are blessings as anything that makes you call upon the name of the Lord is in fact a blessing.Don't let the lies of the devil cause you to let go of the promises of God, and miss out on your blessings. Hold on to Him , for the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much. So pray without ceasing and watch God work in your life.
This journey we have embarked upon is one of faith. We must be willing to rid ourselves of the old man and all he stood for and stood with, and surrender ourselves totally over to the will of God. We must walk out on the promise of God's word and trust in all that it says, knowing that He will do just what He said.
See the love of Jesus creates in our hearts, love one for another. When we have Him, He lives within our spirits, His mind is our mind, his will is our will, and he is seen by others in all that we do. But first we must find Him; to find Christ, one just needs to seek Him. The writer says "I found Him"; I a man, found the Lord of Glory; I a slave to sin, found the great deliverer; I a child of darkness, found the light of the world; I the uttermost of the lost ,found my Savior and my God. Now I hold Him; Holding Him by not offending Him. First by being lazy, when the soul turns sleepy or careless, we tend to put Christ away. By beholden to Idols, for you can't serve two masters, nor hold on to two things. By being unwilling to be sanctified, or dwelling in an unholy house, we must remember to take Christ home with us, and let Him rule the house. If you only walk with Christ at church and never take Him home, you will soon part company with him forever. So hold on to Him and share Him with all.
The true blessing come when we hold on to God, through all of the trials and storms that come upon us in life. So often the storms and trials themselves are blessings as anything that makes you call upon the name of the Lord is in fact a blessing.Don't let the lies of the devil cause you to let go of the promises of God, and miss out on your blessings. Hold on to Him , for the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much. So pray without ceasing and watch God work in your life.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
He Gave That We Might Have
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish,but have everlasting life".
When the world said we were not fit to live, God felt we were to precious to die, and he gave His only begotten Son. He didn't do it because we loved Him , but because He loved us . Let us now take this love we have been blessed to experience and share it with another, that all may come to know the goodness of the Lord. Let us love in spite of, and share with a lost world the a love given to all who will receive it.
God so loved the world, He loved the whole world. The ideal that God loves the world is a new idea. The Jews believed God loved the religious and hated the nonreligious. These same thoughts are held by many in every generation, especially by the religious community. The Fact that God so loves is shocking. He loves the saint and the sinner. God loves every man, not just those who love Him but also those who reject Him. He loves the unlovable, unloving, the unbelieving, the obstinate, the selfish, the greedy, the spiteful, and the vengeful. The basic of God Love is his nature, for God is love. He didn't just love, He so loved. He loved so much that he gave his only begotten Son. He gave not only all he had but the best that he had, like Abel offering the best of his fruits, like the woman with the two mites, giving all that she had. He gave His only Son to suffer judgment for my sins and yours. He gave His only son to be punished for our sins. God showed His love toward us that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. He gave His only son to die for sinners. He did this so that we who rebelled against Him, we who cried with one voice "crucify Him and give us Barabbas, so that we the sinner might have eternal life with Him in heaven. He gave so that we might have, His Son died so that we might live.
He gave His all that we might have His all. God loves us , let us receive His love that we might fulfill His will and none shall perish..
When the world said we were not fit to live, God felt we were to precious to die, and he gave His only begotten Son. He didn't do it because we loved Him , but because He loved us . Let us now take this love we have been blessed to experience and share it with another, that all may come to know the goodness of the Lord. Let us love in spite of, and share with a lost world the a love given to all who will receive it.
God so loved the world, He loved the whole world. The ideal that God loves the world is a new idea. The Jews believed God loved the religious and hated the nonreligious. These same thoughts are held by many in every generation, especially by the religious community. The Fact that God so loves is shocking. He loves the saint and the sinner. God loves every man, not just those who love Him but also those who reject Him. He loves the unlovable, unloving, the unbelieving, the obstinate, the selfish, the greedy, the spiteful, and the vengeful. The basic of God Love is his nature, for God is love. He didn't just love, He so loved. He loved so much that he gave his only begotten Son. He gave not only all he had but the best that he had, like Abel offering the best of his fruits, like the woman with the two mites, giving all that she had. He gave His only Son to suffer judgment for my sins and yours. He gave His only son to be punished for our sins. God showed His love toward us that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. He gave His only son to die for sinners. He did this so that we who rebelled against Him, we who cried with one voice "crucify Him and give us Barabbas, so that we the sinner might have eternal life with Him in heaven. He gave so that we might have, His Son died so that we might live.
He gave His all that we might have His all. God loves us , let us receive His love that we might fulfill His will and none shall perish..
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Scapegoat
Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
When Jesus suffered and died on Calvary's cross, the sin of the entire world hung on his shoulders. This weight He carried, we are not designed to carry. Jesus suffered enormously so that we might be saved from "the sin that so easily entangles us" and be able to run the race he has set before us easier each day, that one day we might be with him in all his Glory.
Jesus allowed his flesh to be crushed, ripped, and torn. He suffered and died a gruesome death. He was the substitute who took our punishment, who paid for our crimes, that we might be made whole, that we might be made the righteousness of God. Through his suffering, we are blessed, through His death we have abundant life. It was our sins that pressed the crown of thorns on his head, our hatred that slapped him, and spit on him, our disobedience which mocks him. He was wounded for our transgressions, and died for our sins. It was by His bruises that healing was made available to all who will surrender their lives into the Masters hands. Jesus looked beyond all of our faults and he saw our need, and he supplied our every need.
Because of Jesus death, lost sinners can find their way back to the Heavenly Father again. Jesus, our mighty hero who poured out his life and his blood for us, and hung on a cross between two criminals, was no criminal himself. He was just our gentle Savior, who died for us, and now intercedes for us in Heaven. God now looks upon all who have truly committed their lives to Him, through lenses stained with the blood of Jesus Christ, and where there once stood a sinner, there now stands one washed in the blood of the Lamb
When Jesus suffered and died on Calvary's cross, the sin of the entire world hung on his shoulders. This weight He carried, we are not designed to carry. Jesus suffered enormously so that we might be saved from "the sin that so easily entangles us" and be able to run the race he has set before us easier each day, that one day we might be with him in all his Glory.
Jesus allowed his flesh to be crushed, ripped, and torn. He suffered and died a gruesome death. He was the substitute who took our punishment, who paid for our crimes, that we might be made whole, that we might be made the righteousness of God. Through his suffering, we are blessed, through His death we have abundant life. It was our sins that pressed the crown of thorns on his head, our hatred that slapped him, and spit on him, our disobedience which mocks him. He was wounded for our transgressions, and died for our sins. It was by His bruises that healing was made available to all who will surrender their lives into the Masters hands. Jesus looked beyond all of our faults and he saw our need, and he supplied our every need.
Because of Jesus death, lost sinners can find their way back to the Heavenly Father again. Jesus, our mighty hero who poured out his life and his blood for us, and hung on a cross between two criminals, was no criminal himself. He was just our gentle Savior, who died for us, and now intercedes for us in Heaven. God now looks upon all who have truly committed their lives to Him, through lenses stained with the blood of Jesus Christ, and where there once stood a sinner, there now stands one washed in the blood of the Lamb
Monday, September 21, 2015
Show Your Love
John 14:15 " If you love me, keep my commandments".
We must love as God loves us. God showed kindness and love to all humanity regardless of how they treated him. He gave his only begotten son that we might have everlasting life. When we love others the way Jesus instructed us to, we show the world we are his and we show the love of God to a lost soul that they might receive everlasting life.
The heart is the seat of man's affections, and devotion. The heart attaches and focuses our affection, will, and devotion to an object or person. The heart causes a man to will, or to give himself either to good or bad. To love Jesus means that a man focuses his heart, affections, and will, upon God by giving and receiving the love of God. We must give all we have and all we are to Jesus Christ for him to do as he will. We must deny our self daily, not deny our self of things, but deny self, we die to self and our will that we might live in Him for His will. This should be the action of our love for God.
Let us be careful not to give God simple lip service while our hearts lay with the enemy. Let us surrender our whole hearts and live a life of pure love unto the Lord, a life that He might be pleased with our testimony and we have everlasting life.
We must love as God loves us. God showed kindness and love to all humanity regardless of how they treated him. He gave his only begotten son that we might have everlasting life. When we love others the way Jesus instructed us to, we show the world we are his and we show the love of God to a lost soul that they might receive everlasting life.
The heart is the seat of man's affections, and devotion. The heart attaches and focuses our affection, will, and devotion to an object or person. The heart causes a man to will, or to give himself either to good or bad. To love Jesus means that a man focuses his heart, affections, and will, upon God by giving and receiving the love of God. We must give all we have and all we are to Jesus Christ for him to do as he will. We must deny our self daily, not deny our self of things, but deny self, we die to self and our will that we might live in Him for His will. This should be the action of our love for God.
Let us be careful not to give God simple lip service while our hearts lay with the enemy. Let us surrender our whole hearts and live a life of pure love unto the Lord, a life that He might be pleased with our testimony and we have everlasting life.
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