Month: April 2012

Dear God: You Are Our Balance and Purpose~

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All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” – John 1:3
   Jesus Christ is constant and never ending…he surrounds us entirely with His love and His Spirit.  He finds ways to reach out to us when we are receptive of Him and His love.
 
   Jesus keeps us in perfect balance when we live by His word and do His bidding.  He is our constant flow of balance…he keeps all of “our ducks in a row.”  He supports our finding our way and being the source of strength to do so.  He is our enabler of all good things.  He is our conveyor and belt of life. 
 
 
 He is our purpose and our significance of all that matters.  Tests, trials, tribulations…He is there.  When we believe, He makes it so much easier to bounce back and push forward from the “ruins” of life.  Life can get messy, with jarring moments that turn us upside down, and tear us inside and out. But, with the Lord at our side…holding and directing us to tranquil waters, it is there we drink and are able to withstand the heat of any situation.
 
As we are all familiar with – God will not give you more than you can handle, and if He brings you to it He will bring you through it…all true.  And, most important God will ALWAYS show you a way out of any qualifying disturbance, emotional, physical or otherwise.
 
He is listening.  He is watching, and He is knowing what we need.  He knows what we need before we ask for it…or before we even realize what it is we need.  His tender hands offering us grace and mercy, and comfort.  His all consuming love full blown and significantly present in all we do.
 
The muddy and murky waters bring flowers of beauty…A mud flower is exquisite and yet its growth pattern needs mud in which to thrive. The light of God brings their beauty into play Every now and then we are as mud flowers as we go through murky times…We may feel as if we are sinking in a quagmire, but eventually we will find a way out with God’s help.  And, we will thrive in His care…like the beautiful flower that thrives in mud due to God’s care.  It still grows and it still inspires its watchers.  We in turn grow as we go through our personal trials and tribulations…and we can inspire others by example through Jesus Christ thereby giving Him all the glory.
 
God will always be there…Feel His presence, embrace your Christianity and most important feel His love.  What an amazing and beautiful sensation…For He is in us and we are of Him. The treasure of whom He is lies within us… It doesn’t get any better than that.
 
 
Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmaament shows His handiwork.”
 
Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.”
 
Matthew 22:37-38 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”  This is the first and great commandment.
 
Colossians 1:3 “We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.”
 
Philippians 4:1-9 “Be anxious for nothing.”
 
Psalm 142:3 “When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path.”
 
Revelation 7:17 “The lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd us and lead us to living fountains of waters.”
 
 
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Dear God: Your Kingdom Be Our Goal~

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"Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith..." Hebrews 12:2 KJV

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,  let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1( KJV).  Lord, we love to serve You and we are honored and humbled by Your love.

We are all in a race with our eyes set above – Your Kingdom be our goal.  “Your Word is truly a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.” Psalm 119:105…And Your Word is our guide to all we need to know in this world…bringing us ultimately to Your Kingdom…Your well of Living water, our lasting Eternity.

Your Word never fails to deliver truths,  or love …and You always provide a second witness to all of Your Word.  The Witnesses are those who have learned the truth, and know the truth.  “Cloud” refers to a figure of speech, which means a “large number.” 

We all strive to do Your bidding and live by the Word of Your Word.  Our diet consists of Your Word, Your doctrine of love, Your promises that You made to all of Your children. The Promise of Your Kingdom…Eternity.  Your Kingdom is within sight, our goal- YOU and Your Eternal Promises.  Our Kingdom, and our salvation.   “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 (KJV)

We should know that if we get “off track” that God will strive to bring us back. The Father yearns to have us finish the race and get to our goal – He does all He can to undergo transformations in our lives…to give witness and provide witnesses for His glory which reaches out to us.  His children.  He sees ahead and provides just what we need, when we proceed by faith and obide by His word.

When we stand on the Rock, Jesus Christ, we cannot and will not be shaken.  ” …because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
1 John 4:4(KJV) 

We may get off the track from time to time, but no one will dispel or take the truth from you.  You know God’s overall plan for us, and He is always with His mighty hand extended to protect, to love and to nuture us.  He always was and always will be – the Alpha and Omega – the beginning and the end. 

He is a consuming fire, a cleansing fire.  He devours the wicked,  He is the Holy Spirit, which will touch our hearts with passion igniting within us a fervent and undeniable euphoric existence.  His love is packed with generosity, and unconditional love.

He created us for His pleasure and wants us to live forever.  His love so great, so pure, so powerful – He is the “go to” for everything in our lives.  We cannot thrive and operate within this “world” that has copious iniquity without His guidance and His vibrant presence in our lives. Hebrews 12:28 (KJV) “Wherefore we receiving the Kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and Godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”

If Christ didn’t resurrect from the dead, we would still be in our sins…thank you Jesus.  Amen. “1 Corinthians 15:17 “And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”

If Jesus didn’t resurrect, than all those who died believing in Him would also be dead. We are children of a LIVING GOD.  We are Children of Life not children of the dead.  We serve a Living God, not a God  of the dead.  1 Corinthians “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”

For all who believe in Christ have the Kingdom in sight, eternal life with our Living God. We WiLL live for ever and ever.  We will walk into eternity.  We live.

 Death is Satan…Satan is destroyed in the lake of fire in Revelation 20:14-15.  He will be turned to ashes for ever and ever.  Thank you Jesus Christ my Savior and merciful God.  The Author Of Salvation, our Savior and our Lamb and King of Kings….He is why we can see the Kingdom clearly within our sight, the reason we Live for ever…the reason for the victory.  Praise Jesus Christ, thank you God!

1 Peter 4:11 “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be florified through Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen”

We need to understand fully the consequences of not knowing Jesus Christ..it is the major difference between the “lake of fire” or the “Eternal Kingdom” where we shall abide for ever and ever.  His blood cleansed us all…he took away the sin of the world, He sacrificed so that we may live.  His gospel shall be preached throughout the world…His Words live on in us as we feed and feed others.

Jesus Christ pulls us out of the darkness into the light.  He brings us into a joyful peaceful existence.  We become ALIVE when He saves us.  He is our umbrella that covers us with truths, protecting us with His grace and undeniable acceptance…and endless love.

Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”

Fantastic rewards await those who follow, live,  believe -and preach the Word.  As Jesus told Peter three times, ” Do you love me…Feed my Sheep” – so shall we continue in that fashion…as Jesus lives in us and we sanctify His glory and presence through our behavior towards others, and our structure of our daily lives.  

Help someone today to “LIVE” for ever – share the good news of Jesus Christ, and how much He loves us, so that they may enter the Kingdom of God.

 

Dear God: I Am in your hands~

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The Power of God’s hand was in the hand of Jesus~

God teaches us in a manner that makes His Word simple to understand, to those who are willing ot invite Him into your life. As Jesus our Savior taught in Rev. 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come into him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.”

 
Please note that action is also required on our part.  We have to be willing to open the door and to hear His voice with understnding.  To”sup” means to share much deeper truths.  We need to understand and realize He has our best interest in mind, and in His heart.  His hands are forever guiding us, holding us, touching us, loving us.  His magnificent hands.
 
We need to decrease so that he can increase.  John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.  He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.”  As we walk through our daily life, all of what we do must be for Him, and in Him. 
 
Our daily encounters, our ways…we must become small so He can become big.  He must be the focus of our all.  When we become so small is when we are finally refined into His image…we will be as fine gold, purified.  Essentially in the flesh, one will always fall short, until we are in our eternal spiritual bodies…but, we start our process in the flesh.  Our transformation through God’s hands as He molds us.  The Potter’s clay becomes more and more recognizable in Christ.
 
 He that is above all is the One knocking at the door.  Open the door to your heart and let Him in.  He will feed you.  you won’t want for knowledge or wisdom.  John 3:32 “And what He hath seen and heard, that He testifieth, and no man reviveth his testimony.”  If you are earthly and refuse to open the door, you won’t receive His knowledge and wisdom.  It’s that simple.
 
John 3:33 “He that hath received His testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.”  The seal of God is the truth set in your mind.    John 3:34 “For He Whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Him. The Father loveth the son, and hath giveth all things into His hand.” His hands.  His loving hands.  His guiding hands.
 
God didn’t give Jesus just part of the Holy Spirit. He gave all things into His hand. That is the reason that when Jesus touched someone, they were changed.  The power of God’s hand was in the hand of Jesus.  Amen.
 
Mark 1:30 “But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell Him of her.  And He came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her,and she ministered unto them.”  God’s hands.  God’s loving hands.  Healing hands.
 
Jesus touched her hand with His hand.  When Jesus touched someone, they were and are changed.  The power of the hand of God can drive out evil spirits and heal the sick.  His hands. His loving hands.
 
Isaiah 45:11   Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, “Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands command ye Me.  I have made the earth, and created man upon it:  I, even My hands have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.”
 
This is your Father.  He is the Creator of all and Father of all.  In His hands is the power to create the universe.  This is the Hands that uphold all things, and the same Hands that will judge us one day on the “great white throne.”  The hands that always reach out to help His children, no matter how many times they wander off course…not matter how many times they falter or fail.  The Father’s hands are always reaching out to save, and hold and love. 
 
God doesn’t keep dark secrets.  He has made known the salvation made available by His hand and Jesus Christ.  That salvation is avilable to all who will believe upon Him.
 
God’s salvation is available to all who will believe.  Isaiah 11:11 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and  from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the Islands of the sea.”
 
The power of the hand of God will gather His children from the four corners of the earth.  All Israel will be restored.  It will be glorious….and we will all rejoice in His marvelous works which His hand and His love have purposed.
 
Are you ready to extend your hand toward the Lord?  His hand is always there, and He is ever waiting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dear God: Thank you~

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Thank you Jesus…I love you~

He came to redeem the world.  He was despised, and rejected, bruised for our iniquities and infirmaties.  He poured out His Spirit unto death, so that we may live.  He is our Risen Savior.

This amazing selfless and loving act was for our benefit.  He was tortured and scourged. He defeated death.  He is the author of salvation.  He is the the one and only begotten Son of the Living God. Our Savior. Our King of Kings…Our Lord of Lords.

He died for us…Not an Easter Bunny…or a baby chick.  We are in search of a lasting and fulfilling relationship with Jesus Christ. Not in search of an “Easter Egg.”

The hunt is on for an intimate relationship with Jesus the Christ.  The sweetness of His love is better than any chocolate bunny rabbit. 

Savor His love, Savor His Word…and truly grasp the meaning of what He has done for us.

Hallelujah…He is risen~

 
John 3:16 (NKJV) “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.”

Dear God: You Became Our Passover~

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And the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us, and we beheld His glory.  The glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (NKJV)

 

 

 Dear Jesus –Thank you for freely coming to save us.  Words cannot express what you have done for us.  Our actions hopefully will be able to offer a semblance of how eternally grateful we are for your sacrifice…and your unconditional love.

Dear Abba Father –Thank You for bringing Your Son into the world to walk amongst mortals…and for Your extreme and ultimate sacrifice to “save Your children” from death and obscurity. We are unable to put into mere words how sincerely grateful we are for Your “hands of grace” and Your unconditional and powerful love.  But, if You will look within our hearts…You will “see” beyond measure, the depths of our love.

We reflect wholly on the importance of what You have accomplished for us. We meditate on Your Word and Your Love…and the infinite boundless Sovereign God that You are. The glory of Your existence…the one and only Living God.

 Your son, our precious Yeshua became our Passover…Our Savior, our triumphant Salvation of hope and eternal life.  Our Beacon of Everlasting Light…the beam and radiant truth that filters within our heart and soul.

Our hearts beat in anticipation of Your joyous return…We await with humble posture in reverence of Your Shekinah Glory.  Until such time…we strive to become more like You, to change as You continue to purify us. 

So in honor of what You did for us…we stand and praise You daily.  And, we are thrilled to be Your faithful servants.  Be glorified Father…You remain victorious in all You do.

Thank You…We love You~

 

 

1 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV)   “Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.”

1 Corinthians 5:8 (NKJV)  Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness,but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Matthew 21:5 (NKJV)  “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ “

1 Corinthians 15:4 (NKJV)  “and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures…”

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

Matthew 28:20 (NKJV) ” and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.