Friend, when we hear and read about the Lord there comes a day when we actually have the feeling that we understand.

It's a knowing within, that this is Truth.

We come to a "realization."

Much of what we have been meditating upon comes to Light in a beautiful realization of the Majesty and Glory of God.

It's like opening a door in our inner soul and allowing Him to enter and take up residence on the Throne.

From this position He can speak, and we hear. We are a believer, beloved of Holy God!

This is the work of the Holy Spirit. He strives with us from the minute we are born to reveal our Wonderful God to us and all Heaven rejoices when we finally come to the realization of who He is.

For all the readers of this blog, I pray "realization." In Jesus's Holy Name. Amen.

Friend, it's important to remember that believers have been made righteous in the sight of God by the accepting of His Sacrifice  (Jesus) and the Forgiveness of sins through the born-again experience of realizing that we are a sinner and not worthy to spend eternity in a Holy Kingdom of Peace and Love.

Yet, isn't this where most souls want to spend eternity? 

The Bible reveals a few things to us about our death as follows.

Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

2 Corinthians 5:8-10 We are confident, I say, and willing rather, to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For we must all appear before the Judgement seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus).

When thinking about life after death, those scriptures come to mind and the Holy Spirit has left these for us to meditate on and come to new realizations.

We find that God has made a Way for us to become righteous in His sight. His Son willingly became the Sacrifice required by a Holy God to pay for the sins of those who believe in God.

God doesn't take lightly the evil we get up to. It is against His Law and we inwardly know it.

If you have admitted to God that you are a sinner and you haven't repented, you need to get up the courage to repent of your ways. This means, acknowledging and turning away from those things which separate you from having a personal relationship with Him.

The Holy Spirit will help you as you walk along the path of life, to remove the multitude of sins from your mind, body and soul. He will enlighten you into the Way of the Lord and give you the knowledge you need to have a firm foundation on which to rebuild.

Learning about Jesus is the Key.  Jesus is called the "firm foundation."  Keeping our eyes and heart and mind fixed on Him is the best thing we can do to overcome sin, to find Love like no other.

When we accept Him as Saviour, He becomes our righteousness and we are found to be righteous - in God the Father's sight.

And, Friend, we don't have to be cleansed in order to accept the Sacrifice of Jesus. When we "get it" about what Jesus did for us, we can accept the Gift of Life He hands us and receive the righteousness we need.

There need not be a great ceremony for us to do this. Any time of day or night in private or in public, we can come to know Jesus as our Righteousness.

Friend, we must always remember that Christ died so that we may be free.

He did not die so we could be in bondage, huge chains wrapped around our ankles, keeping us from being free.

Those chains of addiction to mind altering substances; to ideas that won't let us grow in a spiritual way; to other people who destroy our spirit; to material things that have no spiritual value; to adrenaline urges and needs of the body - all those and more, He died for us to be free and get to know His Love and Plan for us.

Isaiah 56:5 Even unto them (non-Jewish believers) will I give Mine house, and within My walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name; that shall not be cut off.

Isaiah is telling us in the above verse that we have a place in the Kingdom and that God sees us as special and recognizes us and values us.

There is no need to continue to be a captive of satan's who has nothing to offer other than the fleeting "enjoyments" of the flesh during our time on earth.

Be done with all that and ask the Holy Spirit to help you when the demonic forces of darkness come back with their helpers to try to entice you again.

Again Isaiah has a Word for us in our battle against the enemy.

Isaiah 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousnes is of Me, saith the Lord.

We can say to the demons, "No weapon that is formed against me, shall prosper, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen."

Friend, we have to be an active Christian and participate in our faith.  We must know and understand who God is and how His Law works and use the tools that He has given us.

The Word of God is full of beautiful illustrations of how God helps us and gives us the antidote to the poison of satan and his army of demonic forces that plague us in the world.

God calls us to become mature in our faith and gain strength from His Word and eat daily of the Bread of Life so that we have the knowledge to overcome both for ourselves and others.

Isaiah is a great Book to read in the Old Testament. I highly recommend you read it and gain that strength that will help you and those you love.

Friend, it's time to celebrate!

Actually, every day is a day for celebration when you know Jesus!

This season of celebration is a time to remember the Great Gift that God the Father has given us. He asked Heaven, who He could send to earth. With all the meaning that request entailed, all Heaven knew that they could not answer the call.

This was a rhetorical question. God knew only He could be a Sacrifice and the Son said, "Send Me!"

No hesitation, the Word of God, the Son, (God) who spoke and the world was created, loved His creation so purely that He knew He would not abandon us to evil.

He saw our weakness, He saw the future, He saw the evil one overtaking us and knew that we needed a Saviour who would pay the Ultimate Sacrifice to cover all the sins of the world, past, present and future, once and for all.

Christmas celebrates the birth of the One who said, "Send Me, I will go."

And, so it was the Bible tells us, that the Word was spoken and prophecies were made as to the birth and death and resurrection of our Lord that we read about in the Old Testament.

We find in the New Testament that the Son did leave Heaven and all the Glory that was His to come as a lowly human, to grow and walk among us to heal and teach us and be led to the Cross according to all the Scripture prophecies.

As horrible as it was and as inhuman were his sufferings, we now celebrate His Birth because He came for each of us as individuals. He came to free us from the bondage of sin that had us in chains.

His birth is important because of the Great Gift of Sacrifice that He was prepared to make available to us.

Let us celebrate by giving, by honoring Him through worship, by loving one another and creating wonderful memories.

Forgiveness is key. Think Godly. "What would Jesus do?" "How would Jesus react?"

Friend, for you I pray a Blessed and Happy and Merry Christmas!

Friend, we have a choice every day. We can walk in love, as Christ Jesus has, offering Himself, a King of Kings, up as a Sacrifice for the Forgiveness of our sins.

If Christ our Lord has done this, we can attempt at the very least, to use His example as a stone of Remembrance when we interact with people in our own lives.

Today we have so many distractions from well-meaning "authorities" who tell us how to live and be happy.

But, the Bible, God's Holy Word has been given to us to show the Way of living and we should go to it for our inspiration and encouragement in all matters for life, because the Holy Spirit has worded it so beautifully and filled it with great meaning and shown us God's Law and Character within it's pages.

We do not need to listen to unbelievers and the purveyors of evil in the form of godliness (imaginary gods that have demons attached) that will benefit them only through sales of their books with supposed secret knowledge.

Don't listen to the soothsayers and astrologers and tarot readers. The Bible warns against them.  We do not have the Godly knowledge that can discern the real from the bad so the Lord asks us to stay away and depend on His Word only which is Pure and Holy. 

Satan has infected all the good things that God has allowed for us and he seeks only to deceive and hold us in captivity, eventually destroying us in our chains of bondage.

We do not need others to help us, Almighty God Himself who is above all others is there for us every second.

God seeks that we be Free in Him. The Bible says, that; Whom the Son sets free, is free indeed.

Also1John 5:12 He that hath the Son, hath Life (eternal); and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not Life.

John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

John is the Disciple to whom God chose to reveal the Book of Revelation.

Walk in love as best you can today and each day, grow in love and extend your boundaries to include more and more loving ways and thoughts, every day.

Let it start with us. Bless you, friend.

Friend, living cold-hearted is living against God - and we know it when we are being this way.

Anger and resentment and revenge are the order of the day when we are in this frame of mind.

We just won't accept that such a thing has happened to us and we rant against God and accuse Him of unfairness.

This is a form of pride also.

And God resists the proud.

Friend, the person who blames God and doesn't see the Goodness behind His actions is like the child who strains against his parents when they are truly loving him and looking out for his best interests. But the child just wants what he wants with no thought to the repercussions for his actions.

Maybe the pot on the stove the child wants to get to is full of boiling water!

It's like this with God. He's the Father who restrains and disciplines and chastens us through His Knowledge of what lies ahead on the path we have gone down. He doesn't want us to be hurt or to grow cold-hearted and full of our own self - prideful.

A prideful heart will not listen. Pride is all ego. It believes it is the great " me, my, and I" of all time.  

Even when we are not believers, He works in this way, because He is our Creator and He has given us this time to know Him. If He does not constantly try to show us His Goodness, our pride-blinded eyes will never see Him.

No, when we stand at the Judgement, we will see and know that He did everything He could to save us.

Today is the day to think about these things. A cold and hardened heart. A revengeful mind. An angry spirit and a lifeless soul.

God knows every thought you have ever had. He's seen everything you do - nothing is hidden from Him. About now is the time to turn to Him and look to Heaven for Forgiveness and repent of your old ways and begin the new journey of faith in Him and His Mercy.

Friend, you have been given another day of Grace?

How will you live it?

In denial of God's Mercy or in gratitude?

Choose today to spend the whole day differently than previous days.

Acknowledge God first - "Good morning, Lord, help me through my day, please. I acknowledge your Kingship."

Put aside certain thoughts. Choose one thing in your makeup that you will not do. Be rid of it and the damage it does to your mind which then affects your body.

Perhaps it's a thought pattern - critical, unloving. Perhaps it's anger at something that always happens - today choose to see that situation differently.

Is there something you wish you could stop doing and every day you slip into the same old, same old way, and you are left feeling defeated?

No, today let this one day be different! Focus and try and try again if you fail. Make it through the day and be victorious over the issue even if it is only a small victory.

Prove to yourself that you can do it with the help of Holy Spirit.

At the end of the day, examine your processes and victories and thank Him.

This is how you go day by day learning and teaching yourself new skills in the Lord. The Lord extends new Grace and Mercy to us each morning. We can start afresh every day.

Soon we find ourselves becoming strong in areas and of course, the world being evil will try to break you down and give you losses, but don't worry, "Stronger is He that is in you, than he (satan, your accusser) that is in the world."

If you want it, Victory will be yours. Jesus died so you could have Victory.

Just trust Him.