Scripture Verse Meditations - Thoughtful Contemplation of Scripture - Think on these things!
Ephesians 2:18-19
For through Him, we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
Paul the Apostle of God, says we believers have access to God The Father. He further states it is by The Spirit of God. He is the one who facilitates access to Him. The Holy Spirit of God is The One who is The Heavenly High Ambassador (God Himself) to earth until Christ comes again to reign.
He intercedes for us as our High Priest; taking our prayers to Christ; speaking to Him in the Language of Heaven with great groanings before The Throne of Grace and Mercy.
"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not, what we should pray for, as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." Romans 8:26 KJV
Paul also mentions that believers become saints in the eyes of God; and that is because of The Blood shed for us at Calvary by His Son, that we believe in - as our paid in full, account, that we could never pay.
But how can we call ourseves saints when we sin daily?
It is only by The Blood shed for us. When we accept His Great Gift offered to us from The Cross as He bled out onto the earth, we are counted as Forgiven, sin debt paid; past, present and even future are able to be Forgiven when repented of, to Him.
We must live in a constant state of repentance for we are sinners extraordinaire. We must study His Word to show ourselves approved. And we must listen to Holy Spirit who is guiding and helping us to overcome sinful lifestyles.
Believers should always be on an "upward to Heaven projection", sloughing off habits and lusts of the flesh; controlling the thoughts and rebuking the evil spirits that plague us. Our mind and heart should be in agreement with Jesus in all matters.
Trying to live for the world and live for Jesus is the same as serving two masters. Neither master likes it.
But being fully aligned with Jesus and proclaiming our allegiance to Him gives us Power to overcome every evil spirit. The Blood of Jesus has Power from on high. We must allow it full sway over our lives
In the days of Moses we find in The Holy Written Word of God that God instructed Moses to tell the Jewish people (slaves of Pharoah) to place the blood of a lamb sacrificed to God, over their doorposts; sides and top; so that when the angel of death came by at night, all the inhabitants inside the home would be spared.
Believers are those people inside. We have a blood covering on us individually when we accept Jesus's Blood shed at Calvary as The Holy Payment for our sin debt to The Law of God.
When God looks upon us, He sees The Blood of His Son and we are spared from the death that leads to everlasting torment in the fires of Hell.
We are more than spared. We are made fellow citizens with those whom God calls saints.
Prayer
Father God, thank You for giving to us Your Son's Blood; which cost You great agony; as a covering that cleanses and renews us from our dreadful state of unbelief. Help us to be diligent in learning the Word You have given to us to encourage and uplift our souls. Amen.
2 Corninthians 8:9
For ye know the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye, through His poverty, might be rich.
The Apostle of God, Paul who was saved by Jesus on the road to Damascus where Paul, whose name was Saul at the time, was going to bounty hunt Christians; to be taken back to Jerusalem, to be courtmartialed; writes to the church he started in Corinth, about the amazing love of Christ, Who gave up His Heavenly riches to come to the earth, to live in poverty, to save similar souls living in poverty, of Truth and Heavenly riches.
Paul is saying that Jesus; The Beloved and Only Son of The Most High God, Who is the Ultimate owner of all things, even the riches of the wealthiest men on earth; gave up the prestige, power, wealth, luxury, of Heaven, His Home, to come to earth.
The Glory that was His, the things of Heaven, were put aside to come to live as a woodworker's son in an earthly family; with half siblings, a human Mother and step-Father of earth.
What Purpose; for God always has Purpose and Truth?
To show His Love for all He has created; even while we were in sin against Him. To show He understands, and to make a Holy approved by God The Father, Way, out of the bondage of the evil realm.
God had sent angels before to earth to guide and warn the Jews, He had delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses, but not appeared in full form to him, He had given visions and dreams to Abraham, Sarah, Mary and others, He had spoken to the minds and hearts of prophets to write for Him; but He had not lived in a human woman's womb, nor an earth family from birth to death before.
Scripture says, it will never happen again. And this is because every thing that God does is Perfect the first time.
This was to be a long sojourn in human form, amongst the people of that day who were descendants of the two He created for The Garden of Eden.
Scholars estimate His life on earth to be around 33 years.
It was to be the First Coming of God on earth; prophesied by Him to the Jews. ( A second coming of a differnet sort is still to come.)
He told them He was coming through the Prophets, through King David.
He would experience pain, and the suffering of his family, and His extended family and friends in the everyday happenings of the flesh. His family mingled amongst the villages and went to temple; honouring God in all they did; for Joseph and Mary were both loving God in all they did. They were chosen by God to be His Son's parental carers in the flesh.
He didn't have to come to earth in this manner; He could have sent another flood or some such thing to wipe out the unbelieving sinners.
But His Law called for a Pure Sacrifice for sin to be Forgiven; and God had decided that mankind would not be annihilated completely.
He was going to be The Holy Sacrifice, for there is none Perfectly Purely Holy, but God.
He didn't come for the, "dedicated to Satan sinner."
But He made a Way for any of them to rebuff satan and his ways; to turn from their wicked ways, repent, to ask for Forgiveness and to believe in His Death, as the Way written in The Law, as the means to their Salvation.
We can't have Satan and The Son. Satan understood this when he finally woke up that Jesus was The Son of God, our Immanuel.
So Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, and Jesus, by The Word, held His Position. Satan is subject to Him and The Law, whether he likes it or not.
Today, any man or woman no matter the age, colour of skin, nationality, tribe or culture, has the human right from it's Creator, Jesus, to choose to follow Him, because of His Death and Resurrection where He paid for all sins of any who would come to Him.
Come and you will be Forgiven for all the sins you will be accused of when your soul goes before The Judge.
When The Books are opened every one of us needs to have a red blood check mark in the column that says Forgiven.
If you haven't received that check mark, now is the time to receive it.
Talk to Jesus with a repentant heart acknowledging He is your Saviour and Redeemer.
Prayer
Lord thank You for becoming poor for my sake. Help me to honour Your Sacrifice at The Cross that paid for my sins. Guide me into Holy Knowledge so I may become rich in You. Teach me how to honour You and follow You in this evil world. Amen
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
These words from Holy Scripture, spoken by John The Baptist a first cousin of Jesus were prophetic in nature.
Matthew, was a taxman under service to the Romans. He was much hated by his fellow Jews. He had become a believer in The Son of God and a man who understood the Scriptures of the day, The Torah, but also just a common working man.
Here he is writing to people who understood the process of farming wheat. Yet God has used him to this day giving Him the first book of The Holy Bible where He shows his knowledge of Scripture and his Jewish Heritage.
The process of separating the wheat from the "chaff" the unwanted plant growth was to spread the dried crop on the floor and fan it so that the wheat would stay and the chaff would be blown away from the wheat and gathered up for the fire. The chaff was useless.
John The Baptist was explaining to the people in Verse 11: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but He that cometh after me is Mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.
Matthew, here in The New Testament, is explaining John The Baptist's meanings from the Scriptures of that day, known as The Old Testament to us today.
They both say and so does this writer today, that Someone was coming Who was greater than John The Baptist who had the Power to gather all people and process them in a Great Garner in Heaven. The good He will keep like the good wheat, and the bad like the chaff will burn in the everlasting furnace.
This is a God Truth. He does not hide The Truth.
Jesus is the "Someone" who was to come. He was Who, The Baptist was revealing to People as God's Messiah coming to redeem them; saying they must repent of their wickedness.
Now, today we know that Jesus did come. We are in the New Covenant that God made with mankind. He would send His Son to pay for our sins and we have a choice to make. We accept His Offering or we reject by default of not accepting.
We must ask ourselves, "When I am shaken by this Mighty Power and unable to stand, but am thrown about with the billions of other souls; sieved in The Judgment, where will I land? Will I be in right standing with God?"
Will I be "wheat" or "chaff?"
Some souls express while on earth that they wish to be burnt up because there is nothing more after death, unbelieving in any God.
Angry and bitter with their life they deny God's Spirit calls to them their entire life.
Whatever our reasons for unbelief, God is God and will do as He has told us in His Word.
At an appointed time the earth will give up her dead and along with the believers of that day, they will be removed from the earth, except for the 144,000 who have an Heavenly mandate to carry out the Will of God for a short time.
Evil will have it's allotted time to reign fully.
Now is the time, the day to repent to God, and seek to know His Son Whose death pardons us.
Prayer
Lord thank You for the warnings in Your Word. You are a Merciful and Generous God for making a Way for mankind to be redeemed by Your Son. His Blood paid the Price I cannot pay and I am grateful. I will follow Him forevermore. Amen
2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Apostle Paul writes to the believers in Corinth, to search out the supernatural meanings in God's Word because they have eternal value to our souls.
In a way Paul is saying that the Gospel is hidden from the lost because when they read it, they do not get full understanding.
The heart must be turned to God as a seeker of Truth.
Paul says the things that are not seen in God's Word have eternal value.
The things we find in there are; that God is Holy Perfection. Everything He does and says is Perfect. There is no need to alter it. It stands eternal.
The things of this world we see will pass away. The whole world groans in decay yet it is designed by Him to do so. Trusting that He is Good brings that fact into clarity, for our minds to ponder the wonder of this life and the next.
So then, who is man?
The Bible reveals much about us, and what God's Design is, for us.
We haven't created our selves.
We have a Creator.
He is our God, and the world we live in, is His. It obeys His Will and Design.
In His Word, He tells man exactly how things are. He says we have transgressed from His Original Plan by our own Gift from Him of Free Will.
We haven't stayed with Him. We have gone astray, deliberately in some cases; denying His Sovereignty. We haven't used this Gift in the way we should have. But we can make that right. There's time, and now is the time.
At a point in His Plan for us, He brought to fuition His Plan to rescue us from our own foolishness.
His Plan displayed on The Cross; our Punishment taken upon Himself for our souls.
But, even so, some will not come to Him, He says.
By their own will they choose to live apart from Him; have judged Him to be worse than the evil one they follow!
We must all look deeply to the inner crevices of the soul; to see if we are following the evil one.
He's a master at manipulation. Ask oneself, "Am I caught?"
God cannot be deceived by anyone. He knows the innermost thoughts of the heart and mind of every thing He has created. We certainly can't blame Him for the condition of our soul.
We get caught up in the everyday grind of our lives, and we forget to stop and read His Word, that is full of wisdom and knowledge that will sustain us in our life.
Prayer
Lord thank You for making a Way for us from this life of decay into an everlasting life of growth and fulfillment in You. Amen.
Romans 8:37-39
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus.
Here in this Scripture, Paul is assuring us that; if we stay the course with faith in Jesus, we will be overcomers in all the aspects of life he mentions in the text, and that nothing will separate us from His Love.
This is Good News! We should rejoice that the mere fact that we believe in Him, because of what He has done for us, gives us an assurance that He will fight for us to overcome every obstacle we will face on this life's journey.
Paul says we are able to be more than conquerors!
All we have to do is to stay close to Jesus. Talk with Him everyday as if He is right beside us; because He is. Consult Him before decisions and choices. Get His advice and believe it is Righteous for living; for our best, in our walk through this life of flesh.
We also have the advantage of His Holy Spirit sent to earth to console us, to speak in Heavenly language in our pleas of requests to Him so that those prayers do reach His Heart.
We should be amazed at the lengths to which God has gone to reconcile with mankind. The Cross being the ultimate Price He paid to have fellowship with us.
Yet it shouldn't surprise us that so Perfect a being would not want imperfection to overcome His creation of all things.
By His Law which governs all things known and unknown to us, He maintains His creation; the universes of planets and stars, the animals, the peoples; all that exists.
When we desire to serve and please Him because of our love for Him and what He has done for us to know Him, we have a Powerful Force of Good that envelops us, and begins to teach us great and mighty things about Himself that enables us to live with peace in our innermost being; even as the wars rage around us.
How quick we learn and grow is up to us. He is long suffering; but we should never oppose Him.
We should never forget that God is Mighty and Powerful. If He is for us, we need never worry. But if we are against Him, not believing, we should be very afraid.
Prayer
Lord thank You for loving me. Help me to overcome every obstacle that seeks to hinder my spiritual growth. Fill me with Your Love so that I can love those who oppose me and You. Amen.
Galatians 3:2
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
In this Scripture Verse we are reminded that God made a Promise to Abraham that has become very well known. God promised to make him father of many nations.
This is a Great Holy Promise that has never been negated.
These Words of Promise hold true today and till the end of time.
Jesus was born into the line of Abraham and He came first to save the Jews, knowing He would be rejected by them and knowing His suffering and torment for souls to be free from satnic clutches, was going to include souls of people from all nations.
It is through Jesus that The Promise applies to us of other nations.
He is the stumbling block for many who want The Promise but this is God's Law of how it must be to satisfy The Law.
God sees us as individual souls. He knows us by name. He knows our thoughts. He knows our faults and sin.
When we accept Jesus as Saviour Lord and God, The Father immediately counts us as heirs with Christ in The Kingdom.
He sets us apart for teaching and instruction in His Word, for maturing spiritually, for being an ambassador for Him to save other souls from the fires of Hell.
We can never be an heir by any thing we have done or accomplished. It is through the finished work of Jesus on The Cross that we have access and inheritance in the Kingdom.
Therefore, believing in The Son, Jesus, that what He says thoughout Scripture about Himself for He is The Word who spoke the Bible into existence, makes us children of God.
Believers. That's what God is requiring of our soul; to believe in Him.
He says to us " I Am The Way, The Truth, and The Life (Everlasting.)"
Everlasting Life is what we need; and Jesus is The Way to it.
No one can enter but through His Death and Resurrection.
He paid the Price set by Law for us. He came to rescue souls from Hell.
We should be humbled. We should be thankful.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for so great a Sacrifice to give me Life Eternal. I am eternally thankful and give to You my full allegiance. Work in me a Good Work for Your Glory in Heaven. Amen.
Galatians 3:2-3
This only would I learn from you, received ye the Spirit by the works of The Law, or by the hearing, of faith? Are ye so foolish, having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Apostle Paul asks the Galatian believers why they are now trying to override their salvation by faith by hearing, and accepting the Work of Jesus on The Cross for them, followed by His Resurrection; by now trying to fulfill their Salvation through the works of The Law, the Old Covenant God had established through Moses and the Ten Commandments.
The Law had been added to by the rabbis over the centuries, and it had bound people in traditions and rituals.
Jesus came to fulfill that Law's requirement; because none could do it - all were continual sinners. Sin by The Law of God, was to be punished. Sin led the soul to Hell.
Paul is saying that they are free of The Law's punishment set for them.
Jesus paid the Price set by The Law of God. He was an innocent who took on the full Punishment of every soul He had created past, present and future.
The Law required that only a Pure and Sinless soul could pay The Price required by The Law to exonerate another soul. Mankind could not do this for themselves.
Now, since Jesus came and paid the Price for us, it is done.
Jesus is the Only Way that leads to reconciliation with God, Three in One, Triune, Father, Son and Spirit.
Still future souls were conceived of by Him and would and will be born into the world with it's ever present evil forces pervading our lives.
For His Purposes, this must be so. Yet He has made a way for us to have this life and even though we fall into sinful traps, we can still be reunited with Him in Heaven by standing firmly in belief that He is The Way, The Truth and The Life for us.
Jesus is The Only Way to Reconciliation with God.
Yet in this life there is another choice for living but it has a different outcome. It has the original outcome which is Judgment under The Old Testament Law.
Eternal Punishment.
But, God also wants us to know that we are to be workers in His Kingdom here on earth as well. These good works done by The Spirit of God in us and belief in The Son Who died for us, in humble servanthood to Him, are recognised as good by our Saviour.
Any work done to glorify our self or reward our self, will be judged by Him as chaff. It has no value in The Kingdom, for us.
Prayer
Lord thank You for dying for me and erasing my sins from my record in Heaven. Help me to be worthy to be used by You on earth. Teach and guide me into Knowledge, Wisdom and Truth. I will follow You. Amen
Romans 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
In Romans, Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ, is writing to the believers in Rome; about the Jewish people in Israel now under occupation by Rome; telling them he prays for the Jews that they may be saved in Christ. (Because since Christ came, they do not have to be under The Law and can be Forgiven.)
Paul says all an unbeliver has to do is say out loud to God, a confession of faith in what Jesus accomplished for them at The Cross of Salvation, Forgiveness and Redemption; and believe it in their hearts and mind.
God did this for every soul if they will accept His Kingship.
If we do not accept and confess to Him that we believe, we will not be included in His Work of Saving Grace.
He writes and says that the Israelites are zealous for God, but are ignorant of His Righteousness through the death and resurrection of The Son; and that they seek to establish their own righteousness by trying to obey every law that God has given plus those established by the rabbis.
Believers know today that we cannot gain the Righteousness that God desires, by doing good works continually, in order to pay for our own sins; as if they will cancel out the bad sinful ways.
Paul reminds them that Salvation is simple. Just believe that Jesus is Lord and that God raised Him from the dead. After all, it should be easy for them because they are living in the time of His Death having taken place.
Some could have seen Him in the flesh. They certainly would have heard about Him and what had happened to Him being a Jewish man, crucified.
God judges the heart on the belief in His Son. The heart holds the key; belief or unbelief. We cannot fool God.
Prayer
Lord, I believe in You. You are The Son of God who was crucified to pay for my sin. I believe I am Holy Forgiven through Your death and resurrection, as planned by The Father; as a Testament to all, that You are The Way. Amen.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the Promise.
Believers are reminded in this Scripture Verse that God made a Promise to Abraham.
We also call it a Covenant. In this Covenant God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations.
(This would include tribes, cultures, traditions. God is above them all, and does not differentiate peoples since Christ came to die for all.)
Paul was writing to the believers in Galatia; but his words uttered by The Holy Spirit though Paul; hold the same Truth for all who believe then and up through the centuries to now and all time.
When we have received Christ to ourselves, as believers in Him, and all He has done for us, we are counted in The Promise to Abraham.
Because Jesus is of the same lineage coming from Abraham, as recorded in God's Word to us, all who believe are counted as heirs with Him.
We are heirs, like Christ, to The Kingdom of God, because we believe in Christ Jesus. We become grafted into The Vine Jesus.
This is The Way to God; through The Son's death and Resurrection.
It is God's Promise to all. But if we deny it then God allows that as our Free Will choice but we can not claim The Promise also.
We should be humbled by so great an inheritance.
Without The Holy Blood shed by Jesus at The Cross, we would receive nothing but damnation from God.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank You for Your Sacrifice. The Father's Plan shows His Great Love for You, and through You, we receive His Love for our souls. Amen.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work.
When Scripture tells us that "God is able," this is an all encompassing statement about God.
We can be sure He is Holy Perfection Able in all things, to help us walk in His Will for His and our good.
This Word from God Himself by His Holy Spirit spoken by Apostle Paul is a great daily affirmation for the believer.
"Almighty and Powerful God is able to make all His Grace abound towards me that I may do good works according to His Will, in His Name, and for His Kingdom."
It is a Scriptural Truth that we should allow to settle in our hearts, to guide our thoughts and actions, daily.
We should allow His Word to be the filter, through which we view the world, and it's functions, and all who are alive in it.
When He is in our heart and mind, filling all the nooks and crannies; making us whole in Him, we will fulfil our life's calling.
Peace and beauty will fill our hearts and minds and be the Helper in all our decisions and choices.
Because, no matter what He asks of us, and what may come our way due to the evil realm's hatred of us, we know that we can do all things according to His Will.
We know He will strengthen us in every aspect of our lives to overcome every obstacle.
Yes, we may fail Him, but He will never fail us. Everything He does is Perfect.
Our failures, when repented of, He will Holy Forgive.
Every morning is a new day full of Mercy and Grace.
God is able!
Prayer
Lord thank You that Your Grace and Mercy follow me thoughout my life. Help me to abound in good works for You. I ask You to bring to my heart and mind these Word of confirmation; that faith in You gives me the assurance that Your Grace abounds towards me. Amen.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it good or bad.
Will every soul from earth be judged?
In this Holy Scripture Verse, God, by His Holy Spirit, makes it clear.
All are under His Law, and all will be judged, for the things we have done while in the flesh and living on earth; either good or bad according to Law.
As we study His Word to us, we find that there are two types of Judgment.
One is for the unsaved, and one is for the saved.
Yes, even the saved are judged for the works in His Name, we have either done or not done according to His Will and not our own.
But those found to be washed in The Blood of The Son of God, are judged in a different Heavenly Court than the unsaved; the ones who rejected Him while in the flesh.
In spite of our own desire; when we see Him in all His Majesty, we all, will fall to our knees, because of the Magnificent Power, Light and Truth we see before us.
We all will know He is Almighty God over all things. We will fully understand that He is All Knowing, All seeing.
We will realise we were fools to trifle with Him. We will see that we were game players against Him Who had all the Power.
We chose wrong. The gamble did not pay off.
His Purity and Holiness will be fully evident and the Glorious Light will overpower every argument against His Perfect Existence.
The Bible tells us there will be much "weeping and gnashing of teeth," by the unsaved and deep regret for rejecting Him and for the realising it is too late to claim Him as their own.
Their fate was always before them and now the time has come for The Judgment.
Some unbelievers will be unrepentant; the truly evil. But the foolish will be gathered like the chaff with them, to receive their sentence.
It will be too late for repentance.
Repentance is for the living to choose.
The evil realm caused our Mighty One to be slaughtered at The Cross. And He went willingly to it because of His Love for mankind; His creation.
If mankind does not receive Him into their heart; preferring satan, God will separate us once and for all.
Everyone will know their fate is sealed. They will understand that they had a choice and it is too late now they have shed the flesh.
Prayer
Father God thank You for Your Son Jesus. His death and resurrection have paid the price, owed to You, for me and I am grateful. Amen.
Luke 11:9-10
And I say unto you, ask and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
In this chapter of Luke we hear Luke speaking of Jesus answering a disciple's question about how to pray.
Previous to this verse, He had given what we now know as The Lord's Prayer.
This is advising us that God will answer our prayers. All we have to do is ask with a seeker's heart, to receive the answer.
What can we ask for, and know ,without a doubt that we will receive; that of which we ask Him?
What can we find for sure if we ask it?
And when we knock on the Door of Heaven, what is it that will release the door for us?
It's when we seek the same things that God has to give us, that we receive.
It's when we seek His Will in all things pertaining to our life on earth and for Eternal Life.
The first thing to ask for is Forgiveness with a repentant heart; for not recognising Him as Sovereign; for not accepting His Son's Sacrifice for the sin nature we have taken on.
God wants to pour out on us the riches of His Glory; this is what Scripture says.
If we're not in agreement with Him, our will aligned with His, the gifts will not be received by us.
We won't even recognise them or that we lost them; because we live in darkness and He is Light.
When our heart is enveloped in His, He cannot deny Himself the pleasure of giving to us all we ask because our will and His are aligned.
Prayer
Lord thank You for your long-suffering towards me. I repent of my foolish behaviour. I ask You to cleanse me from unrighteousness with the Blood of Jesus who died so I may have Your Forgiveness. Help me to walk closely with Jesus daily. I only wish to walk in Your Will, and ask that You will make provisions for me to do so. Amen
2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Here is a simple and concise verse for all believers to memorise.
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor. 5:7
Use this Scripture often when confronted with temptation, when surrounded by the rabid dogs of hell that are seeking for your soul to devour.
Say it out loud even.
Remind yourself daily by speaking, "I will walk by faith, not by what I see."
In this Scripture we are reminded by the Holy Spirit; that much is going on around us that we do not see. But, God sees all. He knows the intent of every heart.
He sees the one controlled by demons; and will keep those who believe in The Son, safe, with warnings, and delays, but when we walk in our own strength and understanding, we will push aside the hedge of protective angels He has assigned to our problem, and we will be hurt.
But that is our free will choice to do so.
When we choose to not walk in faith that He is Good, and only has His Best Intentions in play for us, we leave room for satanic involvement and beings, to enter.
Prayer
Lord thank You for giving to me, faith. Strengthen my mind so that I will become strong in faith, able to stand in any fire and cross over the stormy seas knowing You will be with me through it all in this life and after. Therefore, I set my mind on You and Your Word. Amen.
1st Corinthians 6:12
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: for all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under power of any.
When we become saved by the Blood shed at Calvary for our sins, we undergo a change of thinking.
The Potter begins His Work in us.
Jesus by The Holy Spirit begins a new work in us; because we have come into agreement with Him, and received Forgiveness. He sanctifies us; sets us apart from unbelievers, and starts to teach us His Way, to keep us on the Path of Righteousness, which begins with receiving The Blood covering from His death and resurrection.
He sets us apart from the unbelievers in that we are not counted anymore as unbelievers; the biggest sin.
The Holy Spirit works with our spirit to convict us of the unrighteous things present in our lifestyles to bring us closer and closer to Holy Understanding.
After the born again experience our conscience is seared for right and wrong.
We no longer dismiss the Spirit's warnings; now we listen and turn away from sin because we are cognisant of what it cost our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus to redeem our souls from the evil domain.
In this Scripture, the Apostle Paul explains how he feels and has written a verse for us to memorise; to strengthen us against the wiles of the devil.
Paul has been convicted by The Holy Spirit to abstain from whatever legalistic views he had in the past. Since his encounter with Christ Jesus, he is sensitive to The Spirit of God, who helps him to overcome wrong thinking.
The demonic world is completely evil, it comes against believers even more strongly, because it knows, that if we speak and testify of the freedom in which we now live, their world will grow weaker. They use many means, they invade our thinking daily, and for some unbelievers it's as if evil is at the helm, steering them into dark waters all the time.
When we are faced with committing sinful deeds, returning to the dog's vomit, we can use the Word of God, and speak to the demonic force;
"All things are lawful to me, but not all are expedient for me to indulge in. I am a believer in Jesus, and this will cause what He did for me at the Cross to be null and void. I will not partake. Leave me alone. I will follow Him and be free from you."
We understand the great cost to Jesus to give us this freedom, and we have no desire to sin again. The sin in mankind is what brought Jesus our Saviour to the Cross. We no longer have the desire in our spirit to sin. But the flesh is another matter. It fights against our spirit; until we gain a foothold that is so rooted in our faith and belief in Jesus, that evil flees.
When we came to the foot of The Cross to surrender our self to Him; He symbolically washed us in His Blood, which cleanses us to make us Righteous before The Father. Because of His Great Sacrifice, The Law has been satisfied. He took on all punishments for all; even those who will never believe.
There are armies of angels ready to help us so we do not stumble through life. But we are rebellious souls who sneak and skulk around in demon stories, denying the Power of The Blood, while giving our power to them to hurt us even more than they already have.
All we have to do is call on Jesus with a repentant heart, one that understands that it is a sinner.
Come to Him in the rags of your decadent life, and He will give you peace from the demons.
Prayer
Lord thank You that You died for my sins to be Forgiven by The Father's Perfect Law. Help me to repent quickly when I slip, slide or fall, on life's journey. I want to stay on the Path of Righteousness. Amen
2Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instuction in Righteousness.That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
This letter was written by the Apostle Paul to his faithful and loving friend in the Lord, Timothy. Paul met Timothy on one of his missionary journeys and Timothy became a scribe for him.
Timothy travelled onwards with Paul on his missionary journeys, and stayed faithful to him when Paul was imprisoned.
Timothy was a faithful believer in Jesus The Christ of God.
Paul's letters to Timothy make up two books in the New Testament. They are "mentoring" type letters; for instruction; to encourage Timothy in his ministry.
These two verses show the heart of Paul's ministry and tell us what he believed, having had the amazing encounter with Jesus after His death and resurrection.
Before Paul became born again by that experience, he was a highly educated scholar of the Jewish Talmud. Now at the end of his life he is writing to Timothy and stating that all Scripture has great value to mankind.
He is convinced, and knows in his heart, that all Scripture is inspired by God; to guide, teach, reproof, correct thinking, about the whole of our lives, both the natural in the flesh and the supernatural of the spirit.
Having spent much time in jail, he has had the time to meditate about everything he has lived. How he fervently believed that Jesus was anti God and a heretic; how he hunted down believers in Christ to bring them to trial; how he stood by when Steven was stoned for preaching Jesus and so much more.
He has realised that he was legalistic in his thinking and that the whole of his studies actually were God telling the Jewish people that He was going to send a Saviour, and now in his time, that Saviour had come, and he had not recognised Who He was.
Now he understands and sees those same Scriptures illuminated by The Light (Jesus) and The Holy Spirit.
His thinking has been corrected! He has been instructed in Righteousness! He has accepted Jesus as Saviour. Now he fully understands that Jesus came for all people; not just one nation of people and that Jesus is God in the flesh.
Paul knows that he does not deserve Holy Forgiveness for what he had done in his younger years; the persecution of others who actually believed in the Truth.
But he has realised his wrongdoing and has confessed his regret and the part he played in the persecutions and has received Forgiveness from Jesus.
This Pathway to Righteousness is the same Path we all can take for the sins of our youth. Every soul in the flesh is offered this Way.
All we have to do is put down our weapons of warfare against God; the incorrect thinking, the words that persecute believers, and choose before God to follow His Son, Jesus through The Cross where Jesus laid down His life so we can receive Forgiveness from God; and we will receive.
The Spirit will start a new work in us to make us "furnished unto all good works" for the Kingdom.
Prayer
Lord thank You for providing Your written Word for us to study and meditate upon. Thank You for The Holy Spirit who is able to instruct, and correct us through Your Word. Keep me on the Righteous Path, and help me to be the believer who holds a lamp to illuminate Your Holy Knowledge. Amen
Romans 8:10
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is Life because of Righteousness.
The Apostle of God, Paul who had a personal encounter with Christ after He was risen to the Father, speaks these Spirit inspired Words for all people for all time; through the Holy Knowledge he received to be an Apostle.
Here Paul a scholar of The Talmud, explains the state of our soul; both before and after our Salvation which is the Holy Sanctification of our soul to The Father through belief in The death and resurrection of Jesus at The Cross; as the means by which we are Holy Forgiven for all sins, past, present and future.
Paul is describing his own journey to faith.
The body is dead, he says. This means the flesh which carries the sin nature has been crucified with Jesus; sin caused the punishment of death of the flesh.
And an innocent who never sinned was the Only One who could pay the full cost. There was none on earth born of the flesh, who could ever pay the required punishment ordained by Law for Perfection.
There was no sin in Him; our Lord and Saviour. He fulfilled The Law when He said, "It is finished!"
Since that time, all mankind has had The Holy Right to be Sanctified; to stand as Righteous before The Father, Son and Spirit both in what is left of our life on earth, and in the afterlife; the supernatural realm, where with supernatural eyes, we will see, and be known by Them.
In this life our body will continue to decay, and the Spirit will contend with us in the Justification process; the renewing of our mind; the convicting of our soul, the shedding of traditions, cultural beliefs, wrong teachings to bring us into deeper and deeper Fellowship with our Lord.
For us to be useful in The Kingdom while on earth.
The choice is ours to be made while on earth. It's important to not put it off, for we do not know what will happen even from one minute to the next.
God will not bring an infected with sin soul, into The Kingdom for Eternity.
This is our time, right now, this earth life, to open our eyes to see the majesty and perfection of the world He created; the animals and plants, the rocks, mountains, oceans, and the sun, moon and sky, planets, the weather, and tides; to wonder at the loveliness of these.
They show the Power, and Beauty, the perfect detail of a Majestic Profoundly Gifted to Create, Complete, lacking nothing, God. A God Who controls Himself through His Own Perfect Law.
There is no darkness in Him, He is Light.
And when we look at His Written Word, The Bible; we find Perfect Truth and Law which cannot be denied.
And we should come to the conclusion that we are not smarter than God. We will understand that He cannot be fooled by anything we might dream up to try to fool Him.
All our lives many of us have been liars. We lied to parents and got away with it. Then we lied to teachers and friends, then we lied to police and courts; but in The Court of Heaven our lies will be revealed as just that.
This time, right now is our time. We must make a wise choice.
Prayer
Lord thank You for Your Righteousness that covers my unrighteousness and makes me clean before The Father. Help me to be a light for others to see the Righteous Path. Amen
Mark 5:34
And He said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Jesus spoke these Words to the woman who had an uncontrollable bleeding condition.
For many years she had sought help from physicians and cures to no avail.
She was aware of His fame. He had healed many people and miracles happened before people's eyes!
Through word of mouth she heard He was coming into her village. She believed if she could be in His Presence, she could ask Him to help her.
She seized the once in a lifetime opportunity, and made her way to the area where He was already surrounded by throngs of people; a multitude, impenetrable, as He walked through the streets with His Disciples.
It seemed as if she would not get near Him but she pressed on as best she could. She positioned herself ahead of Him, and as He walked by, she reached out and touched the hem of His garment.
Many people were calling to Him and brushing up against Him but He felt His Own Goodness flow from Him and He stopped; spoke to His Disciples, asking, "who touched Me?"
Of course He knew, but faith requires us to show oneself.
It was the touch of someone who believed in His Holiness, His Goodness.
It was a genuine meeting of her spirit with His Spirit, when she touched Him, and His Holiness which is Wholeness, flowed from Him to her.
He understood she had faith in Him, because this wouldn't have happened.
This was a moment that was Pure and ordained by God.
The woman came forward, and fell at His feet. She told Him of her blood issue and He answered, "Daughter, your faith has made you whole."
We too can have this kind of faith in our Lord. A simple, unadorned faith of purity and love for Him, Who came to earth to show us The Way through belief and therefore faith, in His Death and Resurrection.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that faith in You makes us whole. I submit to the journey with You through my life and ask You to help me to be obedient to all You ask of me. Help me to quickly make the changes you ask of me, and to do the things you ask of me. Amen.
Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made (mankind). even His Eternal Power and Godhead; so that they (mankind) are without excuse.
Paul is writing to the Roman church fellowship, and very clearly lets them know; that God has shown Who He Is through creation, and given them, all mankind, a mind to think on the how and why of creation.
Through looking deeply into any aspect of the created things that surround us, we will be led to God as Creator; if we put the pride of our own intelligence aside.
We do not develop our own intelligence; either satan is behnd our thinking processes, or God is.
When we look with awe and wonder in humbleness for the beauty and Perfection we see, we will see His Power, Majesty, Perfection and Truth in all that He has created, including every human being.
The Apostle Paul a great learned man of God; a studier of Scripture and The Prophets writings, says to us in The New Testament, that we are created to understand that God has Eternal Power, and for us to deny that, is not an excuse we can ever use against God Who Is Law.
Ignorance never equals innocence.
There are religions that appeal to the superior intellects of this world, but they are false religions meant to deceive mankind, devised by man under the spell of evil; loving his own deductions.
They hold no value with God, even if they espouse good morals, and deeds, and rituals to keep us on track .
It is only the Blood of Jesus that saves. Nothing else. We can never do enough good worlks to get us saved from Hell.
If we think we have a sufficiently great mind to understand the things of God without His Holy Spirit, we leave room to be guided by demomic spirits masquerading as "good, enlightened beings," which fill our mind with "things that make sense" or deductions designed to appeal to our ego having "discovered" something great.
But brilliant minds, humbled to The Spirit of God throughout the centuries, have studied God's Holy Word, and have come to realise that only a Pure and Holy Good God could be the Author.
We shoud seek to be like them. Humble seekers.
Prayer
Lord thank You for Your Eternal Power and Godhead. Help me to see You in Your creation and wonder at the brilliance of Who You Are. I know You will meet me there, and guide me into Your Presence. And, I thank You. Amen
1st Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
In this Scripture the Apostle of God, Paul, describes by The Holy Spirit, to mankind, down through the ages, the state of our soul before we come to Christ and accept Him as our Saviour King.
Until we listen to the Voice of The Spirit we think of Godly things as foolishness.
Many people, sure of their own mind's thoughts, loudly speak out against anything to do with God, Jesus and Spirit and call belief in them; foolishness.
They proudly, disdainfully, spitefully rail against Christian believers, The Bible, the Disciples, and The Law.
This type of thinking is allowed and has it's consequences at the end of a life. Denial of God brings separation from Him for why would they want to be in His Presence for eternity? God honours their choice made on earth.
But the born again believer has chosen God, and at his death He will be welcomed into the Presence of God receiving Eternal Life and saved from eternal damnation.
We must choose which scenario we want to have in the afterlife.
Do you prefer Eternal Life or Death?
Ask your "self."
Today, right now, we each have the right given by God to each soul on earth, to choose Him or to choose satan.
Even if we have wilfully chosen satan in the past; while we are alive, we can dump him and choose Jesus Who came to make a Way for us when He went to The Cross.
But, the choice has to be made while the soul is on earth. After death when we see God in all His Majesty and realise He is Who He said He Is, will be too late.
Choose Jesus now and if you are genuine, Jesus will meet you in whatever state evil has brought you to and He will begin to restore your spirit, and soul to Himself.
By His Holy Spirit He will guide and direct you to The Holy Bible to learn great and mighty things you previously have not understood. It is a life journey of closeness with your Creator that will keep you occupied the rest of your days.
This new state of your soul cannot be taken from you against your will. Fight to stay with Jesus He will help you overcome the temptations that satan puts in your way to win you back.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for guiding me to Salvation in the Way that only I would understand. You are my King. Help me to honour You all my days. Amen
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of The Lord is upon Me, because He hath annointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
These Spirit filled Words of Christ are recorded in Isaiah 61:1-2.
Jesus read them out loud from the Torah in the Jewish Synagogue in Jerusalem on a Sabbath Day, surrounded by worshippers and the elders of the temple; as per Luke in 4:18.
After He had finished reading He rolled the scroll and sat down.
All eyes were upon Him.
He spoke thus; "This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears."
He was saying to them " I AM the One of which this Scripture speaks. My Father has annointed Me to do these things."
Scripture is God's Holy Word. It is His means of speaking once, and for all people, for all time. It will not change.
It tells us of the coming of One who was annointed by The Spirit of God, to preach the Good News from God, and to heal and set the caprives free from the oppressor, Satan.
Yes, we are captives of satan before we are set free by our acceptance of Jesus's Sacrifice, done for us while we were in sin.
God sent Him to fulfil His Plan of Redemption. All who will, by their own choice, may be Redeemed, and satan has no say so. He has to let us go.
Prayer
Lord thank You for coming to set me free! I was a captive to satan. Forgive me Lord for the things I have done whilst a captive to that evil one. Help me to speak to others about their captive state and give them the Good News of Your Love and Sacrifice for them. Amen.
1 Corinthians 2:9
But, as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the hearts of man, the things that God hath prepared for them that love Him.
How beautiful this Scripture Verse is!
God has prepared something amazing for mankind who believe in Him, those who love Him; and through love for Him, are obedient to Him - to keep themselves from evil because they love Goodness.
God has prepared something for each and every one who believes in Him! Something that we cannot visualise and cannot fathom; even if it was told to us verbally; something not earthly, like we see the earth and skies now.
It is God's Good Pleasure to create for us, this thing of beauty and safety, because God is a Giver of Good things; to those He loves, and who love Him.
He desires to "outdo" Himself because we who love Him without seeing Him, we who trust Him and have faith in Him are precious to Him; as little children are precious to earthly parents.
He understands that He asks a lot of us; to throw aside all of what we know and see on the earth, to believe in something we cannot see, or truly know, until we are in Heaven; to walk by faith.
But these are the type of people He knows have the character, attitudes, the purity of thought (not contaminated by evil) about Him; that The Kingdom requires by Law.
In these people the heart and mind has listened to The Spirit of God and has accepted Jesus. They believe that He is a Good God who loves them and made a Way that cost The Father and Son everything they held dear to Themselves.
These believers accept as Truth, that His Beloved Son was sent to be a Sacrifice for all.
God desires all will come to Him.
Jesus died even for those who don't believe; and all have a right while alive on thhe earth, to accept His Sacrifice for them. But many won't and those will not be admitted to The Kingdom; for man is not equal to God. He is a created being;- created subject to God's Will and Law.
In this Way/Law those who hate God will never have to be in His Presence or abide by His Law. They will be with the alternative; Satan, and he will have power over them.
Believers know that by having a thankful heart and mind for the Gift of Forgiveness through Jesus The Son, we will be renewed by The Blood He shed at Calvary.
Throughout our life's journey wherever we go, and whatever we do, we will be guided by The Spirit into new life in our soul; the part of us that God created for Himself.
Our flesh returns to the dust of the earth because it is of the earth, but the soul is of God, and He decides where it shall go.
This Scripture sums it all up for us, when it says " the things that God has prepared for them that love Him."
We are judged on our love for His Son.
Prayer
Lord thank You for Your Love for me. It is so Perfect and far above what anyone here on earth can give; far above what evil offers. Help me to remember that You are preparing a place for me even while I live; so that I may be appreciative and accepting of the work the Holy Spirit is doing in me, to renew my mind and strengthen my faith. Amen.
Galatians 3:27
For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ, have put on Christ.
In this short Scripture Verse, the Apostle Paul speaks of baptism and what it's most simplest meaning is.
There is also a note of Truth that baptism is necessary.
In those early Christian days, people were baptised very soon after becoming born again by The Spirit of God.
Having a desire in their heart after hearing the Message of the meaning of The Cross and Jesus's Resurrection, people would be baptised in the Name of The Father, The Son, Jesus and The Holy Spirit .
It was a public demonstration and declaration that they were submitting themselves, the flesh, soul and spirit to God Triune.
This baptism is a conscious acceptance of Jesus as Saviour Lord; knowing who Jesus is to them. It represents the washing away of a sinful life in the flesh and becoming reborn in flesh, soul and spirit when one comes out of the water.
Jesus, Himself, underwent water baptism by John The Baptist in the river where John was conducting baptisms under The Law. When our Lord came up out of the water, a dove lit upon Him and a Voice was heard from Heaven.
"THIS IS MY BELOVED SON." (The Father spoke audibly.)
This baptism of grown people is very different to water baptism of a baby, who cannot consciously by their own will, choose to believe in what Jesus has done for them, and be baptised.
We should only be dedicating babies to Father, Son and Spirit; giving them to God for safe-keeping of their minds to not be sullied by evil until they can at an early age of understanding know who Jesus is to them; and when the heart's desire is to be water baptised, choose to be baptised into Christ for all time.
Will The Father also call us His Beloved when we emerge from the water baptism?
I believe it is a name He uses for those baptised; knowing we are Forgiven by the death and resurrection of His Beloved Son.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for teaching us through Your Word what is required of us as a sign to Heaven and earth, that we wholeheartedly believe in Your Son, and wish to be followers of Him. Prepare my heart to do Your Will in all ways. Amen
Romans 8:1-2
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the Law of The Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from The Law of sin and death.
Paul, the Apostle of Jesus, explains to the Roman believers, how the two Laws we read about today in The Holy Bible, are so different.
In the Old Testament God spoke directly to Adam, revealing to Adam that everything in the Garden was his domain, but only one thing, he could not eat; unless he should die; and that was, the fruit of a certain tree.
God desired Adam and Eve to walk with Him in harmony of spirit to Spirit (theirs to His.) This is God's Will for mankind; to have communion with us.
Here we see in this Scripture, that The Law of sin and death was caused by the original sin, of Eve and Adam.
Death of the flesh was brought into the world by the disobedience of Eve first, followed by Adam. They did not believe God when He told them that they would surely die if they ate the fruit; but they believed the evil one when it intimated that God is a liar.
Death became common place on the earth after that sin by Eve and Adam; of not believing God, but choosing to believe the evil entity disguised as something mild mannered and intelligent.
The sin of the first couple ushered in violence, anger, hatred, and the very earth and all in it, became sin filled.
Evil was unleashed throughout the earth and The Garden of Eden was no more. God's Original Design was marred by evil; but He always had a Plan if that happned.
The animals in the Garden were no longer docile and plant eating, but preyed on one another. Anger and hatred was unleashed! The Garden was overrun with demons.
The earth was not giving of it's abundant goodness to mankind anymore; it became something they had to overcome; and be terrified of in many ways; just as it is today.
Evil is a destroyer of all good things.
Remember this before you partake of it's wiles for fame and glory.
After death it offers nothing. It strips the soul of all it's luxuries won by playing evil's game while on earth; and laughs in the soul's face!
But Jesus came to make a New Way; for us to not be ensnared into evil; if we so choose Him.
Paul, who from a personal encounter with Jesus, wrote many letters to believers whom he had instructed in the Message of The Cross. And we have the benefit of those writings today; inspired by The Spirit of God for all souls, forever.
Paul says here in Romans 8:1-2 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the Law of The Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from The Law of sin and death.
We can be free from the old Law's condemnation when we accept what Jesus has done for us at The Cross. He took on all the punishments for all of our sins and paid the Price required by Law; death of the flesh.
By acceptance, we acknowledge God's Sovereignty and He Forgives in total; and we are expected because of what He did to gain us this; His death on The Cross; to be placing our own will aside, and walking with Him, in His Will.
The original Law from Adam's day still stands, death of the flesh of all earth's inhabitants; so we will die in our flesh at some time appointed by God according to our soul's imperfection. (having the Blood covering or not.)
Then The Law; The Ten Commandments was given to the Israelites; for they were the chosen people of God to inherit the world, was brought down the mountain by Moses, written on the stone tablets by God Himself; giving us directives that would keep us in His Will; for we had gone far astray from just eating of the forbidden fruit.
By this time of The Exodus, there were millions of humans, and we were indulging in all kinds of abominations.
We had proved to God that we were not capable of keeping these commandments or staying true to Him!
So He offered His Son for a Holy Sacrifice to settle The Law's requirement; that we be Holy as He is Holy; in order to be redeemed to Him. This was always in God's Design if we were to be disobedient, because He knows the depths of Satanic ungodliness; and evil still was and still is, in the probationary stage of it's punishment.
Holiness cannot receive unholiness unto itself; that would make it unholy; marred, stained, cracked, imperfect.
Until we receive Christ as our Saviour, we are doomed to Hellfire. We are too unclean. We're satan's prodigy whether we agree or not.
God sees and knows all and He is The Ultimate Decider, for all souls are His and He knows all things in our hearts and mind. He holds the Keys to life and death everlasting.
To have Christ's Holiness, we must have our heart circumcised from sinful lifestyles. We have to offer it to Him for cleansing by His Blood already shed for us, but not received by us, until we acknowledge Him as King and Saviour.
Then we are made free from a sin nature that satan has molded within us. We can walk through our life after this Great Holy Forgiveness knowing He has paid the Price required by Law for our soul.
Satan is put on notice that you are a child of God.
We must then walk according to His Word and by His Spirit leading us always to Jesus.
Prayer
Father God, thank You for Your Plan to redeem us from the evil one. Thank You for loving us who have been deceived; and for making a Way to come back to You cleansed from our sin natures. I understand this was the Only Way! His Blood is Pure and He has made us clean by letting it flow on the earth as a SIGN to all creation that You are Sovereign. The demonic realm did not know that a Way was planned, but now they do know Jesus is our Saviour Redeemer! Praise The Lord Jesus Who gave His humanity; His Holy Blood up for us. Amen
Luke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
How great is this Word from the Holy Angel of God, Gabriel when he spoke to Mary when she questioned Gabriel as to how she could become pregnant; still being a virgin.
Gabriel who is a messenger for God to mankind; who knows God, His Power, His Authority, His Abilities does not question God, or agree with Mary.
Gabriel knows that God speaks, and it is so.
When we are fully aligned with God, we will understand that nothing is impossible for Him to accomplish His Will.
When we push back, don't believe, aren't willing to accept His Will, we will never move from the situation we are in at that time. God cannot join us, He is left standing at the door of our soul's heart that we have closed off to Him.
However, when we open the door and willingly accept who He is; desire His Way not our own, we will find that nothing is impossible with Him.
Whatever we ask in prayer when we believe, He will seek out in His Law to give us the best outcome for our request. He will never withhold.
We can go about our life after speaking with Him knowing that He is going to make a Way for us.
By faith everything will work out just fine, according to His Will.
No more worries or fear!
When we do not see an answer quickly, that does not mean He is not working all things together for Good for us.
He sees our whole picture. He knows the winding roads we have travelled that we may need to be brought back into the Light from; before our request can be granted.
Perhaps that thing we asked for will ruin our relationship with Him. He values that relationship very highly, for His Son died so we could have it. He will never give us something that will ruin that.
He sees the future that we cannot see; all the varied paths we could take that the prowling lion of hate and anger is trying to entice us down.
The demons of Hell are forever listening to us, trying to manipulate us through what we see and hear; offering substances to alter our minds, providing lustful scenarios to chain us into bondages of evil.
They hear our prayers too, and snicker at our naivety. They know the requests Christ will not give to us; so they bring something into our life that seems to be from God that will fool us into walking that particular path; to distract us from our walk with Jesus.
We have to be ready and willing to walk in faith and want only what is from God Himself.
To do this we must read His Word. He speaks to our heart and mind through His Word. There are messages for everyone at every stage of their life even if they are not yet a believer.
The Bible is full of Truths for living.
Prayer
Lord thank You that You are Greater than evil. Thank You that nothing is impossible with You. Help me to have a strong and abiding faith in You for You are my King. Amen.
Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or peril, or sword?
This is a good memorisation Scripture.
When troubles come we should have this Word hidden in our heart that The Spirit can use to bring into the Light.
It will reassure us that the trouble we're going through is something God knows about, and all we have to do is Trust Him through it.
It may be for our benefit to learn, but it may be for others in our household or workplace to experience so they too can learn about faith.
In The Old Testament Bible Book of Job, we see him experience some of the worst tribulations a person could have. Everything was a blow to him personally.
Yet because of Job's faithfulness to his Sovereign God, everything he lost was restored to him.
But had he listened to his friends who told him to forget his faith, to curse God, he would never have had anything restored in his lifetime; and he would have been doomed to Hell; having shown he had no faith in God.
The Book of Job is important for us to understand from the point of view of Who God Is.
Job's friends told him to not believe in God and things would be better for him. But Job understood who would be behind those gifts. Evil.
Job knew in his heart that for him to be experiencing these tribulations, God had good reason to allow them.
And for centuries God has used Job's story to speak to us.
Job shows us how to react to evil when it strikes.
In our troubling times, we must go deeper with God. We must prostrate ourselves before Him in acknowledgment of His Sovereignty.
Prayer, praise to God and meditation upon His Word will cause demonic forces to flee. They too see our heart for God, how deeply we love.
These are times of much spiritual growth. Our spiritual "muscles" are formed and strengthened.
It is when God brings about victory in our life that becomes our testimony.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the tribulations. Help me to overcome by faith and trust, in You leading The Way. I want to be known as a child of God. Strengthen me in Your Word, be glorified in my praises and magnified in my home and throughout the pathways of life. Amen.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His Purpose.
"And we know," writes Paul the Apostle ordained by Jesus.
Paul is convinced that we should know in every fibre of our being; that God desires to work all things together for His Good which in turn will be for our Good, as He does nothing not Holy Good for us, that is not Good.
Standing firm in this belief will get us through the hard times that must come because of our individual previous bad choices to sin and the collective sins of our family, our area, our nation and our world.
Knowing that He is with us; when our children are sick or rebelliously wayward, our marriage is on rocky ground, when friends betray us, we lose a job or money reserves are gone; brings peace to the mind.
God's Peace trumps all unrest in the soul and spirit of those who love Him.
We lean on the Holy Bible Knowledge of His Words that tell us He is working to bring all things together for our Good walk in Righteousness.
When things are taking a while to resolve we begin to let the doubting words of satan creep into our mind and doubt of His Sovereignty will cause our Good outcome to falter; perhaps stop if we don't allow the Lord full reign to do His Will which is Perfect for us.
We stand in the way of our Perfect Solution when we put the reins of doubt on our faith.
But thanks be to God, we can learn from those lessons, and just stand firm in faith of what this Scripture Verse says.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You are always working things together for my Good. Help me to atep aside, and let Your Holy Spirit reign in me. Help me to grow strong and deeply rooted in belief and faith. Amen.
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He heareth us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
The disciple John who walked with Jesus, ate with Jesus, followed Jesus for three or so years with the other eleven disciples as He conducted His earthly ministry to the Jews, writes this letter to Christian believers of Jewish nationality who he had been teaching for some time. He is now an old man at this writing, and is desirious of summing up how to live for Christ in a Christian way.
In these two verses of Scripture from the Book of 1st John, and by the inspiration of The Holy Spirit, and John's dedicated life to His God, John assures us that if we ask for anything, and it is according to the Will of God, that God will hear us, and we will have that for which we asked.
This is a great verse to meditate upon.
God's Will. When we are in total agreement with God, we should not desire anything that is not His Will.
We should wonder and study to find what His Will is, in all circumstances. Then we will know the perfect and righteous things to ask for.
Perhaps identify the desire then search Scripture to find answers. This will give us the words to use, and also grant us insight into whether the thing for which we ask is foolishness.
We know He desires that all be saved. To pray and ask for Salvation for family and friends is pleasing to God. This is in His Will.
God loves to Forgive. We can ask for Forgiveness.
Are we caught up in lusts of the flesh? Are we sick of them? It is God's Will that we be not joined with satan so He will help us when we ask Him in those requests.
However we will not get the results if we continue to continually and habitually sin.
We have to be willing to work with Him and not against Him in the battle for our soul.
Prayer
Lord God, I know You are a Good and Righteous God. Help me to learn about Your Will for me. I only desire Your Will, and I will walk steadfastly with You, as You lead me out of darkness into Your Glorious Light. I have decided to be mature in the faith and walk according to Your Will. Help me Lord for I am weak. Teach me to be strong in Your Strength. Amen
1 John 2:25 And this is the Promise; that He hath promised us, even, eternal life.
1John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the Will of God abideth forever.
The words; eternal and forever, are deserving of a lot of thought from man.When God by His Spirit, has told us; that we can have eternal life with Him as our King above all kings; a loving, all knowing, all powerful Lawful King; we should give that our full attention.
Instead, many of us do not give these things any thought; due to the constraints of daily living; the traumas that have affected us - throwing us off course throughout our life, and the many other demomic disappointments and diseases, that have been our lot.
God's enemy, Satan, hates us; yet we give him full rights to come in to our soul and destroy us.
He promises us laughs, and gayness, to the extremes; riches and fame, gifts and talents that honour him, and throw shade on God.
It's all lies. Jesus called satan "the father of lies."
He causes us so much pain, both in body and soul, and he seeks to destroy our spirit; by dragging us into depressions of all kinds, laced with anxieties and fear.
He's a true monster but we willingly run after the gayness of his offerings when he says to us, "surely not you. You won't suffer."
We fall for it; the lies, then when the suffering begins; guess who we blame?
God is Who we blame!
We knew it was wrong, we chose it, then we blame someone other than ourselves and satan.
God will even forgive that, whenever a believer in His Son, repents of it to Him.
But after repentance, we must stay away from all evil. Don't go running back!
Show you value the Holy Forgiveness you received from a Merciful God whose Son had to die as a Holy Sacrfice for that Forgiveness to be available.
We must stay close to Him by learning about Him in The Bible, so that through His Word, He can give us strength in our will, and knowledge to make wise choices.
We must learn and grow to become mature Christians, capable of helping others along the Righteous Path.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for offering Eternal Life with You, to me. Help me to recognise and repent continually, of every sin in my life. I ask the Holy Spirit to come into my whole being and show me how to be the Christian follower, who does the Will of God. Amen
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these Promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthines of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Apostle Paul advises us once again that we have many promises not in the least of those is the promise of Eternal Life through Christ's atonement for us on The Cross at Calvary.
The Holy Spiit places a love for Christ in us that just wants to get rid of all the darkness in our lives. If you have this desire then you are saved and born again, for without the confliction and conversion of the heart by the Spirit of God, through belief in Him who died for you to be saved, you would not have this desire.
It's when we suddenly see things we have said or done, or things we have read or watched that are now repulsive to our spirits; we inwardly know they are wrong, and a Holy God could never agree they are righteous; or even okay in small measures.
We see the unholiness of the whole world systems that we are born into.
It seems overwhelming to our senses. All is wrong. All is evil.
Yet we continue living.
Here Paul advises us to begin to cleanse our minds with the help of our Saviour and His Holy Spirit.
By the Power of God we can deny and reject all evil things and ways.
For some it is a monumental task for others it is easy; depending on how far we have run from God, and for how long the evil undertakings we have joined ourselves to, have grown their evil claws into our flesh.
In Him we can do all things. Phillipians 4:13
The Father requires active participation in the Life with Christ; The Son. This He recognises.
If we do not, and we continue on in every sin, having rejected The Spirit's help, He may have to say, "I did not know you." Matthew 7:23
Prayer
Lord, thank You for saving me by Your Precious Blood. I wish to be more like You; to follow Your teachings and to be pleasing in Your sight. Fill me with the desire to know You more, and help me by Your Spirit. Amen.
1John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and The Truth is not in us.
The Disciple John who was also given the letter of Revelation in AD 96, which we now call The Book of Revelation by the Holy Spirit; here writes in a separate letter called 1st John, from AD 90, that we do not have the Holy Truth of God in us, if we say we are not sinners.
John was prompted or urged, in his spirit by The Holy Spirit, to write these Words for all men, for all time; for you, for me, for now. John refers to us as "little children," because this is how the Faher sees us. We're part of His family and we have gone astray. He had to have Blood shed to fight off satan's influences that by Law he is still able to use, and God did it for His "little children."
It's an important Truth of God that we all should consider in thoughtful contemplation.
We are sinners. To say we are not a sinner is to lie and that is a sin.
We cannot get away from the fact that, before God, we are not Holy.
We all sin; even the best of us, even the good among us, even the innocent, the naive, all of mankind.
We are only fooling ourselves; trying to prolong the time we have to indulge in unholiness, when we say we are not a sinner.
We like to call one another good, but the fact remains that God is the One before Whom, all reckoning is brought. It will be He who decides.
None on earth, is Holy like God our Creator.
Can this matter be rectified before God?
Yes!
He has made a Way for mankind to be reconciled to Him in Holiness.
It is only through the Holy Blood Sacrifice of His Only Beloved Son, Who came to earth to shed His Blood for all sinners, who would come to Him in repentance; acknowledging they are a sinner in need of Forgiveness.
If we won't accept that Holy Payment which means everything to God; then we are cast aside.
God cannot have sinners in Heaven.
We are contained here on earth and we have a chance to come to know Jesus The Holy Son, Beloved of God; and it is through His Sacrifice for us, that we are able to be reconciled to God whilst here on earth and for Eternity with God.
When we accept that Jesus The Son of God paid our debt to God, The Blood that Jesus shed at the Cross becomes a covering, that although it was bloody red, it washes our sins away, and the Bible says, we become white as snow; cleansed ready for refining, polishing, tenderly loving.
This is the crux of the matter.
Jesus, yes or Jesus, no.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for The Blood that covers my sins. Teach and guide me through Your Word for all my days so I may walk uprightly in all my ways.. Amen
2 Corinthians 5:17 & 21
V. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new.
V.21 For He (The Father) hath made Him (The Son) to be sin for us; Who (Jesus) knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God (The Father), in Him (The Son).
What a wonderful Promise from God to mankind!
We are made righteous when we accept Jesus as Saviour, Redeemer.
This pleases The Father who through His great love for us, allowed His Son to suffer for our sins. The Law being Perfect required a Perfect Sacrifice.
It is a Holy Jewel of Remembrance for the sinner saved by his faith in Jesus.
We become new creatures to The Father when we accept His Son's Sacrifice that paid for our sin.
Everyday we who have been saved can say to ourselves; " I am a new creature in Christ, all my sins have passed away from me, and I am now righteous, because of Jesus's Death and Resurrection. Praise God!"
Everyday Jesus responds to us, and walks by His Holy Spirit with us, to keep us on The Path of Righteousness.
Every morning is a new day when we repent of each day's sins both known and unknown.
We start our days fresh, unburdened.
Our God is an Awesome God.
Prayer
Lord, You are Magnificent and I love You. Help me to walk in Righteousness. You are my Righteous Compass and Anchor. Help me to stay the course You have set before me. Amen.
Romans 5:1-2
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this Grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in Hope of the Gory of God.
The Scripture words: Justified by faith are a great comfort to those of us who know we have faith.
We believe in Something unseen, but Something that has searched our heart and found a place to reside.
We know It to be of a Greater Truth; than anything else, we have heard, or known about.
Yet, for unsaved souls, many other ways seem to be "the way" and we follow them, until they begin to ring untrue, or we justify to ourselves, that the jarring feeling in our heart, is part of the process of moving forward, and we stay.
Some of us press on through those warning signals, and many press on till the end of their days, believing in falsehoods; never having given thought to investigating; to seeking for Truth.
But, to the believer in Christ, there is no doubt when we hear Truth, because He resides in our heart when we allow Him that special place; and He gives to us, His Holy Spirit to guide us into Wisdom, Truth and Love.
It becomes a life of learning about Father, Son and Spirit.
Sometimes through our own self will, we deny The Spirit's Voice and it takes days, weeks and months (for some - years,) to come back to the Path of Righteousness; to be in right standing with the Lord again. But through it all, we are justified by faith in Him as we walk in faith, and the Grace He provides.
This inner knowing provides Holy Peace in our hearts. We were Justified to Him when we became a new creature in His Presence. He will help us work out sanctification in our lives as we abide in Him throughout the remaining days on earth.
For this, the Gift of The Holy Spirit we rejoice in Hope.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the Holy Grace, Peace and Hope You have given through Your death and Resurrection on The Cross for me. Help me to rejoice daily in Hope. Amen
James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man.
When we openly and truthfully look at what tempts us; we see that we are enticed by our own lusts and desires.
A harsh judgment from within will always reveal this truth.
Even when we blame others which we usually do that is a sin against them. They may have played a part, but ultimately it has been our choice to partake.
From God's Perspective, this is what He sees; so it is foolish to blame others, when He has given us free will to make our own individual choices.
God speaks plainly to us in this verse. He is saying that it is not He who does the tempting. He will not allow us to blame Him; He will not accept the blame.
It lands squarely on our own shoulders.
There is untold temptation in the world brought about by Satan when he first tempted Eve. Her initial falling into temptation unleashed that evil into the world.
We are given this time here on earth to get rid of the deeply embedded sinful thoughts, and actions, that have accurd over our life.
God wants the best for us, and to continue to allow sin to have dominion in our life and our bodies, and minds is not for our best.
There is only one Way to rid ourselves of the stain of sin on our life; and that is to accept Jesus as our Loving Saviour, who came to die for us on The Cross at Calvary; to pay for every sin of yours and mine.
We must comed to the conclusion that God is Good and does not tempt us.
Prayer
Lord, forgive me for the times when I have blamed You for tempting me. Thank You for Forgiveness. Now I understand that You do not tempt any person. Help me therefore, to resist every temptation, by Your Holy Spirit's help. I want to overcome sin. Amen.
1Peter 3:12
For the eyes of The Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of The Lord is against them that do evil.
The Holy Spirit is speaking words of comfort to us; to assure believers that Jesus has His eyes upon us to watch over us, and to listen to our prayers and supplications.
To know that The Lord's face is turned from the workers of evil deeds in this world is to know that their desire to do us harm will be thwarted. Unless for His Grand Purposes for our life experience it is His Will to allow something that will grow us spiritually for His and our spiritual good.
Even during these times where we are buffeted by evil workers, God is still with, us as if in the fire with the three captives, who were not even singed because of His Presence.
When a trial comes, we shoud immediately go to Him in prayer with our supplications. He will walk us through the fiery furnace; to come out the other end a more stable Christian with that experience grounding our faith even more; one who can minister and testify to others in Godly strength; giving God all the Glory, knowing that only in Him did we ourselves make it through the trial.
Non believers of which we once were, will say it is possible to make it through trials without Jesus. The "self" ego loves to be able to speak of itself overcoming it's flesh and mind inadequacies.
Yes we do possess (by God's design) mind control to overcome; but where is the Forgiveness?
Only when we acknowledge that it was Jesus; is Forgiveness freely given, because self made has no eternal value to God.
Self is egotistical and places itself above God and He will have none above Him.
(The moralists of this world; most of them atheist and agnostic in thinking, believe if there is a God then He is wrong, for they are much more intelligent than this God of The Bible, and can see where things have been done wrong.)
We think we have been victorious in overcoming; but once we come to Jesus as our King, and understand Him, we realise anything good we ever received, must have had you in it; for there is no good but that it come from God.
Prayer Lord, thank You that Your eyes are upon me, and Your ears are open to hear my prayers. Help me to walk closely with You day by day so when trials come, from the consequences I have created from wrong choices, I will be already looking to You, and be able to trust in You. Amen.
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
This scripture verse was spoken by Apostle Paul to Christians.
It is for believers.
Paul writes Holy Spirit inspired words to the believers in Galatia; and The Holy Spirit uses them for all people even today; because God speaks to us through His Word; Perfectly for all for all time, with truth, precision, and flawless Law Wording, pertaining to human life in all stages and ages, so all can hear the Truth; so there is no legal ground for any to deny, saying they weren't told or didn't hear.
God will show those who say this, exactly where in their life they first slipped into denial and held it close. The Holy Spirit works very closely with our soul and spirit throughout our life but many do not respond!
However, a non-response is a denial of God's outstretched hand of Love.
These Scriptural Words have equal meaning to us today, as they did when they were first written!
The Bible is God speaking to us today!
It is the Amazing Perfection of God; His Will and Law intertwined in Perfect Truth.
Any person who reads this can understand what God has promised to all people; if we believe in what Jesus did at The Cross to make us free.
We have Full, Holy Liberty by God's Decree; God's Holy Irrefutable Word; in His Infinite Wisdom. This is what the Apostle Paul, Holy Spirit, and God are telling us who believe in Jesus, today.
Paul is saying that we should stand firm in our belief in God.
Have faith!
He is conveying that we have gained Liberty from the devil's claim to our soul; that Paul calls a, "yoke of bondage."
Our souls and spirits become bond slaves to evil forces in the supernatural realm of this world; from the bad choice made by Eve and then Adam in The Garden where everything was Perfect for us.
The sin that they entertained, the door they unlocked, the evil that emerged, is bred into us from their fall in Perfection and Goodness. It was unleashed into the Garden whereas before The Garden was Pure. God could walk and talk with them in the evenings before they partook of the fruit by satan's hand.
Paul reminds us that when we accept what Jesus did for us at The Cross and believe God sent Him to save our souls, we are set free; given Liberty and are no longer slaves of Satan.
We have to walk firmly with Christ in order to keep our Liberty; for the demons make a concerted attack on our body, mind and heart to gain access to our soul again. They bring many demons with them, and if we do not stand firm against them using our faith and God's Word as our shield; we will be overtaken again and God warns us, that then it is worse for our soul, than the first occupation.
Prayer
Dear Lord, keep me close to You I pray. Help me to be strong. Lead me on the Path of Righteousness. This is my only desire. I do not give any allegiance to evil. I am Yours only. I trust in You for You are the One Who has all the Power and Majesty and Your Word is Pure and Righteous. Amen.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My Voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.
Jesus spoke these Words to the Disciple John when John was imprisioned on the Isle of Patmos.
God Himself as Jesus is showing us that He stands at the door to our heart and mind. He says He also knocks, so as to make us aware, that He is there.
This He does continually throughout our lifetimes on earth.
Every one of us has His attention. In our deepest sin He is knocking. He is wanting us to open the door of our heart to see His Brilliant Light shining back to us in Love.
He also calls to us; " Hello, this is Jesus calling."
Knock, knock, "Open the door, it's late, there's not much time!"
Knock knock, " It's Me, Jesus, I love you."
Knock, knock, "I have a Gift for you! It's Jesus."
Knock knock, "It's Me, the One who died for you, come calling to chat and reveal Truth to you."
He says that we do hear Him but some when they recognise that it is He, will not answer.
We hide.
After time of hiding, we get angry that He is still there.
So we tell ourselves that He is not there and has never knocked.
We close and lock all the windows and doors to our soul, and we turn our spirit away from Him.
There are many ways that He uses to speak to us even when we won't answer the knocking.
The very world we live in, is His biggest calling card.
It speaks of His Majesty and Power to create so intricately and have everything work perfectly.
It shows the Beauty and Glory of Who He must be, to design such a thing and give life to what we see.
The God we deny is so much more Majestic and Powerful than we can ever imagine; yet He loves us.
We're included in His Story.
The rent in His whole Creation is a small tear, made by Satan. That is something that He is going to cut off and in His Timing, will bring about His Original Intention for us.
He came to earth to make a Way for that; for each of us that He planned to be born.
The killing of babies so new souls cannot live is a direct attack from Satan on God's Intent for mankind, and God is going to deal with him for that.
Come now to Jesus, before you do any worse damage to your soul that will cause you regret, forever.
Approach the door of your heart and hear what He has to say.
Let Him in, He is gentle and caring, but strong and able to help you overcome everything that besets you.
Talk to Him. Tell Him of your anguish, your inability to understand Him, your fear, your anger, your shame, your hurts. Vent to Him as a Brother, who can give good advice, and help you understand.
He walks with us as Friend, Confidant, and Saviour; ever ready to console, counsel, comfort.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, I believe in You and what You and The Father have accomplished for my soul; to be reunited with You. Help me by Your Spirit to love and understand You. I am lost and need You. Renew my mind and heal my heart I pray. Amen
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
This Scripture is given to describe how humans see and understand spiritual things whilst in the flesh on earth.
Now, in the flesh, on this earth, we see as if looking through a dark glass, to the Spiritual Realm, which is Holy.
We don't see clearly; and this is God's Will during our earth life.
It sums up a lot of questions that cannot be answered, because the mystery has not been fully unfolded to us; about God's Enormity and Greatness.
We are shown God in the person of Jesus as a man; the kindness, the gentleness, the brilliance, the likeability, the teacher, the messenger, the One who died for us willingly, and purposefully, to save us from the clutches of Satan; through the Holy Words of Scripture.
When the time is right in God's Pure and Perfect Truth Story, we will see and understand all things.
This is the Creator's Way, and it has a Holy Lawful Purpose. He knows us better than anyone and it is His judgment that this is the Way that is best for us, and for Him and for all the fallen angels to prove our worthiness.
It's a type of innocence, and we have to become trusting of Him because of His Goodness; that we can see in what He has created around us, and in the humanity of our existence. Like the birth of a human baby for instance.
Man is so enveloped in evil ways, that to give us more Knowledge would cause us to be spoiled children; like some who are born into great wealth and live a life of leisure and ease without having a care for others, only their own needs.
They become hardened to the needs of others because they are used to having everything available to them and take that for granted. They judge us from a high superior platform of greed and spitefulness where revenge and malice also thrives.
God knows each and every soul, intimately. He knows our innermost thoughts.
But one day, we all will see Him face to face. Some of us will be joyful in His Presence, and others will shudder and know they were wrong in their estimation (judgment) of Him.
These are the Holy Words given to Paul by The Holy Spirit, by way of explanation for our predicament.
We have a lifetime to think about this one sentence.
Prayer
Lord thank You for giving us this insight through Your Apostle Paul. Help us to understand the significance of it. Help us to know that our God loves and cares for us, and that You have done the Holy Work to appease the Law of God to guarantee us a place in The Heavenly Realms with You. Fill us with the Joy that comes from knowing we have a Protector and Friend in You. Amen
Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
To be pleasing to God, we must place our own ego; our sense of self righteousness on the altar to be burned up.
That is a sacrifice of righteousness to God.
To be able to say to Him, I trust you wholly. I want to do Your Will; not my own will.
It is a great sacrifice to give up one's own will; because this life is so combative that we find ourselves using our own will; just to stay sane.
But when we do that we are only leaning on ourself. We are actually very weak, and to lean on our own understanding is foolish.
What happens when we are wilful is Satan and his demons are easily able to use us and guide us into ever increasing depths of pride and wilfulness.
We don't even know it's happening if we are not walking with Jesus closely.
One day we are so boastful and prideful that we are living our whole life against anything Godly. We go off on our own tangents into weird, unusual, evil ways of living; giving no ground to holiness.
God requires that we be in line with His Mind, His Ways, His Law and His Love.
He can accept no other Will than His Own.
We are created less than Himself and we have gone astray. We are defiled by sin.
And we cannot join with Him while being defiled by every evil thought and deed.
Our pride in our own accomplishments, our looks, our mind, our possessions is vile to Him.
He desires we be desirous of Him and His Ways; of being with Him.
He wants our companionship in Purity.
We were created for this.
Our soul and spirit will never be happy in those anti-God lifestyles.
We live only to please the flesh, and throw out any thought of the Goodness of God, from our mind and heart.
We have Free Will from God and He will not interfere.
But if we ask Him to; He will.
When we ask Him, that is a sacrifice pleasing to Him.
Ask yourself where you stand with The Lord Jesus, The Christ (Holy & Annointed) One, of The Father.
Listen to your own soul's voice. What is it saying?
The voices from the evil vices that the flesh is entangled in, will rise up to defend themselves and denigrate God; but listen to your soul and spirit anyway.
In this way you will draw God closer to you. He will put His Hand out to you to draw you close.
It does not please Him to be far from you, yet the evil demons continually fight Him for your soul. They do not care about you. Their aim is to destroy you before you get a chance to know Jesus; because when you know Him, you will choose Him, and they will have to move on; fighting all the way out the door of your soul.
When you put your trust in Jesus, it is easy to offer up all your unrighteouness as a sacrifice at the foot of The Cross, symbolically.
To be free of evil bondages and to know the Holy Freedom of Christ Jesus living in our heart is True Freedom.
Prayer
Father thank You for Your Son's Sacrifice for me to be free from evil. Help me to walk in His Righteousness. I freely give my flesh righteousness up on the altar of Sacrifices. Burn it up and fill me with Your Righteousness. Cleanse me and refine me Lord for Your Kingdom. Amen
1st Corinthians 15:51
"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed," 1 Corinthians 15:51 KJV
The Apostle Paul, of God Jesus, writes to correct some bad teachings within the church he had established at Corinth. He was now in Ephesus and wished to give those in Corinth sound teaching for they were new born again Christians.
Paul writes in two long letters much Godly advice and wisdom to encourage them in their Chrstian walk, and too, so they can explain to others who are struggling; the Truth and Perfection of The Message of The Cross.
Paul has a good grasp and understanding about what the Torah says; yet he also understands the full meaning of Grace and Forgiveness through the atoning death of Jesus on The Cross.
He fully understands The Message of The Cross that God has displayed for all mankind to see.
In the death and resurrection of Jesus The Son of God we see that God has made a New Way for all peoples to come to Him. He has given us time over the centuries, to show us that we cannot abide by His Law.
It is too Perfect and we are too sinful.
We need constant Forgiveness.
And Christ Jesus did that for us. He Holy Forgives past, present and even future sins, that are not habitual and continual addictions that we just won't give up; nor repent to Him.
Here in this Scripture Verse Paul writes about what we now call The Rapture of the believers.
He writes, that the earthly body of flesh cannot enter the Kingdom of God. The flesh is perishable.
In Verse 51 Paul writes that he is telling us a strange and wonderful secret.
He advises for us who read it to stop, look and listen to a Holy Truth.
He's writing about believers only. He says, not all will die, but all will be given new bodies, that will survive forever.
He says "It will happen in a moment." When Paul was made blind in the Presence of Jesus for three days, he received everything God wanted him to understand for the new path he was to undertake, as a servant to Jesus in this life; as an apostle.
During those three days, he did not eat or drink anything the Bible tells us. Paul was in a state of receiving sustenance for his every need, by God. Great Knowledge was imparted to him over those three days of fasting in his body. He was present with the Lord Jesus in Heaven, receiving His Message for the edification of fellow believers.
Paul in his former life's work was a scholar of The Torah. He was not a fisherman as were the Disciples.
God used Paul for His Purposes to bring to mankind, more understanding of The Kingdom and Jesus's Holy Sacrifice.
Prayer
Thank You, Father, for understanding our need to know more about You. Help us to be satisfied with the writings You have given to us, and to repent of any proud and boastful ways within us, that the enemy uses to keep us from repenting of our sins, to Your Son. Amen
James 5:19-20
Brethren, if any of you do err from the Truth, and one convert him; let him know, that he which converted the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
The Book of James in the Bible, preceded by Hebrews and followed by 1Peter is short having only five chapters but, it is powerful because it's author is said to be a half-brother to Jesus. James having both Mary and Joseph for parents and Jesus having Mary and God for parents.
James was brought up in the same household as Jesus. As boys they would have played together, they would have discussed and talked with each other. James would have looked up to his big Brother and James would have seen and heard the faith of Jesus proclaimed in the Synagogue and in Jesus's daily life.
This short letter is written to the Jewish Christians, scattered everywhere; meant even for us today by the Holy Spirit's leading.
In the Verse above, James is speaking to believers to give wisdom advice on encouraging any believers who are not trusting in Jesus and making many choices that are going to lead to their eventual soul death in Hell.
Believers are to help those believers understand the wayward choices they are making.
The ways we have available to us are to pray for their soul's strength of conviction that Jesus is to be wholly trusted; we can be an example to them with our words and in our discussions. We can visit them in their homes to ask about their problems, and tell them about what the Scriptures say, and our own experiences. We can invite them to our own homes and be gracious to them in Jesus's Name.
And we can offer to pray earnestly for and over them, in person.
We know in these instances, that they are being attacked by the demonic world, which have seen a small crack in their armour; from a loss of varying kinds, or an illness or disease. Perhaps it is the prayer life of that one; the attacks may have deadened their joy.
But, we know praise and worship will draw the soul closer to Him and ward off the attacks; for we know that full submission to Him brings with it the benefits of being a child in the Kingdom; therefore Jesus will make sure as in Isaiah 54:17 that no weapon formed by the evil one against believers will prosper.
So we encourage them to be steadfast in their Trust and Love for Him.
In this way, we will have helped a soul who was in dire straights of becoming fully lost again, to stand firm in the Love of Jesus and that soul will see Eternal Life.
In this way we are fulfilling the desire of Jesus that "none should perish."
Prayer
Father, in The One and Only Name of Jesus my Lord and Saviour, I thank You for loving me and making a Way for me. Help me to be an encourager to the lost so they too may have the Holy Joy inner life that You have given to me. Amen
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
The Apostle John who wrote Revelation wrote this letter to believers instructing them on how to live a Christian life.
In this short Holy Scripture Verse, the Disciple whom Jesus loved, sums up how we are to look inward to our own life; to see if we love the world, and the things of the world, more than we love God.
In other words, who comes first in our lives. Is it the love of the earth our home? Is it the love of the created things like the animals, birds, fish, plants, gems, gold and silver? Is it our family that we love or friends? Is it the things that man makes himself; home, cars, toys? Is it an entertainer, a philosopher, a scientist, a culture, another idol god?
It is allowable to admire God's Creative works but all Glory should be His; not given by us to the created thing.
Love for anything other than God, even our spouse should never come first.
He created us and He is the Giver of Gifts and Blessings, Abilities and Sustenance.
Give Him the Glory He deserves and all will be well with your soul.
Evil is a darkness over the earth. It is a kingdom but not greater than God, run by satan.
It has powers but not The Perfect Power that God has.
Satan has seen the Awesome Magnificence of Holy God. He knows but he does not want us to know anything about God's Greatness and goes to great lengths to keep us blinded.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Prayer
Father, in Jesus's Name, I ask You to help me understand the Holy Word. Forgive me for the wrong thinking I have had. Help me to know You more. Thank You for Your Forgiveness. Inhabit my life, mind and body to teach me Your Ways. Amen
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.
Peter, a disciple of Jesus, advises in this Scripture; that our faith in God, is worth more than the purest gold, is to us.
Peter alludes to how gold is made pure; that of heating the raw ore found from the earth, to an extreme temperature to bring the dross; the impurities, to the surface, to be later cooled and the dross, hacked off the surface of the gold, to reveal a pure gold form.
This heating process, (trials and tribulations,) is what Peter says God allows, for our faith to be made pure, unblemished.
God uses the many distractions of the world; brought by the demonic world; which was caused by our choice to do as the devil said (Eve/Adam in the Garden of Eden;) to cleanse the impurities in our belief and faith in Him.
This annoyance from the satanic realm, has an influence over earth inhabitants.
Weak faith brings much worry and sorrow, depression and anxiety. Our indulgence in the evil ways, playing with the demons, brings impurities to our soul that only a strong faith in His Strength, can overcome, through walking faithfully with Jesus and The Spirit though the trials that will strengthen our faith.
If you're here on earth, you can be sure that your soul is in need of going through firey trials.
They will come, rich or poor.
We have choices to make. Our choices determine the path we will go.
God is there by His Holy Spirit and Holy angels to beckon us to Himself and satan and his demomic fallen angels are there to cause more havoc and to convince us that it is God who is the one doing the tormenting.
Don't be an Eve; listening to the wiles of satan; eventually falling for the lies, encouraging others to join you in sinful ways.
Peter speaks to believers and says that our faith should be worthy of praise, honor, and glory; because we have stayed the course of our life with Jesus as our Saviour King and Lord God.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I Am with thee: be not dismayed; for I Am thy God: I Will strengthen thee with the right hand of My Righteousness.
Prayer
Father God, in Your Son's Name, help me to have strong faith. Show to me the Way to go. Give me spiritual eyes to see Your truth. Help me by Your Holy Spirit to have a faith that is pleasing to You. Amen
Galatians 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap Life everlasting.
The Apostle Paul has written this letter to the Galatian church.
In the previous verse he spoke of a subject that needed to be addressed within the church because many of them were "sowing to the flesh" and still thinking they would gain the Gift of Life everlasting.
In other words, we should not continue to sin wilfully since coming into belief in Jesus.
It is a form of mocking God who sent His Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
He will not send Him another time for our sins. We must not continually and habitually sin. We should cease all our addictions. They offend God because He has sent His Son once and we are not respecting the Great Sacrifice it cost God to see His Son die in the flesh like that. He Himself would have felt Jesus's pain from the beatings and floggings, and the anguish of being misunderstood and innocent of all charges.
Paul urges us to sow which is to work to elevate our spirit/soul within our flesh which is going to decay and die.
We can see by the way that Paul writes that we have choices. He is not demanding anything. He is advising with Godly Wisdom and Holy Insight how to conduct ourselves when we are believers in Christ Jesus.
All evil ways must come to a halt. The things that are offensive to God and not respecting of Who He Is and what He has done for us are to be shed from our very soul and spirit.
The flesh and mind must no longer rule. The heart must take control because it is the heart that understands what Jesus did.
If the heart is deceitfully wicked, the mind will conduct the flesh to do every evil thing under the sun and call it good.
Look to the Cross and find your Saviour there. He will help you to overcome. He has given to the world His Holy Spirit, a constant immediate presence Who is able to do all things necessary to keep us walking Holy.
It is by His Strength that we overcome our sinful nature to do wrong.
Prayer
Lord Jesus thank You for The Cross. Thank You for loving me. Help me Lord to overcome every sinful thing. Remind me before I commit sin and help my heart and mind to be willing to submit to Your Will which I know is best for me. Amen
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning His Promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
The author of this Scripture is the Disciple Peter, who knew Jesus intimately as Friend.
Peter was the first to be told to 'follow Me."
They walked together over many miles in brotherly love, for three and a half years; visiting villages and settlements, towns and cities all over Judea.
Peter witnessed the Teachings of his Messiah, the healings and the rebuke of those who opposed Him. Peter participated in the prayers and was a witness to; the general holiness of Jesus; how He conducted Himself everywhere He went; and in the company of the Disciples; and followers who accompanied them; and those who gathered to hear His Sermons about The Father, The Law, and Heaven.
Peter speaks with Godly Authority to us in all his writings. He tells us that our Lord Jesus is not slack concerning any Promises of His for us, and to be specific in this Scripture; about His Return.
Peter tells us that the reason Jesus has not returned as yet; is because many have not come to Him yet, who He knows will.
He is waiting for those who will, to do so. Many may not have been born yet. (We kill so many in the womb.)
God in His Timing when all is correct by Holy Law in the Courts of Heaven, will return to earth as a Glorious Magnificent Powerful King.
In other words, He is longsuffering towards us.
Is He waiting on you?
Prayer,
Lord, thank You for being longsuffering towards me. Help me to be more like You daily. Help me to overcome the trials that I face. Be with me in the fire of life. Strengthen my faith and make me a vessel for Your Glory. Amen.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the Blood of Christ, Who through Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the Living God?
The author of Hebrews is deemed to be unknown by scholars who study God's Holy Word, but many have a preferrential choice, naming Paul as their choice for being the writer.
Not knowing who the earthly vessel was whom the Holy Spirit used to reveal God's Truths, should never be a stumbling block to our belief in Him.
God has revealed great Truth to us in Hebrews by using Words from His prophets of the Old Testament, throughout this letter to the Roman believers of Jewish ancestry in Rome.
He sets out proof of the fulfillment of God's Law, by Jesus; by acknowledging that He, is the long awaited Messiah; in the Book of Hebrews.
Nothing compares with what God has done for us in the Birth, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.
We are sinners. We lie, cheat, steal, kill and blaspheme God's Name and Purposes.
We have no good in us by His Law, unless we have Christ in us; then it is His Goodness we have.
God says in Hebrews that The Blood of Jesus from His Death on the Cross, will purge us of our sins; if we will accept that, as our payment.
So many people say, "No, I will not accept. I can do things for myself to get to Heaven."
But friend, God will not accept our vain attempts; because we are sinners through and through, without the Blood of Jesus as our covering.
He was our Sacrificial Lamb. The Holy One Who came to die for our transgressions because He created us. He gave us a home on the earth.
In this Verse we are told by The Spirit; that God offered Himself in Purity/Holiness so that we could have our guilty conscience purged from the works we do of sin against Him, and obtain Forgiveness.
This is all it takes; to recognise what God Himself did for us. We could never be our own Holy Sacrifice. That is The Price for Redemption.
A billion of us sacrificed at one time; could not pay The Price.
So God in the form of Son, came to be with us to show us the Way.
Repentance of our sinful nature to Him for Forgiveness, brings Redemption/Salvation.
In repentance, we are recognising what He did and Who He Is.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for The Blood of Christ, Your Son. I want to be saved by You. I recognise what You have done for me. Help me to grow into who You want me to be in this world, fit for The Kingdom to come. Amen.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the Power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
The Apostle Paul writes to the church at Rome about his complete acceptance of the written Word which he had studied and which prophesied the coming of The Christ of God; and the Salvation that was to be theirs after the Resurrection.
Paul was familair with the five Books which the Jews revered as God's Word. He was previously known as a Pharisee in the Jewish religion of the day in Jerusalem.
But Jesus, from Heaven after The Resurrection, chose to have an encounter with Paul when he was on the road to Damascus to presecute Christian believers, who had given up their Jewish religion.
Paul had been transformed, and in his encounter with Jesus, (Acts Chapter 9,) came to believe strongly in The Resurrection and Salvation for all people, not just the Jews as the Disciples were teaching.
He could assertively say that he was not ashamed of The Gospel of Jesus Christ; still at that time the first five Books of our Bible today.
All we have to do is believe in Jesus, as God's Son sent to earth to pay the Holy Price for our Redemption; that of the shedding of Holy Blood; and the Resurrection; Who gives to us Forgiveness for repentance, and Power by The Holy Spirit, to overcome all sin in this life to be reunited with Him our Creator.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for including me as one worthy of Salvation for I know that I am unworthy. Forgive my sins; I see they are the gap between us that keep me from Your Presence. Thank You for the Blood You shed in my place, and for Forgiveness of all my sins. Today I know I am clean before You because You made a Way for me. I am thankful and grateful, Precious Saviour. Amen.
Psalm 46:1
God is our Refuge and Strength, a very Present Help in troubles.
When we read this Holy Verse from Psalms, written by King David, "a man after God's own Heart," our heart realises that we can trust Him because of His Strength, and the fact that He is here with us.
He wants to help us. Help us overcome; have victory, be successful, feel loved, be wise and so much more.
God is for us.
But if we decide to ignore Him, or to keep our back turned from Him, He will not go where He is not wanted.
That's the part of our life here on earth that He does not interfere with; our Free Will to not choose Him.
Our full confidence as believers should be in His ability to lead us through our pilgrimage while on earth.
All through The Bible He tells us of how He has delivered individual people, and the Jewish nation, from oppression.
He will do that for us even today.
We can run to Him for Refuge in the storms of life. We can dwell with Him as we go about our daily life.
He will renew our strength, when we lean on Him, in trusting faithfulness, for what He has done for us on The Cross.
He has given to us His Word; The Holy Bible, so we can learn about Him in the Way that He has designed for us.
We find in those pages, reading the story of our history, that He makes ways for those who are His.
We realise that He holds all things in His Power.
In His Infinite Wisdom, He holds all things in His Power and will work all things for His Good and His Purposes; which is never for evil.
Unbelievers think there is no God. He hasn't done for them as they think He should, He hasn't visited them personally and revealed Who He Is so they in their own self importance just refuse to believe.
To them, He is a bad god; yet they will find on that day when they stand before Him, that they were the fools He says they are in His Word, as a warning to us.
We will never out-think God. He created us and gave us many good gifts but He did not create us to be equal in intelligence to Himself.
We can create but we need things to do so. God thinks and it is done.
He can be trusted to be our Helper.
Prayer
Lord thank You for being a Refuge to your children. Help us to stand strong against satan's wiles. Fill us with Your Love and Power to overcome every evil tendency in our heart and mind. Amen
Revelation 7:17
For The Lamb which is in the midst of The throne shall feed them, and shall lead them into living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
In the previous Verse, the Disciple John who wrote Revelation by inspiration from The Holy Spirit regarding a vision John had, tells the believers he is writing to (and us today) that we shall not hunger or thirst as in the earth realm today; and no heat shall fall on us as in the earth today.
Verse 17 explains that all of our needs will be met by The Lamb of God; Whom we know as our Lord and Saviour King, Jesus.
He assures us that we will be led to Fountains of Living Water. We will be fully satisfied in every way, needing nothing. We will only desire things that are Good and pleasing to God.
No longer will we be buffeted by evil desires.
God has a Plan to wipe every tear from our eyes. This means memories that bring tears to our eyes. Memories of loved ones who did not make it to Heaven, also.
We will not desire the things of earth for here on earth, everything is tainted by evil.
No evil will reside where our King is.
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things have passed away.
Finally at that time, evil will not bother us. The evil world will be made new.
Jesus has made all things new for us in the new life to come.
Here are His Words...
"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14:2 KJV
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I Am, there ye may be also." John 14:3 KJV
We suffer yet a little while on this earth because it is part of God's Will that we be refined; and that occurs to those who will accept His Son as Saviour and His Holy Spirit as Refiner whilst here on earth before our death.
The believer's suffering, includes never turning away from God in the midst of suffering; but rejoicing in our God. This is a testimony to the unsaved, and draws many to Him. They desire the peace we have, the inner joy that is shown in love towards them: when they see us overcoming, yet not being angry revengeful or bitter; full of hate doing evil to others.
Prayer
Lord thank You that You have a Plan for the believer's in Heaven, and that all our tears of sorrow and paiin will be wiped away; and no memory will remain of sorrow or pain from our earth existence. Help me to walk closely with Jesus and Your Holy Spirit until the end of my days. Amen.
2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Paul writes to the Corinthian believers to explain a Scripture verse from Isaiah 65:16; But he that glorifieth, let him glory in the Lord.
This verse speaks about human pride, arrogance and boastfulness.
When we speak of our own greatness, God is not given the place of Honour; we're taking the honour.
It is He Who allows all good things to come to pass.
Glory and Honour should always be given to Him.
We are just the vessel He uses.
God is the One Who will approve us, and it will be according to His Law.
All that is written in the Bible, is according to The Law of God.
Jesus tells us that the Law of Love envelops all other Laws. Everything is tied to Love.
God approves all service done in Love to our fellow man: all good works that are done in Love, not for our own glory.
Sadly many people do the good works but without faith in God. These works are what The Bible calls "dead," having no eternal power, only fleeting earthly recognition.
Yes, we should do good works, but our heart must be guided by the Love of Jesus for the other person, or organisation. God sees the heart of the matter so we do not have to struggle to show man how "giving" we are.
Prayer
Lord thank You that You see the heart and mind of our giving. We want to be approved of You. Holy Spirit may You guide our paths always. Help us to respond with a pure heart of love to all requests and needs. Amen
Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured The Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God.
We find in this Scripture two of the many aspects on the Death of our Lord Jesus.
The shame of being hung with criminals, violaters of the laws of men and God to die for sinful acts as if He was like them, yet He never sinned, being Holy and Pure all the days He walked on earth; and the physical pain of the endurance of the torments and beatings with the whip; the pain from the crown of thorns; the pain from the nails hammered into his flesh; the pain from hanging on the cross, and the pain from the spear thrust into his side. Also we mustn't forget the mental pain of rejection; of being misunderstood, and the pain of suffering alone.
He knew He must endure this to make a Way for all those who would accept His Death as payment for their own punishment, required by God for their sins.
He was the Sacrificial Lamb that was slain for all, and we are the sheep from the same fold; even though some have gone astray. He is The Shepherd and He will find those who want to be found.
Any little sheep who has wandered far away, is lost in a valley of despair, has run to the highest mountain; and still hasn't found it's happiness, is caught in the waters, slowly drowning; all are His creation which have used their Free Will to do as they please - yet have found in using it, only loneliness and depression; are invited by His outstretched hand, to call out to Him for rescue.
He is the Rescuer of the souls of mankind.
He is the Restorer of mankind.
He is the Giver of Good Gifts to mankind.
His Righteousness is our Hope and Joy.
Jesus in creating us, and giving us the Gift of a life on earth, with a soul and spirit, is the Author and Finisher of our faith in Himself.
He knows that if we stay close to Him; learn from Him, we will love Him. And when we love Him, we gain Victory over our adversary the devil.
In this Verse He encourages us to consider it Joy to believe in Him, and what He did at the Cross, for that is what He did. It was a Joy to Him to be able to rescue us in Full Holiness, with no loopholes, by suffering on the Cross and paying the Price for all of us.
That is what He thought of whilst suffering; not of the shame or the pain, but the Joy of making a Way for His sheep to return to the fold with Him as the Good Shepherd.
It is also His example to us of how to overcome obtacles in life.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for rescuing me, that You have begun a Good Work in my life. I place myself fully in Your loving hands so that I may be molded into Your Likeness, and my faith made complete. Amen.
James 4:7-10
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purifty your heart, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of The Lord, and He shall lift you up.
In this Scripture God is very serious.
He warns believers that we must reist the devil. We do that by believing Jesus overcame for us. In Him we get our strength to stand steadfastly against evil.
In His Power and Strength we can be overcomers of the sin that besets us daily.
Continuing to stand strong against evil sends a message to it; that we love Jesus more than we love the sin. Evil knows what that means for itself and they know Jesus is God, and they have no right to our soul. When we resist in Him, we get Victory nand evil knows it.
But should they see us slipping they will run to us, to get us deeply involved once again in whatever sins they know we love.
The Scripture tells us not to be double-minded; agreeing with God and agreeing with satan.
We should see our saved selves as serving in the Kingdom of God not the world. We should not grwo weary for we know He is with us; making a Way back to the Righteous Path.
Whatever work we undertake, let us serve God and His Way in that work.
This will bring us peace in our heart and give joy to our soul, to always be serving the One Who saved us, because He loves us.
Our real Joy is from Him. We, as believers know that we have eternal Life with Him. That is reason for Joy, friend; for what is the alternative; but eternal death of suffering because that is what the evil master is destined for, and those who love evil will share their master's reward also.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for this spiritual teaching that will help me throughout my days here on earth. To know Truth is food for my soul and helps me walk closely with You. Amen
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
King David of Israel is sharing Wisdom he has received from The Holy Spirit.
He wrote this after an encounter with one of his sons who was seeking to take over his kingdom of Israel through cunning and intrigue.
David was sorely vexed in his heart because of this.
He realised that the Lord was close to him when he was not proud or boastful for he was a successful king but gave glory to God.
His heart was broken that his son had turned against him; thinking he could run things better, desiring the wealth and power that was his father's.
David was a believer and knew where his Help had always come from; where his victories were gained - His God went before Him.
David knows that God is our Helper and Comforter and when we have a contrite heart, He is able to act and bring things to the Righteous conclusion.
David thinks of the people he rules and writes a song for them to hear how Great the God of Israel is; and how He will help them through times of sorrow when they repent of pride and arrogance thinking they can do everything without God as the Leader of their life.
Prayer
Lord I come to You with my brokenness. I see my pride and arrogance has caused a deep valley between us. I gladly humble myself before Your Greatness and ask for Help. I see Your Son on The Cross, and kneel in humble adoration of Him and the Great Sacrifice that was made for me. Thank You Jesus. Amen.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these Promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
The Promises of God are mentioned in the previous verse.
The Lord Almighty says to us that He will be a Father to us; and we shall be His sons and daughters.
He is Pure and Holy. To be His son or daughter, we too must be Pure and Holy.
His Blood covers our sin; and we must embark on a journey in this life of cleansing the habitual sin from our life.
Many believers are able to lay everything down immediately they become saved, and never wander away again.
Many more struggle with sinful lifestyles because the depth of their sin is entangled throughout every aspect of their life.
Those demons that hang on, do not want to leave, as it upsets their whole little group of sinners. They put up a battle and try to lead their host (you) back into sin, so they can continue their residency uninterrupted.
But God says in this verse, that we are to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit.
One of these is sinful thinking that there are other ways to God, rather than accepting the Sacrifice for our sins by The Son, Jesus, which The Father says is the only way to Redemption.
This is filthiness of mind. God is saying that it is demonic and against Him.
He made One Way by the Blood shed of His Son for payment of our sins.
It's something that satan cannot do to claim us.
God outsmarted satan with this High Price of Purity.
Satan cannot do it, and nor can man, for we are all sinners.
Only Christ could pay that penalty!
And He did.
Prayer, Lord thank You for paying the Holy Price for me to be reconciled to The Father. Help me to be strong in faith and never forget what You have done for me. My only desire is to please You, Lord. Amen
James 4:12
There is one Lawgiver; Who Is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgeth another?
James writes that God alone, is The Lawgiver Who judges all; and Who will mete out reward and punishment at the Judgement seat.
Meditating on this fact from God's Holy Word will bring us into right relationship with Him.
He Is The Great One. It is His Law we must uphold. It will be His Decision whether we are saved or destroyed. He is The Judge we will all stand before.
The one who stands before Him in Judgement is never going to be great. We can never be greater then Him, because we have to go to The Judgement, where He Is The Judge.
He alone is Great.
The world (satan,) will tell us we are great. Worthy to be great. It entices us knowing what our lustful proclivities are; seeing us indulge from their hidden perspective. Our world is an open book to both evil and Heaven.
There are a cloud of witnesses watching at all times. Many will accuse us at The Judgement; loudly, agressively, pointing out all our flaws even the ones they helped create and cement us in.
But, from God's Perspective, we're all sinners, and some are saved by His Grace and Mercy because of belief and faith in Him; and what He accomplished at The Cross for us.
Those not saved yet have the opportunity while still alive to exercise Free Will, and choose to be a believer. This is their God Given Right.
Only while alive may they accept Jesus as their Saviour because they know; in their hearts they need Him; they're sinfilled; and need and want cleansing.
Jesus The Son of God is The Only One who can help. He came and made a Way for us.
Next is Judgement.
Be sure before you leave this earth, to get to know Who Jesus Is.
At The Judgement, He will step forward and claim every soul who loves Him; keeping them from damnation.
I want to be in that crowd!
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You are the Lawgiver, and the Judge. Knowing You are in full control allows me to look to You and see the Beauty of Who You Are and humbly give my life to You and Your Purposes. Amen.
Psalm 71:3
Be Thou my Strong Habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given Commandment to save me, for Thou art my Rock and my Fortress.
This Psalm shows us how to think of our God.
Using these Words will help us to understand Who He Is to us.
He can and will be our Strong Habitation. We can run to Him and be safe in every way.
He is there and will be there for us to continually run to Him for Refreshing of mind, body and spirit.
He will Comfort, Love and Guide us onto the Righteous Path.
In Him is all Wisdom and Knowledge.
He alone is our Forgiver of sins; The One Who took on our punishment and made a Way for Eternal Life; when we are headed for Eternal death in pain and suffering which we fully deserve.
He wants us to run to Him.
He is waiting with outstretched arms to hold us, to show us His Power and Majesty.
Reading His Word is one Way we can run to Him.
He will guide and teach us and comfort and counsel us, and answer every question through the Word of the Holy Spirit.
He is the believer's Rock that we lean on in good and bad times.
He is unchanging throughout the ages. His Law and Will stand firm and He does not waver.
He is Pure Light and Love. He has no shadow; no darkness in Him.
Today is a day to meditate on His Strength and Power; His Mercy and Grace.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for being The Fortress I run to when I am in need. Help me to run to you to stand in Your Presence to love and honour You in praise and worship. Give to me a big faith, dear Jesus! Amen
Psalm 51:6
Behold, Thou desireth Truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part, thou shall make to know Wisdom.
King David wrote this Scripture Verse after the Prophet Nathan had convicted him of his sin with the woman Bathsheda; the wife of his chief commander of army.
Nathan's words broke the hold that sin had on him, and David realised he needed to repent; so he asked for God's Mercy.
David admits to the Lord, that he is a sinner from when he was born. His inner reflection has given him this Holy Revelation of Truth.
Before God, he is a sinner; as are we all.
We can use these Scripture Verses as our prayer too.
1(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.)
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy Lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy Tender Mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy Sight: that Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest, and be clear when Thou judgest.
5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6Behold, thou desirest Truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know Wisdom.
7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8Make me to hear Joy and Gladness; that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice.
9Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from Thy Presence; and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
12Restore unto me the Joy of Thy Salvation; and uphold me with Thy Free Spirit. (Holy Spirit)
13Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto Thee.
14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy Righteousness.
15O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.
16For Thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Amen.
Hebrews 10:35-36
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the Will of God, ye might receive the Promise.
The writer of Hebrews filled by The Holy Spirit gives us advice about our faith.
This verse urges us to have great confidence in our belief in what Jesus has done for us.
He speaks of having patience with the long walk ahead in the faith.
He is alluding to the fact that during this walk of faith, we will be faced with situations that will test us and require us to stand firm in belief even to the point of having to change some preconceived beliefs.
He mentions the Will of God. As new Christians, we are coming out of the world systems into the Knowledge that God's Way and Will is contrary to the world's.
We are having to make changes and learning to stand in His Will.
And this Scripture gives us affirmation that to continue to walk in faith and do the Will of God within ourselves is to have patience and eventually when God's Time is right, we will receive the Promise of Eternal Life.
The secret to maintaining our faith is to develop patience in all things about our life. We have the Assurance that He is going before us to make our way straight. We just need to be patient, and not rush ahead of Him. His timing will always be right. He knows where everyone around us has to be for us to have victory to overcome the trials we face.
He's working in their lives too, and maybe they are not as patient or faithful as we are, yet we wouldn't want our brother to be left behind, right? So we are patient!
Trusting Him and being Patient is paramount to walking closely with Him.
To have great faith is to be willing to do the Will of God in every circumstance.
We may fail from time to time, but we must allow the spirit to correct and rebuke us, and then we must move forward again in faith. He is faithful to Forgive a repentant heart.
In this way we grow spiritually, and the scales and veils are removed one by one, and our soul is made into the Beauty of God for His Pleasure.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for having faith in me. Help me to have everlasting faith in You. Guide and direct my path so that at the end, I may be standing firm in the faith. Amen
2 Cornithians 8:9
For ye know the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor; that ye through His poverty might become rich.
Apostle Paul reminds us that Jesus was rich.
He had everything in The Kingdom of Heaven.
There was no good reason that He should ever leave His Father's side.
He was greatly Loved and held Power and Authority.
He was Holy, Good, and Perfect in all His Ways.
Because He loved His Creation; earth, it's oceans and rivers, the mountains and everything in and on it, including mankind, He desired to save it from the evil ways in which man had shown he loved, more than God; because evil had deceived the one thing with which, He created to have fellowship, mankind.
Evil had destroyed that connection through the Free Will Gift He had given to mankind; that, to choose who we will follow.
Amongst mankind, God saw many who had not forsaken Him; who hated evil and all it's evil workings.
Jesus agreed to be born as a baby into an impoverished but believing union of Joseph and Mary; to be born into "time."
Jesus came to earth stripped of all His outward Glory and Light, but not His Power and Knowledge of His Sonship.
If He had been born into wealth and power on earth, He would have only attracted to Himself people who loved their wealth, status, and materialistic things; who would not be interested in the world to come, for they enjoy their every day in hedonistc pleasures, and do not believe they are sinners.
The people who cried out to God, and whose pleas He heard from Heaven, were the disenfranchised.
So Jesus became poor for our sakes. He experienced living poor, He gathered with family and friends as a youngster, growing in the household of Jospeh a carpenter, and Mary, with brothers and sisters.
He experienced, illness, and sorrow, marriages, births and deaths of others, as we do. He joined us in our humanity, and He judged us worth saving; worth going to The Cross for, worth enduring the slights and false accusations.
God Is Perfectly Pure and All-Knowing and Powerful; Almighty God, and His Way, Will and Law are Truth, Light and Life.
The richness that Paul speaks of in this Scripture, is the Hope we have in Jesus for Eternal Life; the Knowledge we gain from knowing Him and reading His Word to us is worth gold for our soul; the Forgiveness of all our sins that we gain from belief in Him and what He accomplished at The Cross.
We become heirs with Christ Jesus at the moment of Salvation, and He sent to us The Holy Spirit Who Is our Guide and Spiritual Teacher, our ever-present Comforter and Counsellor.
These are some of The Benefits from The Promises of God that He gives to us through our belief in His Son.
The Key to Everlasting Life, and not everlasting death in Hell, is the inner soul and spirit belief, that Jesus died for "me" and loves, "me."
In the spiritual realm, an amazing thing happens to our soul, even though it is encased in flesh and still on earth.
When we accept Jesus as our Saviour and Redeemer God, His Blood is transferred to our soul as a covering by Him and The Father immediately agrees with His Decision to include us in the Book of Life.
That Holy Blood covering is reminiscent of the blood of the spotless lamb that was applied over the door posts of homes of the Jews enslaved in Egypt, so the angel of Death would "pass over" that home on this one particular night.
The Blood of Jesus is the sign to God that we are to be passed over when it comes to eternal death.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank You for coming to earth to free me from the bondage of evil forces and entanglements to give me Forgiveness of sins, and Salvation by Your Precious and Holy Blood, which washes and renews my standing with You; from estrangement to an heir of Salvation. Help me to sing praises to You by Your Holy Spirit like king David. Amen.
Hebrew 10:16-17
This is The Covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith The Lord, I will put My Laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. KJV
By His Holy Spirit, our God speaks to us in this Scripture about when the days of Jesus are fulfilled; He will make a New Covenant with the people of earth.
We all know today, that Jesus has been Resurrected.
He has fulfilled His Purpose and God's Plan and Law.
We have a New Covenant.
It is written about in The New Testament; in the writings of the Disciples who walked with Him on the earth, to be witnesses for Him, after He was gone, and by the Apostle Paul's writings, who had a spiritual encounter with Jesus after He was dead in the flesh.
God is saying to all mankind, that when we accept His Gift of Forgiveness and Salvation through the work of His Dearly Beloved Son, Jesus; He will put His Law into our hearts and minds, for a remembrance of His Truth and Goodness, and He will blot out our sins, and never remember them again.
This is a Great Offering by a Holy God whose very Presence is frighteningly Awesome and Powerful to our soul's sight.
To not take this Offering of His son's Death to cover our sins, is to be very foolish indeed.
When we are convicted of our sinful nature and have a desire to ask for Forgiveness, it is proof to God that we are sincere and repentant; wishing to be cleansed of all sins.
We should always follow the urging of our heart to confess, and also the clear warnings we receive from our spirit mind, to not partake of future sins, no matter how small.
These intuitions, convictions and sometimes confirmations, are The Holy Spirit working within our soul, (God exercising His Promise to us) because He now has access by The Will of Jesus to guide and teach us about the things of God.
Responding to The Holy Spirt, and The Will of Jesus, brings about relationship with God Himself; our Saviour Redeemer who died for this very thing.
To have relationship with the people He created.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your New Covenant, and the Promises therein, that are ours to lay hold of. Help me to have a personal relationship with You as my Friend and God. Amen.
Psalm 25:5
Lead me in Thy Truth, and teach me: for Thou art the God of my Salvation, on Thee do I wait all the day.
King David writes a song to God.
He asks The Lord to teach him, and throughout this chapter, he asks for Forgiveness and Mercy.
Jesus had not come to earth at the time of King David; and humans when convicted of their sinful ways, wanting forgiveness, were to ask God for Mercy and Forgiveness; because this is what the Law required.
King David had all the power any man could want; he was surrounded by luxuries of all kinds, and he was afforded much honour by his people; but still he sinned; and he was aware that he was a sinner, breaking the Law of God both in thought and deed.
He has come to the conclusion that he needs to be taught, even more than he already knows, about God and His Ways.
He understands that Salvation comes by none other than The Lord of all lords.
He simply says, 'I will wait on You all day, every day; to hear and obey. For Your Way is best."
He humbles himself who is lifted high above his people, before his Great and Mighty God Who has All The Power over all things.
The Holy Spirit is speaking to us today through this simple Scripture verse uttered by King David.
David has gone before us and shown that we need to humble ourselves before our Saviour.
We are not our own. He died for us to be Free from the chains of satanic slavery to sin.
If we are willing, He is willing to be The Potter to our lump of clay. He will mold and bend, fold and fashion a new creature out of the old; one fit for The Kingdom.
Something beautiful in the sight of The Father.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, I will wait on You and listen for Your Holy Spirit's voice to guide, direct and teach me. I want to be a child of God. I believe that You are The Way, The Truth and The Life Everlasting. Help me, Lord according to Your Will because I am willing for You to have Your way in my life. Amen
Psalm 69:5
O God, Thou knowest my foolishness: and my sins are not hid from Thee.
King David cries to God about his foolishness.
He has been inwardly reflecting on how he has conducted himself.
We too must continually examine our "self" for it is what God is able to do, and we do not want things to get out of hand to where we have hurt Him.
David admits to God that he is a sinner. He knows that he has chosen unwisely, made some mistakes in judgement, and followed his own will instead of seeking God's Will.
He acknowledges his own frailty, even though he is a king on the earth ruling the people God has chosen as His own.
David has access to God; he has been appointed by God to rule on earth.
God chose a human vessel with all it's weaknesses when the people asked for a king on the earth to rule over them, instead of a Heavenly God they could not see.
David knows God is aware of all the foolish and sinful things he has done.
But he is not afraid of God; knowing God is Merciful.
David speaks to God respectfully with Reverance for Who He Is; but also as a friend, an intimate.
This shows us today that we who love God have access to Him also. We are able to come before Him and pour out our heart. We are able to ask for Forgiveness, and know that we receive it when we believe in what God has commanded, "Love My Son."
A humble heart surrendered to the Soverignity of Jesus is able to easily bow down and say to God, " Oh God, You know my foolishness, You know all my sins. Forgive me."
Believers have an assurance that God will immediatey Forgive; according to our surrendered heart.
Prayer
Lord thank You for showing me this Scripture. Guide me I ask into a relationship with You that is like the one You had with King David. I want to be an intimate of Yours. Amen.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; For He is faithful that promised.
Great advice to the believer!
Hebrews advises us in this verse to hold the Precious Gift of faith in Jesus, close; in our heart and mind, and to hold it firmly - never letting go.
When we are new believers we think that we will never lose this Gift.
But we must not forget that God has told us that His adversary, who becomes our adversary when we accept Jesus into our heart, is hell bent on our soul's destruction.
He will try to kill our body with accidents, disease, drugs and alcohol, and he and his demons will do their best to destroy our spirit by hounding us and ruining good things in our lives, like relationships, and even to the point of destroying us financially, so we can't make a living to support our loved ones.
Evil is really terrible in it's evil intents towards mankind, to bring about our destruction.
Because of our Free Will Gift it is up to us to reject all of evil's advances; to choose wisely, and in Godly Wisdom by His Spirit, who He has sent here to help us do so.
Evil will do anything to not allow God to have our soul.
If he can do that it is automatic that the evil dominion will claim it.
We never want that. He is an angry devilish master. He can not be pleased.
Human souls to him are worthless. He uses and abuses and throws away, just as he does in our life in the body while we are alive.
So we must be aware and stand strong in faith in our Lord, and what He did for us on the Cross.
Forgiveness of our sins and Life Everlasting is the New Covenant.
God says we must not waver in our belief in Him. He is faithful to us and will help us when we do not waver.
But if we decide to walk away from Him, and give up on our faith for any reason, He will not stop us. He will warn us, and He will strive with us to change our mind, but He will not stop us, if it is our will to do so.
We must develop a backbone for God; and not make our belief conditional on Him giving us something.
He already did. He paid the Highest Price for our soul and will not do so again.
Do not be wishy washy in your faith. Know God is Good and Trustworthy.
The devil makes a srong case for sin to us, showing us easy ways out that seem innocuous. But, be strong, do not seek those easy ways. Walk the Righteous Path with Jesus and The Spirit of God and you will be Victorious over all sin.
God says the only way to hold fast to our professsion of faith is to communicate with Him at all times, to have an open dialogue with Him and to study His Word to hear The Spirit's Words of Wisdom and Comfort for our journey on earth.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your warnings about our adversary. Help me to have a strong faith. Keep me grounded in Your Word. Remind me I pray to humble myself, and in so doing become strong for each day's battle, before You, daily, through the indwelling of Jesus in my soul. Amen
2 Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exaltheth itself against the knowedge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
In this Scripture Verse, Paul the Apostle gives us valuable instruction as to what to do to become pleasing in God's sight.
God's Son has died for us!
The Way has been opened to us, and any may come and accept the invitation to Eternal Life!
First Paul advises that we should cast down all our own imaginations about who God is, how God should be, and what God should do.
Paul tells us that all those thoughts we have, are called "high things" that we allow to exalt ourself, above God, in thought and deed.
No, we are the created being; we are not our own entity. We belong to Him even when we have gone astray and accepted satan's ways.
He has All the Power. He is God!
Is God a fool? Should He allow that we accept His Gift of Eternal Life which came by the Death of His Son, and then walk all over His Kingdom Rule; continuing in sinful ways?
We expect Him to not Judge us when we encourage by our own actions, others to continue sinning with us?
No, we are to be a Holy People! We are to warn others.
God Is Immortal/Eternal.
We have mortal bodies with a soul owned by Him that will answer to Him and it will be His Decision where that soul will go.
Great holy reverance should be given to Him.
There is none higher than Him. All things are made and have energy, by Him.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the Freedom to make a choice for you even while I am a sinner. Help me to cast down every high thing that comes to steal away my Salvation in Jesus. Amen.
Hebrews 13:15-16
By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifices of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His Name. But to do good and to communicate forget not, for with such sacrifice God is well pleased.
This verse tells us that through our love for Jesus, we are able to offer praises to God.
God sees this form of praise to Him as sacrifice.
When we praise Him, we are saying that He is above us, He is Holy and we are not. His Will is bigger and better than ours.
We set our self aside when we worship Him.
That time is pure as we are focused on Him and not self.
The state of offering our self to Him should be in us as we go about our daily life, and be the beginning of our day, and the end of our day.
Praise Him for the day gone by, and for the new day ahead.
Praise is like Holy oil for our joints; it keeps us flowing in Him. It keeps the breakdowns or backsliding at bay, and strengthens our relationship with Him.
We become more familiar with Him because He inhabits those praises.
He is Glorified and we stand in that beautiful Light and receive much spiritual nourishment.
The Holy Spirit in Hebrews also tells us to do good and to fellowship with others because this pleases God
Prayer
Lord thank You for this teaching. Help me to be a person filled with praise for You all the day long and to wake up with words of praise on my lips, and to tell others how much You love them and died for them to make a Way back to the Father. Amen
Galatians 5:22-24
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.
The Apostle Paul wrote to believers in Galatia to dispel some error that had been surfacing within their group/church.
By The Holy Spirit, Paul conveys to them the attitudes that will please God.
He advises them that they should be displaying the Fruits of The Spirit that, they now have in them since they came to the faith in what Jesus did for them at The Cross.
Today we are told the same thing when we read these living words. When the Spirit of God is within us; when we allow Him access to our heart and mind, we will show " the Fruits of The Spirit." also.
Love for one another will be evident.
We will have a Peace in our soul that unbelievers do not have. We won't get flustered by anything, knowing God is in control of all things; and everything He does is for our Good.
Therefore we can be longsuffering towards others, show gentleness, slow to anger, goodness and temperance in our thoughts and actions.
A strong and growing faith, knowing Jesus Justified us at our conversion, and will fully sanctifiy us throughout our lives, should keep us meek and humbled to His Will and not our own.
The Triune God; Father, Son and Spirit say to us " Against these attitudes there is no Law."
God approves of this conduct in His children.
Prayer
Lord thank You for The Holy Spirit who You have given to us, as our Comforter and Counsellor. Help me to be available to Him so that He can guide me in the Fruits of The Spirit. Amen.
Hebrews 13:15-16
By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His Name. But to do good and to communicate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
This verse tells us that through our love for Jesus, we are able to offer praises to God by words given to us by Jesus. God sees this form of praise to Him as a sacrifice to Him.
"Offer the sacrifices of praise to God continually," we are advised by the writer of Hebrews.
This state of mind of the believer, should be with us as we go about our daily lives; and should follow us to be the last words, as we go to sleep, and the first to wake us in the morning.
"Praise God for this day, help me to be a blessing today."
"Praise God, for He Is Mighty, Good and True."
"Praise Him Who Is Holy and Worthy, Jesus my King."
"All praise to Him Who Is Merciful."
"Praise His Beautiful Name, Jesus."
"Praise The Lawgiver and The Lighthouse for lost sinners."
Develop your own mantras to Jesus using His Name, His Truth, His Holiness, Mercy and Grace.
Praise is like Holy Oil for our joints; our mind and our soul.
It keeps us flowing in Him; reminding us of Him, keeping evil at bay for they hate our praises and cannot stand to be in the presence of them.
Verse 16 reminds us to never forget to do good for others, and to communicate in Godly conversation, with our fellow man, always giving glory to God.
Meditate in your mind about these sacrifices you can make, to help your walk with Jesus.
God included this in His Word to us, to show us how He inhabits our soul - through the praises we offer to Him.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for this teaching. Help me to be a person filled with praises for You all the day, and to wake up with praises on my lips to You, and to do good all through my days speaking of Your Son's Great Sacrifice for me. Amen.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near (to God) with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with Pure water.
Believers have the full assurance of God that their faith in Him is what keeps them in Christ.
We should be ever mindful of the Spirit's convicting and guiding so that our faith can continue to grow from a newfound faith at our Salvation, to ever increasing measures of faith as we learn how Faithful God Is.
The strength of our faith is what stays us in the storms of life; the tribulations, sicknesses, even poverty.
It is our anchor when times get tough.
We know that we know, that God is real and He Is for us.
This verse says that we should draw near to God all the time. He wants us to do this. He does not want us far away.
All His children are wanted and He desires to have a relationship with each one of us. He loves equally and has no favourites. He has told us this in His Word.
He does not discriminate in any way; be it gender, colour of skin, race, tribe, country of origin, culture, language etc.
Just as He loves all the animal kingdom that He created; and the flowers and leafy growths. No favourites.
It further says our hearts have been sprinkled from an evil conscience.
It is The Blood of our Saviour that our heart has been sprinkled with.
Let us place all honor and respect on the Blood shed for us, and not return to our former ways of sinful living.
Lastly in the Scripture above, it mentions that our bodies are washed with Pure water. Paul the Apostle has baptised the people he is writing to and this is mentioned to remind them of the baptism they took part in with a pure conscience, having accepted Christ, and believing in the Sacrifice for their sins on The Cross where Forgiveness is found.
If we haven't been baptised with water we should seek guidance from God; Father, Son and Spirit and follow the guidance we receive to complete this public sign of faith before Heaven.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the measure of faith You have given to me. Help me to grow in faith and to be a blessing to others who seek You. Amen
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
These Holy Words (from His Word, The Holy Bible, an inspired by The Spirit Holy Book; a Gift to mankind from God,) are reaching up to us today from when Christ walked the earth, and spoke to His Disciples; and from centuries before when He spoke by His Spirit, through the Prophets of God, and even by His Holy Spirit after He was crucified, to Paul an Apostle of God who wrote this Scripture by The Spirit.
Jesus is saying to us even today, that He will be Merciful; show Holy Mercy, Pure and Kind, that when we believe in Him and The Crucifixion and Resurrection; believe that He Is God; He will remember our sins no more.
He will Forgive us in Holiness; Pure and True in Love for us who love Him.
We can be free from all our sins of the past, those that plague us in the present and those which may arise in our future while we live on earth.
As King of all creation; everything that is, He is willing to Forgive you; just because your heart has said, I believe, help me with any unbelief.
We can stand before the Throne of God Almighty knowing God does not see our sin, He only sees The Blood of His Son that covers our sins; which is Holy Blood; His Own; fit for a Holy Sacrifice.
After our coming to Him at The Cross, we receive Forgiveness, because our heart confesses to God we know we are a sinner of enormous proportions; we have not believed even in The Father!
This experience is of The Spirit of God.
He drew us, He convicted us of our sinful nature. He orchestrated the whole event; His Spirit to our spirit.
Our soul is born again of the Spirit of God, where previously we were born of water from the womb; flesh into the world with a soul gifted to us from The Father.
These are the two births spoken about in The Bible.
To repent and ask for Forgiveness is an act of faith that can be fulfilled at any moment anywhere. Our High Priest is Jesus and He is available 24/7.
We can become born-again in His Presence right now if we so desire.
Talk to Him. Ask for Forgiveness and you will receive.
True repentance brings True Forgiveness.
Prayer
Lord thank You for the Great Mercy You show to us by Forgiving us of all sin, and taking us into Your sheep's fold of believers who love You. Help me daily to walk closely with You. Amen
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
The two points in this verse are at the apex of the believer's core beliefs.
Jesus is able to save to the uttermost, and He makes intercession for us to the Father.
We should not mock God and assume we can receive continual Forgiveness, while we continually and habitually engage in sinful behaviours.
We may be babies in the faith, but Jesus went once to the Cross and will not go again.
Once we are saved; because we repented with our heart, to Him; of our sinful nature, knowing that He paid for those sins at The Cross; the Holy Spirit begins the sanctification of our soul, so we can grow in Knowledge and Grace to be more like our Saviour.
Sin is forgivable through the Blood shed at the Cross by Jesus, but should we continually engage again in the same sin?
No we should be looking to Him who died for us, to give us strength, to throw off the shackles of bondage to satan.
We have to be willing. We must understand what a great price He paid for our soul to be free.
We have to repent over and over if a sin is ingrained into our flesh and mind.
Jesus is willing to walk with us through the fire and storms of life so long as we remain close to Him, as His Purpose is to bring us out like new, Victorious over the sinful nature.
But when we lag, and our heart is not in it to be willing, we move further and further from Him, to one day our soul is called up yonder, and we find Him saying to us, "I knew you not."
The yoke that Jesus has for us is light. He will not pull it tight. We are still our own masters, we can stray but to our own detriment.
"Forgive me, Lord Jesus. Help me, Lord Jesus." Should be our cry.
Prayer
Lord thank You for Salvation and Intercession. Help me to understand that I should learn about You, to know what is right and wrong in Your Kingdom. Amen.
Hebrews 12:25
See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused Him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from Heaven.
The unknown earthly author of Hebrews tells us, through the Spirit of God, that those who refused Jesus's Words while He was on earth; preaching the Word, teaching His Disciples, healing infirmities, casting out demons, and so much more that is not recorded; those who rejected Him after seeing and hearing of these miracles, will not escape God's Holy Wrath.
Jesus is now in Heaven, sitting at the place of Honour in The Kingdom of Almighty God The Father.
He accomplished what none other created being could.
The Father is well pleased with Him.
He is God and has the Power of God.
He was the Holy Sacrifice for mankind's sin.
That is a big undertaking; to pay for all the sins of each person who ever lived, before He came to earth and to pay for all the sins of future generations of people until the time is up, for the next phase of God's Perfect Plan for mankind.
This verse is a warning to mankind, to think carefully and refuse not, Him Who Is speaking to us, through His Word today.
Jesus has used men, to write His Letters to us by His Holy Spirit, inspiring them to write what He wanted to tell us. In the time before He came to be The Sacrifice, The Father gave The Ten Commandments for man to live by.
Jesus came to make a New Way for us to live.
He came to fulfil The Ten Commandments because it was a contract man had with God which He could not fulfil.
He lived His earthly life in the form of a man and obeyed every commandment.
Having fulfilled all the requirements but leaving man without a contract now, because in His Sacrifice, it was paid in Full; He by that same Sacrifice, made a New Covenant with mankind.
Everything He wants us to know about that Covenant, the New Contract between God and man, is in the New Testament; written by His Holy Spirit who came upon the writers on the Day of Pentecost.
It is The Holy Spirit of God who works with man, going back and forth to The Father and Son as our Intercessor, Teacher, Counsellor, Comforter and Teacher.
He is One with God; One in the Triune God; Father, Son and Spirit.
Hebrews writer by The Spirit of God, urges us to believe that God is speaking to us today from Heaven through His Word; The Holy Bible.
It is amazing how many people have read The New Covenant and have found the simple story of Jesus to be their entry into a beautiful new world of the inner man, that brings water to their thirsty soul, and great joy to their sad spirit.
It is like a healing balm of Truth and God's Perfection.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the warning by The Holy Spirit to heed Your Voice in Hebrews. It is pure water to my parched soul. Amen.
Psalm 49:16-20
Be thou not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased: for when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. Though while he lived he blessed his soul. And men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
These five verses tell us how God sees all men.
No one type, position or finances places one human above another in God's sight.
We cannot elevate our position in any way with God.
We're all the same to Him.
He elevated mankind above the beasts and that is a Godly Honour He says by His Spirit.
For this Gift, we should be looking to the One who gave it to us.
We are honoured by God in a more elevated Way than the beasts of the earth which He also loves for He loves all He has made.
God says here that we try to elevate ourselves above our fellow man and we think that will gain us some better standing with Him because of all the things we own, the things we have done and the positions we have held on earth.
He says that when we stand before Him; He sees none of that.
He sees the soul He gave to us and the state of Holiness in which it presents itself to Him.
Only the Blood of Jesus, His Son, that covers a soul when they choose to believe in what Jesus accomplished at The Cross, will turn God's Wrath away from a soul when it stands before Him after this life.
The Spirit of God tells us that we should not worry or try to be competitive with the rich in order to gain favour with God.
Yes we can be competitive but it doesnt please God in any way.
Whatever gains a person riches and position here on earth, are solely for the fulfilling of fleshly desires of comfort and ease, which will not bring everlasting life in the hereafter.
A rich man or woman cannot redeem their spouse or child nor give a ransom to God. They have no other advantage than a poor person.
Giving to God with a cheerful heart to further His Kingdom, is what God advises us; but a great gift of many dollars is no better than the poorest person's greatest gift, to the furthering of the Kingdom here on earth.
Yet a meagre amount given by a rich person is less, than the greatest a poor man can give. God knows all that we have because it is He who has allowed it.
God will restore what we give also; so who can keep up with God?
Those who have worldly honour, but do not understand Godly precepts, will peerish as a beast in the field does; so says God's Word; a man's soul can be reunited with God in Heaven.
The rich have a very hard journey in this world to be accepted by God. This is why many hate Him. They want their riches and want God to love them; yet cannot and many will not, give up one thing for Him.
They place their possessions before everything in this world. Possessions they cannot take into the next life.
Yet the Holy Spirit is always working with their heart and mind to choose Jesus, to begin their spiritual journey of refining, into His Likeness.
This Scripture is a reminder of the Book of Job. God shows us there how Job had prospered, and was a very rich man when Satan came to try to destroy Job in every way.
Through every attack of evil, Job's faith did not waiver. He believed in God. This is before Jesus came to earth. Job knew God was a Good God and wanted nothing to do with Satan. Job's blessings came from God because of his faithfulness to God throughout his life.
When Job was sorely tested, and it was proved Satan could not steal his soul, kill his body, and losing every possession did not sway him, God healed and continued to bless Job; and he ended with being more abundantly blessed than before.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for showing me this Wisdom. Help me not to judge the rich man, but to be a blessing to them, pointing the Way to Everlasting Life with You for Your Word states, that You desire that none should perish. Amen.
Psalm 26:2
Examine me O Lord; and prove me: try my reins and my heart.
In this simple Scripture Verse, king David the man who God called, 'A man after My Own Heart," writes to The Father, asking for further guidance from the Lord.
David is aware that he is not Holy, and desires to be so, in order to have a closer and more meaningful relationship with his Lord.
"Try my reins," king David asks the Lord.
David knows that his mind which governs all he does is in need of spiritual cleansing.
He wants the Lord to search his mind and find the places that need to be refined.
David is showing that he is willing.
He has a need to be closer to his Lord, and knows that there are things that need to be eradicated in his mind so he can have a purer relationship with his God.
David understands that God is Holy, and that he too must become more like God in purity so that he is not in danger of falling away from God even further.
Reins put in the mouth of an animal will help the rider to control it.
David wants the Lord to be the One who decides which way he will go, and won't go, or where to stop.
David also knows the heart is wilful and helps to send messages to the brain, so he asks his Lord to examine his heart as well, for he wants to be clean before the Lord.
He enjoys the relationship he has with God, and does not want any speck of evil to be in himself.
We too should ask the Lord to show us our spiritual lack; our evil ways and our wilfulness to go our own way.
Examine me, O Lord should be our daily cry.
A willing heart and mind should be our goal.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your gentleness towards us. Thank You for Loving us and allowing us to come to you just as we are; in sinfulness with unholy desires, in bitterness and anger. Examine us, and show us where and how to remove the evil within. Yes, Lord, examine me, and prove to me, the condition of my heart. Amen.
Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of The Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of The Lord all the days of my life, to behold The Beauty of The Lord, and to enquire in His Temple.
King David wrote this Psalm.
In a previous verse within this chapter, David sings that the Lord is his Light, Salvation, and Strength; therefore, of whom shall he be afraid?
How true for us today!
We who believe in Father, Son and Spirit, stand in the Strength of Almighty God and all who oppose us, oppose Him!
He cannot be overcome. He is Ruler of all things; owner of all things because He is The Creator of all things. All things are created for His Purposes.
In Him, believing in Him, The Triune God, Father, Son and Spirit, we are also overcomers by His Strength.
When we believe we walk in His Way and Will, and all He has created, including ourselves, we have Holy Freedom to move and join with Him to draw people to Him as we go about our daily lives.
David says he just sings praises to the Lord and asks for God's Mercy in all his trials.
He also asks the Lord to teach him of His Ways.
Lastly David says he waits on the Lord.
He does not go out into battles unaided by the Lord.
He prays and waits on the Lord, praises and learns, gaining strength in mind, body and heart; his very soul; so that through him, God may be Glorified when the enemy sees what little David did to gain the victory.
God desires to do this for us today, and has laid down this chapter of beautiful Scriptures to teach us through the writings of King David.
Prayer
Lord thank You for the Psalms of David which through Your Holy Spirt the earthly king wrote, that teach us so much about You, and how you work in us when we are submitted to You. Help me to be faithful in waiting on You while I learn about You. Amen.
Romans 1:18-20
For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven, against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of mankind, who hold Truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. (in the whole of what He has created)
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His Eternal Power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.
The Apostle of God, Paul who wrote this epistle to the church in Rome; teaches us that the unrighteous, the unbelievers, the atheists, the agnostics - all who turn from Him, do not regard the Truth of Who God Is, as anything of value to themselves.
Even though Paul says that God has made known to them through His Works of Creation that He exists; that He must exist; that He Is Above All creation for He Is The Creator of the Heavens and earth; we are able to see with our own eyes that He does.
Yes, it is put in man to know God exists, just by us marvelling at His Works!
But we go astray, God says when we accept His Works but not Himself.
We love and worship His Creation but not the Creator!
Man intuitively knows that "something" has created his surroundings. Native peoples from all over the world; from every tongue and tribe have surmised that there must be a Big Spirit, A Wise Creator, A Powerful Warrior King who helps them, A providential Provider of sun and rain, seedtime and harvest, A Healer they could cry out to; so many names and manmade dieties!
They have done this to express their understanding of their world.
They feel a need to appease the Big Spirit; to worship it and bring sacrifices because they know they are living sinfully under the watch of a Pure Spirit. The All-Seeing eye.
We are "the things that He has made" who He says, "understand that He exists, and will have no excuse when we stand before Him in the afterlife."
No one has any excuse not to accept the God of the Bible.
He has made us this way.
There may be layers of dirt upon the soul but in one second they can be broken through to The Light, in which darkness cannot exist.
When we accept that God does exist, and must exist, then we have cracked open a door for our soul to explore Who God Is.
We have a God-given Right to explore, to seek, and to find Him.
Begin to explore by reading, and studying with gratitude, in this letter to the church in Rome, written by Paul; Romans King James Version; for it was written to you personally by The Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You have made each of us with the ability to know You. Thank You for the time you have given me to come to Truth. Forgive my stumbling along the Path to You. Now I am ready to know You. Help Thou me, Lord for my unbelief has weakened me. Keep I pray, the evil one at bay. I'm interested in You only. Teach and guide me into The Kingdom of God. Amen
2 Cornithians 5:6-8
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: ( For we walk by faith not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Paul the Apostle describes the Christian viewpoint and Truth on dying in this letter to the believers at Corinth.
He says we are confident that whilst living, our soul is enclosed in the body.
Soul and spirit clothed in clay.
Our spirit is absent from the face to face in person presence of the Lord Jesus who is in Heaven, while we live on earth.
It is our faith that carries us. We do not see Him in bodily form like we have, so our eyesight cannot help us to know Him, as we could get to know a friend living here, among us on earth.
But, Paul says, we have a second confidence that is not caused by eyesight in this world.
We have an inner knowing, an inner life with Him by His Spirit, and His Word which tells us that our soul will be with Him after this life.
We should be willing, Paul says, to not worry about death for when we die we know that having been saved by accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour to our soul, for the Work of God He accomplished at The Cross; Salvation, we will be with Him wherever He is.
To be absent from our body is to be present with Him.
This is a Joyful thing to hold within; as we face death every day and night.
Prayer
Lord thank You for being the Way to everlasting life for our souls.Thank You for reconciling us to The Father for His Purposes. Help me be a Light on The Path to Truth and Redemption. Amen
Phillipians 4:8
Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
The Apostle Paul was in prison in Rome when he wrote these Words.
He did not want the believers in Phillipi to be sad or angry at his incarceration so he writes these words to them but also they are Holy Spirit inspired Words for all man for all time.
He writes to them to think on things that are Pure, True, Just, Honest, Lovely and things they have heard that are of good, and to praise God for all the Goodness they see and hear.
Phillipians is a letter showing the faith that Paul had and he encourages all of the church at Phillipi to be thinkers of good things.
He speaks of being humble and about how God is a Provider of Good things.
In this verse, he tells us the things to think on to keeep our minds on Godly intentions.
He says to dwell on the things of good report, and to praise God for them.
He mentions thinking of the Pure things; to gain a standard of moral goodness within self.
These things, these ways, will keep our mind focused on Christ and what He has done for us, because Christ by The Holy Spirit is able to guide and direct us onto the Path of Good Living that is pleasing to Him and which secures our Salvation.
This is the Path of Peace within for mankind.
Prayer
Lord, You are my King. I stand in awe of all You do. You are worthy of all my praise. Thank You for saving me. I am a sinner saved by Your Grace and Mercy on The Cross, and I am thankful. Help me to learn more about You. Keep me on the Path of Righteousness. Fill me with Your Spirit and help me to be the person You want me to become. Thank You for Your Son's Sacrifice that made a Way for me. Illuminate Him in my life I ask. Surround me with Your Holy Angels to keep me safe and guide my footssteps so that You will be Glorified throughout the earth. In Jesus's Holy Name. Amen.
Romans 8:26
Likewise The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but The Spirit Itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
The Apostle Paul assures us that The Holy Spirit of God helps us when we pray.
He acts as our Messenger and interprets our words and our feelings as we pray to God, into Heavenly Language so that our Lord Jesus is able to fully understand the intensity, the distress, the love, whatever the depth of the praise or need.
Then our Saviour presents our petitions to Father God as our Intercessor.
The Father is able to receive these messages because of this: His Son's Sacrifice that gives believers the Lawful Right to petition Him.
Our prayers in Heaven are called a "sweet savor" to The Lord. That is because they are presented to Him by The Holy Spirit.
With The Holy Spirit interpreting my emotions and my words, understanding the whole of what I am praying about; He is presenting to Jesus the whole picture in the Heavenly Language.
This knowledge gives us the freedom to speak candidly and emotionally to Him. We know The Holy Spirit is interpreting for us.
Private prayer is so rewarding in this respect.
We should let it all out, not worry that we are offending God with our inability to articulate at a high level.
We can trust the Spirit. He will not deceive us. He loves us because we love Jesus.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for The Holy Spirit who presents my prayers to you as a sweet savor. Help me to open up my day with prayer, and have open communication with The Spirit throughout the day, until my last prayer at night. Amen.
Psalm 19:7-9
The Law of The Lord is Perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is Sure, making wise the simple. The Statutes of The Lord are Right, rejoicing the heart: the Commandment of the Lord is Pure, enlightening the eyes. The Fear of The Lord is Clean, enduring forever: The Judgements of The Lord are True and Righteous altogether.
David writes that the Law of God is Perfectly Holy because he has discovered that for himself; as a human and in the position of a king of Israel.
He is stating that The Perfection of God and what He stands for, will convert a sorrowful heart that seeks to know more about life; to understand all the questions that soul has.
We seek to know things. We want Truth. We see the gaps, the division of life on earth, and what our life seems to show us about other worldly things.
We wonder; when we see a new baby; the grass growing; the cow mooing; the loving pet; when we look into the eyes of another; when we experience love; when our body fails us; and many other daily wonderings.
When we read His Word, and when we contemplate with a pure heart, the workings of Mighty God, we find that He is Truth itself, Law itself, Love itself, Pure and Good in All His Ways.
His Goodness and Power, because of Who He Is, should create in us, a Fearful Loving heart.
We know that we do not measure up; that we are sinners.
He created us in this way for His Purposes.
He holds the soul of man in His hands, and His Judgment is Just.
He has placed this Knowledge in us.
When we have a healthy fear of Him, it is a recognition of Who He Is.
That Knowledge is Pure, and becomes an anchor to our soul, as we go about our daily life.
Let us live with the Knowledge of a Fearsome and all Powerful God who loves us, and has made a Way for us to be reconciled to Him, so that any fear is converted to love and respect for Him.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for your Perfection and Power. Help me to acknowledge these Godly qualities and place in me a desire to dive deeper into Your Word so that I may grow in Truth. Amen.
Job 38:4-6
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched a line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof?
Here and in other verses of Chapter 38, God speaks to Job directly.
These Words are spoken to us each day.
When we are critical of things happening in the world or in our lives, God says, "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?"
He knows all that is happening in our lives.
We are walking in the consequences of our sin and it will be so until we overcome them all.
That cannot be done by self will, for we are fallible humans.
God is telling us that He has been around a lot longer than us.
He says, "I laid the foundations of the earth."
"I have the Great Understanding of all things, seen and unseen!"
"I Am All-Seeing and All-Knowing."
And, He is Law; all Laws of Creation He upholds within Himself.
He is Righteous in every way; there is nothing sinful in Him.
He decided where to place earth in the Great Cosmos.
He decided what beings to place where; how suns and moons and planets would move.
He created water and the bodies that swim in it.
It's all His Beautiful Creation.
He owns it all and everything in it He owns.
He has all the information and knowledge of all things.
We do not. We try, and we do make advances into the "sciences," but we are not God, and we will only understand what we are allowed to understand according to The Law of all things, (God.)
He allows us much free reign to know, but our desire to know should bring us closer to Him, yet today we find, it steers us away from The Creator.
We once again are thinking we are so very brilliant, because we now understand something new, never discovered before.
But God, says, " Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?"
We will never master everything because we are not God, but we should, look to Him to see Who He Is, and not try to take credit for something He has designed, just because we found a tiny dot of information.
Science is great for exposing the Greatness of God, but when it seeks to deny God, then it is an evil master to the soul.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your Greatness. I celebrate how Great You are! No human can attain to it. Help me to realise You are my Creator, and the Provider of all my needs. Amen
1John 1:8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive orselves, and the Truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.
John tells us not to deceive ourselves by saying or thinking we have no sin in us.
God says we do, and that settles the matter.
He is the Judge, and He is not a liar.
When judged against His Holiness, we do not measure up, no matter how perfect we imagine ourselves to be.
When we look at ourselves in the Light of Who God sees us to be; many of the puzzle pieces fall into place, and we begin to see things more clearly.
We ae sinners; whom God sent His Son to die for; so a Way was made.
Meditate on the state of your soul as it stands before a Holy God.
Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you, your shortcomings, as measured against God's Holiness.
Be honest with yourself, for your soul's eternal sake.
Satan and his demons will try to keep you unaware, in denial, fooled, deceived with a fervour of hate for God and really, you too.
Admitting to The Spirit that you are a sinner, breaks the hold that satan has on you.
You will feel a sense of relief and maybe even tears; this is a repentant heart that God loves.
The Spirit will begin a great work in your heart and mind of leading you to the Source; Jesus, the One the Father says none can come to Him but through the Sacrifice and Forgiveness of the Son.
Speak to Jesus and the Holy Spirt will take your words to Jesus with great passion.
How sad it would be for any of us to get to the Judgement seat of God, in all our moral righteousness, to find the Justice System in Heaven is Pure, and not corrupt in any way, like those on earth.
We would be found wanting! We would know we have layers and layers of corrupted thoughts and actions that were hanging over us like a noose.
The evil veil of delusion that we were good, and God would know we are good, would fall away when presented with Holiness.
The snare of evil would be exposed.
But today we can know that. Before we die in our sins; not Forgiven because we would not acknowledge Jesus.
We will see the many ways the Lord shone His Light on The Path, The Way, The Life that we ignored in favour of a good time with evil.
We will know in Truth that we weren't willing to exchange our own self-righteousness for His Rightousness.
We will see we deserve our fate.
Prayer
Lord thank You for revealing Truth to me. Thank You for Forgiveness. I praise You for You are Good and Righteous in all You Ways. Help me to walk the Path that You have set before me as a Gift, because of Your Death and Resurrection to pay for my sins. Amen
Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I AM God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
These Words were given to David by The Holy Spirit.
God speaks to hearts and minds down through the ages, in every inspired by The Spirit, verse in His Holy Word.
This is a comforting verse.
We just need to place Trust in Him that He is a Loving Father.
No one but God is truly The Great I Am.
Many call themselves god but He is above them all; known as Above All.
Many have a goodness, truthfulness, wisdom and love about them and they have written many great writings yet none of them are God, but The God Almighty and Powerful of the Bible Who Is God.
Here are some things God says about Himself in The Bible.
I AM thy shield.
I AM Almighty God.
I AM with thee.
I AM the Lord your God.
I AM Holy.
I AM Christ.
I AM The Good Shepherd.
I AM Alpha and Omega.
I AM The Light of the world.
I Am The Resurrection , The Truth, The Life and The Way.
These are only a few characteristics and attributes of God.
He asks us to meditate, be still and know, on the Source of All Goodness and Love.
Who must He be?
Must He be Holy, Perfect, Truth, Just?
His Word says He is.
We can Trust Him because of Who He Is.
The time is coming when He will be EXALTED.
Every knee will bow in acknowledgment of His Purity and Power.
Be still and acknowledge Him now.
Give to Him the Sacrifice of Praise with Thanksgiving for Who He Is.
Your Creator God Who Loves you, in Holiness because of the Blood of His Son on you.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Who You Are, and what You do for me. I give praises for Your Goodness. Help me to grow and mature to know more about You. Amen
Romans 14:11
For it is written, as I live saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
The Apostle Paul under the guidance and inspiration of The Holy Spirit has written these Words to the church in Rome.
He states, that Jesus has said that every knee, EVERY KNEE of all mankind, shall bow, and every tongue will give a confession of their life to God.
We will not be able to speak anything but Truth in His Presence; so we can forget about blaming others for our actions.
We will instinctively know that we are speaking to the Most Holiest of Beings, and only Truth is allowed in His Presence.
So lies and half-truths, and blaming and pointing fingers, and reasonings will be like dirt in our mouths!
All will bow and confess, not just believers.
Even those who did not believe in God while alive on earth, will now see Him in all His Glory and Majesty, and understand, that they were given life because He gave it to them.
Even those opposed to God; even though they see Him, and know He is Perfect and Powerful, but stand opposed, having died in the clutches of their evil captors, will fall to their knees and give an account of their lives on earth.
They will bow in spite of themselves. His Majesty will awe them. They will feel like fools, for not heeding His Call; for stubbornly employing self-will, for ignoring all the signs.
They will see it was by their own choice, and not God's, that they would not believe even though their eyes and senses said something different.
Others who believe will willingly bow to Him in Joy and Praise and Thankfulness, singing songs to Him.
His Word says believers have a REWARD in Heaven.
Which one do you want to be?
Prayer
Lord, thank You for being The God of All Power and Majesty. Praise Your Name, Jesus! Help me to honour Your Name. Amen
Psalm 62:1-2
Truly my soul waiteth upon God; from Him cometh my Salvation. He only is my Rock and my Salvation; for He is my Defence; and I shall not be moved.
King David, who God called, " A man after My own Heart," wrote this as a song of praise for his God.
The God of Abraham.
He gave it to the musicians to compose music to his words, for him.
It is a song of praise to God for His Guidance and the Greatness of His Ability to make David a victor in Israel and in his (Davd's) life, when the way forward seemed to be insurmountable by ordinary human methods; even by a king who had everything at his disposal; armies and weapons, wealth and power.
David knew who was his Help in time of need, and he praised God even when he no longer needed God's Help.
He was so filled with gratitude and love for God, for he knew that his Help was from a Power way beyond his own, and David understood that he must stay closely in contact with God his Deliverer.
God is telling us today through this Psalm, that if we have hearts like David's, we too will have victories that will cause us to break out in songs of praise to Him.
Wait, don't rush, and meditate upon all the facets of God's Character, and you will not be greatly moved in times of trials, but be able to stand firm, knowing God is your Helper, and will Deliver you.
You will be filled with a God Confidence that you didn't know you had.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the Salvation I have in Your Son Who Is my Deliverer, my Rock and my Defence. Amen
Psalm 32:7
Thou art my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
King David a man after God's own heart, describes how God sings songs of Deliverance over us as we hide in Him during times of troubles, trials, distress, both personal and corporately.
He uplifts, encourages and fills us with His Goodness when we turn to Him when brought low by those troubles.
God infuses us with His Light and when we give Him our troubles and pain, He will show us the Way through.
He will walk with us and help us to be overcomers and gain victory for our soul.
If God sings songs over us then shouldn't we therefore sing praises to Him about His Majesty and Compassion for us, The Way He made for us?
Every day we should meditate upon how good Jesus is to us; we will see His Hand has been upon us and saved us for this moment of Joy.
Yes, He is singing songs of Deliverance over you now!
Prayer
Lord, thank You for all the ways You have made for me, and the victories You have orchestrated on my behalf, that I have once said I worked for myself. Keep me safe in the Kingdom fold, and never let me stray from You. Amen.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all Grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all good things, may abound to every good work.
God Is Able.
When in despair or need; remember this Scripture Verse.
"God is able to make all Grace abound towards me!"
Paul the apostle is telling the believers at Corinth that God is sufficient to meet all their needs because of their faith in Him.
It speaks to all believers even today. This is who God is. He does not change His Mind.
He is able at all times through all eras and milleniums to meet the needs of those who love and follow Him.
Nothing stands in His Way when it comes to us who believe.
Evil cannot prevail against God.
If we approach our life once having received the Gift of Salvation through humble repentance, and belief in His Son's Sacrifice as The Lamb of God; with a servant's heart, He is able to make all Grace abound to us, that we may be able to carry out all He desires, His Will for us, fulfilling His Plan and Purposes.
God desires that none perish in the wilderness, never having known Him or lost to satan's wiles.
He wants us to be ready to be used by Him to reveal the Saving Grace that we have received, to others.
His Holy Spirit is working in this world among mankind and He will guide us into service when we submit to Him.
Prayer
Lord thank You, that many others were faithful to You to be used by You, and that I received faith through hearing about You. Help me to be one You can use also. Amen
Matthew 4:19
And He saith to them, Follow Me, and I Will make you fishers of men.
These are the Words of Christ Jesus, spoken to the first ever disciples, brothers Simon later named Peter by Jesus and his brother Andrew.
They were getting their casting nets ready to go to sea on the Sea of Gallilee to catch fish; making their living in this way.
Jesus cleverly spoke to them in a language they could understand; about fishing.
He also knew when looking upon them, the attitude of their hearts. He would have been directed there by The Spirit within Him.
They were two Jewish men waiting for their Messiah; as many people all over the world today are waiting for His Second Coming.
Jesus and John The Baptist had been preaching among the Jews to "repent; for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." (meaning Himself.) Matthew 4:17b
Today He is calling all men even those of differing faiths and beliefs. He died for all to have the right to leave dead works, and cultural beliefs, and idol worship religions to receive Him as their King of all kings, Lord of all lords, Name above all names.
Be aware He is using every good thing to reveal Himself to you. Everyone will have heard His Name, His Word, His Call on their heart and mind and had a chance to make a choice for or against Him.
Everyone has it before they die.
Listen for His very small voice among the din of the world, friend.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You have called me in a Way I could understand. Help me to help others to the foot of The Cross, also. Amen.
2Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the (Holy) Knowledge of God; and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Paul is warning the Corinthians to cast down their own imagingngs about how things work with God; about Who God Is, how things should be done, and the old teachings of the Torah (Old Testament.)
He says to change the way of thinking and to hold the laws of the Jewish faith up to the teachings of Jesus and what happened at The Cross, for mankind to see that God has provided a New Covenant with all mankind.
Paul tells them to bring into captivity all those thoughts of the old ways, stop fussing and fighting over them, and obey what is known to us today as The New Covenant.
He does not say throw out the Prophets prophecies or any of the writings of David or the history portions, just the Law which has to do with God's Covenant.
He's only speaking of the old Way from which God had been judging the Jews concerning them being a separate people for Himself and how they could be blameless before Him and receive their portion in Heaven.
If they could have done this then God would have had a Holy people for Himself and the rest of us would have been doomed.
But a New Way was brought into being through The Father's Will and Jesus came to fulfil every bit of The Law that was in place in that time.
In doing this, all things will now be measured according to His Word, and our response to Jesus, as King in our life at a personal level; direct from Jesus to mankind, no inbetween priests except to teach as pastors.
Priests would not adminster punishments anymore. No hail Mary's etc.
If we leave out one purpose of His death, that of obedience to Jesus, we will attempt to find ways of interpreting the Bible to match up with our own imaginations. This is what Paul is saying in this verse.
Paul advises we submit in humbleness to Christ, bring all of our own thoughts into captivity; not let them run amok in God's Word - do not do our own interpreting without the Holy Spirit as Guide and Teacher.
We must weigh our own thoughts against what The Spirit tells us through the studying of God's Word in the New Testament.
The Old Testament brings great clarity to our studies in understandg God and proves He is a Loving and Forgiving God but also a Powerful and Just God. In those writings He shows us how He foretold us of His Son's coming to the earth for us to pay for our sinful nature and to reconcile us with Himself.
God's Way is best for us. It brings spiritual growth, maturity in Spiritual matters that fill us with the Knowledge that we are loved beyond what any human can love and that we actually belong to God Himself as a special people.
We should strive to please Him and obey His Way as that brings us the best success in life - sometimes material success will follow but becuse we are God's we don't care about the worldly success.
Will you walk with Jesus?
Prayer
Lord, thank You for going to The Cross on my behalf. The Love You have shown me in the carrying out of The Father's Will on The Cross is unknowable. I want to take Your hand. Lead me where You purpose for me. I want to be obedient. Amen.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the Power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Paul the Apostle wrote this to the Roman church.
He says he is not ashamed to preach the Good News about Jesus, the One Who came to save the people of the world from eternal death, brought about by sin which God has to punish, and which infects everyone born here.
As believers we should not be ashamed of our belief in The Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The words of Paul should encourage us, and give us confidence, that believing in Jesus, is held to be Righteous, in the Mind of the Father.
God has given us Power from on High, to be able to speak about Him; to preach and testify about His Son, Whom He sent to earth to pay for our sins, in order to release us from the bondage of the sin nature within us.
Sometimes our words are not welcomed, but whenever The Spirit cracks open a door, we should be available to Him, and ready to speak the Word given by Him.
As believers we have a duty to be prayerfully prepared to recognise the opportunity He presents, and speak His Word, to whomever it is.
We must act according to His Will not our own. He knows the heart and mind of the person or persons we are interacting with.
Only He knows the right timing.
We must listen and humble ourselves before His Throne of Grace and Mercy and not rush ahead of Him.
He will never give us a bigger assignment one on one, than what we spiritually know.
We cannot wrestle a soul into The Heavenly Kingdom!
Perhaps only a Word from you, will drop on a hardened heart that has a tiny crack. That's all you may be used for; perhaps that's your Gift for now.
Others more deeply walking with Christ might be chosen to lead such a one to Him.
But none the less, you were chosen to tell others; that is how His Word is spread.
Prayer
Lord thank You for those moments of Pure Joy when You and I communicate so completely, that I am aware of Your Beauty, and Your Love for all mankind, and all You have created. Help me to be more like You everyday. Teach me of Your Ways. Amen
1John 1:7
But if we walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, we have Fellowship one with another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin.
The Beloved Disciple of Jesus, John of The Book of Revelation, counsels us to walk in The Light, which is Jesus Christ.
The Book of John in the Bible, Chapter 8, verse 12, tells us that Jesus said, "I Am The Light of the world."
John heard Jesus say those words!
Jesus is telling us even today, that He is The Light of the world.
When we join The Light of The World, we become part of that Light also. There is no darkness in Him so we become Light.
We become lights in the darkness of this world for Christ, for His Purposes, to testify of Who He Is and what He has come to do, for all who walk in darkness; sinners and deniers, scoffers and charlatans, drunkards and users of mind altering substances, workers of iniquity upon their fellowman, and the list of sins could fill the world thousands of times over.
Sin has come to steal our souls, kill our spirits, and destroy our minds. Evil workers do not want God's Kingdom to grow and do everything in their awful powers to keep humans from connecting with Love, Joy and Peace.
In Matthew 5:16 Jesus said, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven."
He was speaking to His Disciples, The Twelve, but it is also for every follower of Jesus, to let their Jesus Light shine!
Sadly, unbelievers hate when we do that, but there could always be one who is in such dire need or has found themselves ready to open to something better who is listening that we are to always be shining our Light; like a glowing lantern on a dark night along The Path of life.
John speaks of the sweet fellowship that believers have with each other when they are walking in the Light; woshipping together in praise songs, group prayers, sharing the Word of God, loving kindnesses for the weary and sorrowful, helpful hands, giving of gifts, helping to understand the Word of God, volunteering even in secular endeavours, helping children acheive and learn; there's so many ways to walk along side Jesus and give our hands for Him to use.
Those who will repent and recognise what Jesus did for us are being renewed by His Holy Spirt who is here on earth to be a Helper, a Counsellor and a Comforter.
He knows the believers, and has His eyes on the sinner, and makes ways where there seem to be no ways, for us to come to the Truth.
Acknowledge Him when you feel the nudge in your soul and spirit, your heart and mind. Stop and listen to Him.
Just say, "Yes, I want to know You."
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the Blood that cleanses us from all sins, past, present and future. Help me to repent every day of my sin which so easily besets me. I come to You for Forgiveness, that I may walk cleansed and Forgiven daily before You, and grow into an overcomer of my sins. I know this is Your Will for me. Amen.
Romans 13:2
Whosoever therefore resisteth the Power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
God has an Official Rule.
It is that He has All The Power over All That Is.
He is Almighty God; The Trinity of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
They rule together as One in accord, agreement and Power.
God gives power when and where He wills for His Purposes for All Things because All belongs to Him.
Yes, rulers of this world get their place and power from God and He gives them free will.
He expects Godly men but knows He has placed satan in a powerful position over the earth so mankind is going to be tested for His Purposes.
Some humans rule well but others do not as we all know who live under their governance.
Here in Romans, the Apostle Paul; a mighty man of God who in a vision was introduced to Jesus who Paul had been fighting against, who because of that vision was filled with the Spirit of God and became a teacher of all peoples; is telling us in no uncertain words what God has planned for mankind.
ALL WHO RESIST GOD, WILL RECEIVE DAMNATION!
Why?
Because God is Just. Why should a person who resisted God in every way, receive the reward that a good and faithful believer is going to receive?
After all they both were subject to trials and tribulations.
One chose foolish living according to God and the other chose to live for God in anticipation of The Promise of Eternal Life in the Kingdom.
This is a very important thought to meditate upon.
Give it deep and thorough consideration.
Prayer
Lord God, thank You for going to The Cross as a Blood Sacrifice for me. Thank You for Forgiveness for I am a sinner. Help me to stay on the Path of Righteousness and teach me of Your Ways. I submit always to Your Will which I understand is Above All in Power and Truth. Amen.
Galatians 6:6
Let him that is taught in the Word, communicate unto him that teacheth, in all good things.
Here Paul is writing to the Galatian believers in the church established by Paul in Galatia; regarding making offerings and giving good gifts to their teachers for the purposes of keeping that one as a teacher.
It is understood that the teacher will teach the Word of God to them, and minister to them in their homes when sickness and trials come.
He is to be allowed to use his time to seek God on behalf of them for continual enlightenment of the Scriptures as given to him by The Holy Spirit.
These days a Pastor might have an office set aside where he studies the Scriptures and other writings by proven Christian scholars. Where he writes sermons inspired by his time alone with The Spirit of God; in prayer and supplication, and humble submission to Jesus.
Offerings are given for the purposes of God's Word being preached throughout the world.
A local church cannot exist without offerings.
Although we can walk into a church building and have light, a seat, music, a toilet, a nursery for the children, teachers for Sunday School, all the equipment needed to open the doors and have a service, we forget that it all costs money.
We easily rationalise the cost of a ticket to a football game or a musical concert but we will not give a dollar as an offering once every Sunday.
We enjoy the musicians, we pick up our kids after service and see their joyful faces; maybe we use the restroom and have all the water and paper products at our disposal, we had somewhere on church grounds to park our car, we saw the attendants who walked the grounds while we were in church, as a caution to thieves.
There's so much we don't realise. There's a board or committe the pastor answers to regarding his salary and his duties and where monies are spent. Pianos and tuning are not cheap; neither microphones and technical items for the sound and videos.
We are commanded in the Scriptures to give of our time ( we can volunteer) and money (give when the offering plate comes by) to the advancement of God's Word.
God will resupply us when He sees our giving heart.
Prayer
Lord thank You for your promise to supply all our needs. Help me to be a giver of all good things as well. Amen
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the Power may be of God, and not of us.
The Bible verse above tells us that The Holy Spirit within us and the Presence of Jesus within us, is a Treasure we have when we have accepted Jesus as our Saviour.
God has clothed it in clay for a purpose, because we are limited by our flesh, and He can be Glorified and shown to us personally when we have exhausted all we can do by our flesh, and we call out to Him.
That Treasure within shows up and shows over and over again, His Power over all things.
He will make a Way that we couldn't even comprehend and may not comprehend for years to come.
He is All-Seeing and knows the hearts of all people. He knows what needs to be done to complete the whole situation.
His Ways are all-encompassing of all parties, to show His Glory, to prove He exists, to exhibit Mercy, Grace and Power, and His Glorious Majesty and Command of all creation.
As time moves on, we are able to see the Work of His hands; problems solved, victory for believers, unsaved saved by seeing His Majesty, hearts softened and mountains of problems moved; because we called on Him and He moved for us.
Mediatate on His Majesty over all creation everywhere; His Power and the Grace in which He uses it.
Prayer
Lord thank You that You make a Way where there seems to be no way in my problems. Help me to always go to You first and let You lead me through the trials. You have the Power, and I know I do not. Amen
1 John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
The world is full of sin, and this scripture verse alludes to the one who must be overcome in the world. That one is satan and his armies of demons; the ruler of this world and the world systems.
Jesus created the world and its inhabitants but satan was banished here before Adam and Eve arrived and he is called the prince of the power of the air over the earth.
Satan is the one who brings pain, sorrow, death and decay.
There is nothing good in him.
Man has given so much of themselves to him down through the ages, that he is basically our ruler on this earth; as it is fully corrupted because of man joining forces with him.
The Disciple John is writing to believers and he calls them, "little children." Little children, are to be taught, instructed in God's Ways. They are new to faith and John has walked and talked and prayed with Jesus.
He writes that they are "of God," being believers in Christ Jesus.
He further says they have overcome those who do not believe. They are set apart from the unrepentant sinners before God.
The set apart are; believers in what Jesus did for them at The Cross. He removed all sin. The sin nature was crucified. They are blessed indeed, cleansed from all unrighteousness. But they must stay faithful, in belief and should be grateful, and thankful, for what He did for them.
He is saying that God has Forgiven them because they believe He was crucified for them; in their place; He took on their punishment for their sins.
Meditate on this; "Greater is He who is in me, than he that is in the world."
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Forgiveness. Help me to see myself as Your child and in need of daily instruction in the Greatness of Jesus and what he did at the Cross. Amen
Romans 14:8
For whether we live, we live unto The Lord; and whether we die, we die unto The Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are The Lord's.
The believer in Christ has this assurance; we belong to The Lord Jesus, The Christ of God, The Father's Son, while we are in the flesh; and when the flesh dies; He claims our soul.
We do not have to wonder where we might go after death; we have assurance of where we are going to go.
This Scripture verse is confirmation that God has approved us through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Word of God is making sure we know we can have this assurance!
The Father who owns The Law of everything, made a Way for His believers, that would give them Forgiveness and Hope. He did this to lawfully secure, the souls of those who love Him, yet were in a state of unforgiveness or sin, because of the influence of satanic demons in mankind's lives. Sin has caused a loss of relationship with the Creator; first in the Garden of Eden, continuing into mankind's future up through the generations to present day and beyond, until the Lord comes as King again.
God who can never break His own Law, as this would be His undoing as God; who must be Perfect, Sinless, Holy, True and Just, full of Goodness and Love for His Creations; made a New Covenant with mankind that was not only for the Israelites, but for all humans.
Where previously God desired a nation; the Israelites; now He includes all those in the earth who will recognise His Son as their Saviour.
The New Covenant was unknown to Lucifer, now known as satan, since he chose to fall from Perfection and take his chances existing against God.
Now, since Jesus and The Cross, mankind has a choice to make. Before, we were all sinners because we could not keep to The Law.
God out manouvered satan because God is Law Itself, of all things, and satan is a being who is subject to God who owns Law or is, Holy Law. God banished satan to the earth and he was here when Adam and Eve were created.
Jesus is Lord of the living and the dead.
Lord over all; even though some do not recognise His Lordship.
God,The Father, has given Him, Jesus, all He created.
He is The Almighty King of Kings.
Some people deceive themselves by thinking that God will look upon them as innocent, because they have led what they consider to be a decent; even good life, yet rebuff the idea they need to make a choice for God's Son.
That soul will find itself in the company of real evil after death! We must not be fooled by satan. He deceives us in many ways our itching hears like to hear; God doesn't exist, mankind is good, God is a bad being, Jesus was a teacher, The Bible is full of lies and fairy tales and on and on.
God discerns the reluctance to acknowledge His Son, as lazy, slothful, rebellious; one who doesn't want to bother, one who has judged God as hateful, wrong, powerless, one who believes the lies of satan rather than The Truth of God.
There are many dreamed up and fanciful, excuses, but none will hold up at The Judgment.
It is up to man to make the choice for God and get to know the Son.
Each person makes his own choice. God does not take us if we don't want to be with Him.
Meditate on the assurance you can have, and what it will take to get the guarantee for your soul.
Prayer
Father, thank You for this Scripture that shows the Perfection of Your Plan to overcome evil in our lives. Thank You for making a Way through Your Son's Sacrifice for those who will love you. Teach us and cleanse us from wrongful thinking. Amen.
1 John 5:4
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Disciple John who walked with, and received Knowledge, from Jesus, about The Kingdom of God, reaffirms to us, that it is through faith in Jesus that we are able to overcome the sin, that besets us in the world.
If we have new life in Jesus through accepting Him as our Lord and Saviour for The Father's Kingdom, we are able through His Power, to overcome the lure of the world run by satan.
Our faith in His Ability to walk before us into the fires of trials and tribulations, is what sustains us and brings victory for our soul.
All praise is His. Not ours, we have done nothing but believe in Him and follow His Lead.
This attitude of faith in Him is what brings Peace into our hearts and minds for this life.
The Peace that passes all understanding brings happiness to our lives. It is the true "pursuit of happiness" that we should be chasing after.
The world says we can only achieve happiness through a multitude of possessions. Those things, we cannot take with us after this life, but Peace and Joy can be ours for Eternity.
True faith produces everlasting Peace and eternal Life, and the promise that we are Loved beyond anything we can comprehend; by The Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit as well as all the inhabitants of Heaven.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for going before me to Light the Righteous and Holy Path. Thank You for Loving me with a Holy and Pure Love. Help me to hold up Your Lantern that Lights the Way to faith in You for others. Amen.
1Corinthians 15:51-53
Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Paul, writing to the church at Corinth, explains an incredible promise, but it remains a mystery to us because to believe it one must have great faith anchored in Christ, and what He did for us at The Cross.
God has promised that there is a time when the last of a number of trumpets in Heaven shall resound throughout the universe, and He will change all corruptible flesh bodies for incorruptible bodies.
His Word says it will be done in the twinkling of an eye!
We will be changed. Immediate death of the flesh. It will exist as it was, for us no more.
Those who "sleep", meaning the dead, shall also be raised from graves, with incorruptible bodies.
God will no more deal with our flesh.
The change will occur so quickly that those who are alive will not have time to call out to God, confess sin or anything else that they think may save them, from what is to come because of their unbelief; now understanding that He exists and is in total control.
ALL POWERFUL.
The state your soul is in at that moment will be the state it has, as it comes forward before the Throne of Judgement
This is important information to meditate upon.
If that last trump were to sound now, would your soul be ready to stand before God with gnashing your teeth and wailing for Mercy which is not available to you then?
Prayer
Lord thank You for settting out the Truth for us to discover in Your word. Thank You for the Holy Spirit who seeks to convict us and teach us about You. I praise You for the wonderful Power You have over all things. Amen.
Revelations 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.
Throughout Revelations, Jesus is speaking to John the Disciple. The Lord speaks of overcoming our sinful nature in this Scripture verse.
A believer, having received Salvation; by accepting Forgiveness through the atonement on the Cross for our sins; by Jesus to fulfill The Law of God, is required to overcome his sinful nature's urges, grow in faith and spiritual knowledge.
We do this by reading and studying The Word of God, fellowshipping with other believers, speaking to our Lord in prayer, and allowing praise to come forth from a heart of gladness, for our Redemption from satan's world of sin.
He gave us His Word so that we would be strengthened in faith through learning about Him; His Power, His Love and Truth.
There is so much to know about God. He speaks to our heart and mind through the Scriptures. It's called the Living Word, for it speaks many things, and has many levels of knowledge, in even one little verse for all peoples, and all their needs.
It is full of Godly advice; becoming almost like food and water for our starving, thirsty souls and spirits.
First it will seem like we are consuming baby's food, and warm milk, but as the years go on, we find it is meaty and delicious food, and fine clear water that satisfies the soul.
We can spend a lifetime reading His Word and only skim the surface of what He is telling us.
But we find ourselves growing stronger in faith and belief when we do. Evil is easier to recognise and we become overcomers of the sinful nature in us.
God fills those empty spaces with His Joy. Life begins to have new meaning. Trials are not worried over.
And, He is there with us, every step of the Way forth, until the day of our demise from this earth when we meet Him face to face.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You are always there for me. Help me to study Your Word to find the hidden tools that I need to overcome sin in my life. Give me a heart that is full of faith in You. Amen.
2 Peter 3:10-11
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all Holy conversation and Godliness?
The disciple Peter, a companion to Jesus; one who walked and talked intimately with our Lord, tells us here that when the Lord comes for the second and last time, He will come silently, stealthily, at an hour when we least expect, like a thief at night, when we are "asleep."
As a believer, I want to be ready, alert and in right standing, with Him, having the assurance of my Salvation, when He comes.
Peter speaks of "what maner of persons," we should be.
He gives us the answer, saying we should be walking and talking in the image of God, and have Holy conversations and Holy interactions, in work and play with others.
Peter was among the disciples; and he was the first chosen disciple also, when Jesus sat amongst them and spoke about all He represented (The Kingdom of God,) and was doing in the earth. The Disciples would have had the opportunity to ask Him questions, and they all would have benefitted from His Holy answers.
The Bible shows us that these encounters were part of their daily gathering and walking to villages, their eating and praying times, where Jesus told of great and mighty things about the Kingdom, and Father God.
The Blood of Jesus covers our sins, but sometimes we are so weak in faith, that the evil one who is always lurking around us, is able to draw us apart for moments of evil thinking and deeds; we know not when that one time will lead to us denying Him.
We should check our faith daily; to sustain and grow in it.
When sins drip from us, unrepented, like dirty rags, we must run to The Cross and divest ourselves of all that, to Jesus for Forgiveness.
Repent and fight the demons with Great Faith in Jesus, to overcome evil desires, so that when Christ returns and if we are here, we will be found righteous by our faith in Him.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Salvation and Forgiveness, Help me to have Holy conversations and to practise holiness in all my friendships and dealings with the world. Fill me with Your wisdom and love. Amen
Galatians 4:23-25
But before faith came, we were kept under The Law, shut up unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed. Wherefore The Law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Here we find a description of faith and The Law.
It tells us that The Law came first, and was given after sin entered the world.
God established the Ten Commandments during the time when He had Moses and His people wandering in the desert. He was preparing them to be a singular nation with Law.
After many generations settled in the land; living under the Law of Moses (Ten Commands) the Israelites had added through their High Priests, many other laws because the people were unable to obey fully, God's Law.
They had laws for everything, just as we do today.
God knew their hearts but He gave them The Law anyway, for His eventual Plan to be fulfilled; to gather all souls who loved Him, to Himself.
This would take thousands of years, but God does not live in our time constraints. A thousand years on earth could be but a blink of an eye to Him.
Mankind has devised time because of our seasons and the days and nights of our earth. It's possible God revealed to people of old the way to measure time or it's possible it was evil as they too have influence in this world.
It used to be sunrise, sunset, noonday, afternoon and summer, autumn, winter and spring to the ancient peoples.
In God's timing; when He knew man had transgressed to it's full level of evil intent, He asked Heaven for a Saviour, so to speak. But there was no-one in Heaven who was suitable, had all the necessary qualifications.
In the Godhead were three Persons (Entities) and The Son spoke, to say He who had created the earth and it's inhabitants for the Trinity would go to earth, and fulfill the next stage of the Godhead's Plan.
That was to first offer a Saviour to the Israelites, and knowing they would reject Him, then to be a Saviour for all mankind, who would agree they are in need of a Saviour and accept Jesus, a Humble King.
There is nothing God does, that is not full of meaning and perfection of Law. He is holy in the Purest and Truest sense beyond what man can imagine.
Mankind in those days, was in God's eyes still going to school; with The Law being a school master who kept order through The Law.
But we flunked. God says not one of us is good. We all fall short of His Law, and even our own man-made laws.
So when Jesus came, He fulfilled every Law to show that it could be done. He broke no Law when He was on earth; neither God's Law, or man's laws.
This is how God outsmarted evil.
His Son fulfilled every requirement of The Law, and then fulfilled every requirement of God, for man to be saved from the clutches of satan if they should so choose.
Still, God allows us to choose! He does not says we must! Remember that.
It's your choice!
He does not want a grumbler, a murmurer in Heaven.
No, there's Joy in Heaven, and it will stay that way.
There's no evil in Heaven.
And remember this too; God knows the depth and width and breadth of evil. He can see beyond our limited view; right into the heart of mankind. The inhabitants of Heaven watch it from afar, seeing the ravages and ugliness of it's works, but are removed from it, having no desire to partake of evil offerings; loving what they now enjoy with God as their King.
He will never be outsmarted by satan and his evil army.
God could get rid of evil in an instant but they too have been given some rights when they were created. They are just living out some allotted time!
But evil can never get rid of God. If you believe that, you've been deceived by satanic influences.
Prayer
Lord thank You for the Blood shed for me at The Cross so that I may be saved from the clutches of the evil destroyer of souls. You paid the price and I am grateful. You showed me The Way and I say, what kind of Love is this! Thank You, I will follow You all the days of my life and testify of Your Goodness. Amen
Hebrews 12:1
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.
This is an amazing Scripture Verse!
It tells us that we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses at all times!
God is being upfront and honest with us.
Before becoming a Christian, most people believe that no one sees their doings, perceives their faults, and most will not admit to themselves, that they are anything less than a perfect being, all others being great sinners!
So when are witnesses used in our world?
Witnesses imply judgement, an alibi, a testimony to goodness or a reference for "niceness."
But friend, some of those witnesses will be our accusers!
Yes, both the good and evil spirits are witnesses to our carrying-ons, in the earth.
Some will be trying to use us to prove their own innocence; accusing us as the instigators of their evil doings.
Many will be trying to prove to GOD that HIS LAW is too strict, unable to be obeyed fully.
But God knows what evil is all about. He knows we have been seduced by our own willing hearts and minds, yet seduced by evil.
God had a Plan. It involved fulfilling His Law and bringing Justice to His Kingdom.
We were born here for a reason. We find from reading God's Word, that evil (satan) was here before Adam. We do not know why; but God does.
Our only requirement is to reconnect with God.
His Plan involved having a Holy Sacrifice, to pay for all the punishment of all souls, who desire to be with God and love Him, while on this soul existence.
To show that none could do it, God called for someone in Heaven to make that Holy Payment.
Only One was willing. It was a huge punishment; all souls of all time, past present and future - all their sins.
The Only One Who could was and is The Son of God, our Creator, The Word and The Christ of God.
And Jesus said, " I Will."
We all know of the Crucifixion; the Resurrection.
Jesus became humble on earth. He cried for us to know Him. He chose His twelve Disciples and taught them; told them many things that are written and some not written; performed Holy Miracles in their presence; walked with them from village to village; and loved them.
All these experiences helped them to have patience and run the good race when He was gone from their earthly presence, as an example for all those who will believe in Him.
Today as a believer, we are expected to run the good race that is set before us, with love and patience, teaching and speaking of Him.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for this Word. Help me to be an overcomer of sin in my life, and live openly, selflessly, that You Name would be Glorified because of any good work I could perform, according to Your Will and in Your Name. Thank You for The Blood of Jesus that covers my sin, so that when I stand before You, and am accused by evil, I am found to be blameless. Amen
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Faith in God is essential to the Christian's life.
It is by faith that God connects with us.
This is a great mystery to an unbeleiver.
They don't like the word "faith." They want to "see" Him, face to face; then they might believe.
But the believer knows through the work that is done in them by the Holy Spirit, that there is a mystery of God, that is revealed to them on a personal, individual, level of their understanding, and that, that understanding grows day by day, like the branches of a grapevine that eventually should produce fruit over a lifetime.
Believers do not stand on their own principles and state," I cannot see God face to face; therefore there can be no God."
Yet seeing a statue of Buddah will bring unbelievers to their knees in worship!
The ancient peoples worshiped the planets and stars, sun and moon because they could see them.
Others worshipped a particular animal, or a place (mountain, river, sea,) gems from the earth, and others made up fanciful stories like the aboriginies of Australia who have invented a dreamtime.
There would have been some in those cultures who never believed those things, but understood there was a Great Entity (God,) behind all those things; Who had created all things.
God has never let the earth completely lose it's salt. (believers)
After centuries of nomadic roaming, settling, fighting, story telling, of the peoples of the earth, God saw that Abram whose father was Terah, had great faith in Holy God, when all others were corrupted in their thinking.
Yet it was only Abram who pleased God; and He rewarded him as the greatest of great grandfathers of our Lord Jesus. (The lineage is given in the first Book of The Bible, Genesis. Genesis 17:5 God changes Abram's name to Abraham.)
God named him Abraham one of great faith which made him Holy Righteous before God. And through Abraham, the line of Jesus was brought forth, in God's Time. (Abram's lineage is from Adam - as are we all.)
The believer says in his heart, "I have had an encounter with Love and Truth and it is All Powerful." The Bible says this encounter is with Jesus and none other.
All other encounters are false, made-up by mankind, have some truths but not All Truth; do not have the blessing of God so therefore will lead only to our soul's destruction after this life, if followed to the end of our days.
God is looking for faithful people. He knows who we are. He is waiting for each of us to turn our heads towards Him; to get to know Him, to walk with Him.
He wants to have a heart and mind encounter with us.
He offers eternal Life after this life, in His Kingdom wherever He goes.
He made us for His Purpose.
He can be trusted to deal with your soul justly.
The Great Mystery of God can be revealed to you in wonderous ways if you are willing to let your guard down and trust Him.
His Name is Jesus. He died on The Cross for you to be Holy Forgiven.
He shed His Blood for you as Payment for your sin of unbelief.
The Father gave to Him all souls who will come to Him.
He is knocking on the door of your heart this very moment.
Will you let Him in?
Prayer
Lord, thank You for calling me, and waiting for me to open the door of my heart to You. I accept You into my life and ask You to help me to seek You more. Amen.
Romans 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore Love is the fulfilling of the Law
The Bible speaks a great deal about love.
Real genuine Love, is actually Christ Himself.
He came to fulfill the Law of God because He is the only One, who could fulfill The Law of God, which is Holiness; and He is Holy; being God Himself.
In His Perection, Truth and Light, He came to this dark sin-filled world to overcome our weakness - sin.
No other could satisfy The Law of Love, Truth and Perfection.
So He came as the Holy Sacrifice that none other could be, to fulfill the requirement of Punishment for the Law which had been broken.
Jesus paid the price for all mankind, past, present and future.
That is Love, Holy, Agappe Love.
He died for all who will recognise His Sacrifice, and turn from our wicked ways to follow Him; just as The Disciples did when He called them to follow Him.
The Apostle Paul is showing us here, in this Holy Scripture, that to love, is to be Christlike.
Love is shown here on the earth in word and deed to others and our surroundings.
God is able to always judge our hearts and minds; being omipresent and omniscient.
As we come into the world and walk through this life, God looks upon our hearts and minds, sees our actions and hears our words, and is able to rightly divide the wicked from the good; a selfless or a selfish heart, a proud or humble mind.
Many people volunteer to do good works, and good works are certainly needed in this world; yet God looks upon the works, and is the decider of the righteousness contained within the deed.
God asks us to Love His Son as He Loves us.
God asks us to help one another as He helps us.
Good works done after the soul has accepted His Son as Saviour Redeemer are counted as Righteousness.
The faith we have for His Son Jesus is the driving force behind the good works; never pride, nor selfish gain; but to bring Glory to Jesus so others will say "It's because of their Love for Father, Son and Holy Spirit that, that one, obeys the call to do good."
As we help one another in this world, let this Scripture be the Light held up before us as we make decisions to do Good.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your Word. It lights the path as I walk on my soul's journey. Help me to Love with an Agappe Love, all peoples, and to see the world through Your eyes. Amen
Revelations 3:18-19
I counsel thee to buy of Me, gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and annoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Jesus spoke these Words to His Disciple John who was in exile on the Isle of Patmos.
They were meant as is all Scripture, to travel through time, for all, even to today and into the future, up to His Re-appearing in the clouds to gather the faithful to Himself; to speak to our heart and mind for thoughtful contemplation.
They are Wise Counsel from our Lord and Saviour, to us all; who will listen and believe.
It is by His Holy Spirit that we come to believe.
A mustard seed of belief is all it takes for the Spirit to fill us with the conviction of our guilty ways, and give to us a desire to repent. We repent because we see a glimpse of Jesus through The Spirit and we are awed by the Perfection of Him who gave up a beautiful dwelling place where He is honoured, to be denied on the earth He created, by those whom He created.
We see in our inner spirit that He is Pure and Holy and that He loves us. We are filled with a deep desire to know Him and to please Him.
We realise we have it all wrong! We've run astray! We've believed lies!
When we repent of our sins and allow Jesus to have our soul for Holy Renewal by The Spirit of God, the process of renewal is likened by God, as like the soul being tried in a fire, like Gold is before it becomes purified.
As many as He loves He rebukes and chastens because we are wayward souls who let our flesh do the talking.
What will it take for you the repented one to give up all your sinful ways?
Will you go easily to the fire or will you go kicking and screaming yelling blasphemies in anger?
Will you lie to Him, hide from Him, try to trick Him, use all the worldly manipulations that have worked since you were a young child with your parents?
Or will you immediately know your wickedness, and be thankful for Forgiveness, and give up those sinful ways?
It is our choice. Our soul can be in the Refiner's Room for years, or weeks.
To Him we are worth saving. He went to the Cross, the Ultimate Punishment, for you and for me.
If we are not thankful but take His Sacrifice lightly; jeer at it as if it was nothing, call it stupid; we risk dying in that state.
He knows and sees where the dross of our lives holds us back from relationship with Him, and that is what must be burned away.
It's called sanctification. It's a process that begins after justification; when we accept Him as our Lord and Saviour we become justified.
The question to ask yourself is, "Am I justified?"
Have you repented? Have you said 'Yes" to Jesus? You are Justified!
You may be wallowing in sinful ways. He takes us as we come to Him in the rags of our degradation.
But when we say, "Yes" to Him, He touches us and His Blood covers all those sins. We must lean on Him and our Justification, which was bought at a Great Price.
His Precious Blood was the cost of that Blood Covering you now wear spiritually, to continue to be victorious over those sinful ways and thoughts.
He will walk through the rest our our lives with us. He is The Powerful One. He will go before us to make a Way.
He is committed to us, individually.
Dear Lord, Thank You that You have created me, and given me life. I surrender all to You, and repent of all sin, and ask You to renew my mind and spirit, mold me into the person you desire. Amen.
Colossians 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
In this Scripture verse, Paul warns us that we can easily be led astray by man-made philosophies and traditional cultural types of beliefs. We can become "spoiled;" as in not fit for consumption.
We see the devil has led many astray from when time began, and Eve was seduced into believing the devil had a "point."
God calls all of this vanity. He sees it has sprung forth in the minds of mankind who are influenced by the devil and his evil ways.
It is all deceit, lies and manipulations of our minds; which we willingly run to and accept without ever a thought of righteous Truth.
No, we are deceived by our own pride or ego. We love evil.
We think we actually discovered that new thought! Hah! No it is the devil of old with years of evil experience who has slithered into your mind and deceived you; led you away from God!
But the Holy Spirit is right there also doing His Convicting of our spirit. He warns us, yet we follow after what we think is the exciting, the fun, the frivilous, the easy way.
Soon we are entangled in a web of deceitful lies, that we cannot extricate ourselves from, and we settle in to run with the familiar spirits of evil.
At this point we are spoiled and of no use to God; yet He still is aware of us - waiting for us to call out to Him for Holy Help before we expire in the flesh.
At Calvary, on the cruel Cross, His Son died so The Father can accept us. His Blood was shed for us. We believers have a Blood Covering over us that with Spiritual Eyes, Holy Father God can identify us as belonging to His Son, Jesus.
We are Christ's Creation and He loves us. He does not want to lose one of His souls, so His Blood had to be spilled onto the earth so that one day in God's Plan, this earth and all those who had accepted His Son's Sacrifice, would live again in Freedom and Peace with no sin.
Will you choose Jesus Who died for you to be Free from evil's clutches?
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank You for dying to save such a one as me. I believe, and ask You to help me grow in faith and belief. I no longer want to follow evil. My eyes are on You. You are my King and I will be Your servant. According to Your Will, let it be so.
Phillipians 4:6-7
Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
In this Scripture verse, The Holy Spirit speaks through Paul the Apostle giving sound principles to live by as a believer.
We are to be mindful of God at all times, including Him in all our thoughts and decisions. In this way we will always be in His Will which is what is best for our souls.
And if for our souls, then for our bodies and spirit also!
The Spirit says, the best and only way to approach Holy God is with a thankful heart, in prayer asking for our needs to be met; both for the flesh in everyday living and for the spirit in learning and growing in Godly Knowledge.
God will help us to be good providers for our families. He will help us through sicknesses, even keeping us well and healthy with no sickness coming to our door by the wise Godly decisions we make on where we go and who we consort with.
Business decisions should always be made with Him at the helm. He sees the hearts of both sides! He favours His children, yet desires to bring the unbeliever to His bosom also in belief.
Through looking to God as our Source, our Provider, our Guide and Teacher, we give Him His rightful place in our lives.
Depending on where you are now in your spiritual walk with Jesus and The Spirit, it may be a long drawn out process for God to help you, but if you are walking closely and in agreement with His Will, your answers come quickly.
If we hang on to areas in our lives that are not pleasing to Him but are there because of our own self-will, He will not interfere, but He will convict us of that ugly boil, and offer His soothing balm for it.
However if we refuse to receive His Remedy, we will continue to flounder in our sin.
That is our free will choice. Our right; but it doesn't make us right with God. It makes us a co-hort of the self-willed one of Hell, satan.
For Peace to reign in us, The Holy Spirit has given us this Truth.
Prayer,
Lord, Thank you for giving the Apostle Paul Your Word of Knowledge as a Beacon of Hope for us to be whole in You. Help us to surrender to Your Will and realise our will is destructive to our life on earth and will never get us to Heaven. Amen
2 Timothy 3:7
Ever learning, and never able to come to the Knowledge of Truth.
The Apostle Paul is writing to his protege Timothy who is visiting the churches already established by Paul.
He warns Timothy that some people are always seeking. They search for Truth their whole lives and think that will excuse them at the end.
They will say to God, " I searched and searched. You saw me. I didn't have enough time."
It is telling God it's His fault; like Adam in the Garden of Eden. "It's Your fault God, You gave to me the woman and now look what has happened."
Oh this is foolishness. God does not fall for our reasoning. He knows what He has done to help us connect with Him.
Lifetimes can be wasted when we lie to ourselves.
It is best to prepare the heart to desire Truth and to recognise it when we hear it.
God provides many chances and at the end there is no excuse.
We find Truth in His Word; The Holy Bible.
A prideful and doubting heart will not see or hear God's Truth.
These things have to be set aside. We are not smarter, more intelligent than God.
Do not be afraid.
Fear comes from our enemy. He instills so much fear in us to where some cannot even go outside their door.
Is this what God wants for us?
No.
Evil keeps us in fear so we won't do what God wants us to do.
Search your heart and mind and begin to lay aside your fear, pride, selfishness, arrogance and all the other non Godly ways of being in the world.
They lead us far from God in our minds; but God is always there.
He is gentle, humble, giving us our years of unbelief; waiting for us to connect with Him.
But there comes the day of death.
It cannot be avoided.
There is a time set for each of us.
Let today be the day when you turn to Him and acknowledge that He exists.
Begin there. Stop searching.
Just believe.
Prayer
Lord thank You for warning us that to ever be a searcher brings dire consequences for our souls. Help me to put aside all those things that separate me from You. Reveal Yourself to me in ever increasing ways, I pray. Amen.
Phillipians 3:20-21
For our conversatiom is in Heaven; from whence also we look for The Saviour, The Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His Glorious Body, according to the working whereby He is able to subdue all things unto Himself.
God wants us to speak to Him in Heaven.
Our first thought in all questions, choices, decisions should always be taken to The Lord in prayer, whether spoken or silent communication with Him, Paul teaches us in the above Scripture verse.
Prayer and communication with Him is the believer's go to always.
Because, He is The Source of all Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom.
Paul also mentions in this verse, that our earthly body will be changed at the appointed time, and replaced with a body which houses the perfected in Christ's Blood, soul and spirit.
A body fit for Heaven, like Jesus had at The Resurrection when He ascended to Heaven in front of witnesses.
Paul states that Jesus has the Power to change our bodies from flesh to one that will reside in the Heavenly realm, with Him.
God has The Power to create anything and The Power to destroy anything.
He has The Wisdom to restrain Himself for Higher Purposes of Truth, Love and Justice.
Evil cannot restrain itself.
It runs rampant, with disastrous results; creating one problem for another, like a dog chasing and biting it's own tail.
Evil is always selfish and turns on itself. The very thing it lures us into for fun and riches, is the same thing evil uses to destroy us.
God does not work like that.
The Holy Spirit is speaking to us in these writings from The Bible.
This verse tells us that Jesus is able to subdue all things. He sees the full picture of our life, and the lives of all mankind, the animals, the plants, the very earth itself is under His Command.
Meanwhile He, knowing all things, is able to use the blunderings of evil to bring Glory for Himself, when human hearts fail them.
In the purest heart connection we turn to Him for help; in desperation for our souls; and He rescues us.
When we cry in a moment, "Abba Father help!" He is Glorified.
Every entity in the spirit world hears our cry, and Holy angels rejoice while evil demons, cringe in fear.
They know Who Jesus Is.
The Saviour Redeemer of mankind.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You have all The Power! Help me to come to You first in all my problems and achievements. Help me to make You first in my life always. Amen
Proverbs2:5-7
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Solomon, the wisest off all kings, wrote these words and the Lord has given them to us for our edification today because they are inspired by His Holy Spirit.
These Divine Words do not need embellishment.
They are like a surgeon's fine scalpel that cuts and removes diseases from the body.
Allow them to cut away all the ugly thoughts and desires that beseige us; they will cleanse the wound left by the cutting, and leave us humble before our God.
He is in charge. He knows all things about us, and what is happening in the earth, and all over His Creation.
With His Word, He will purify and renew our mind, soul and body.
Trust in Him; let Him work His Divine Purpose for you, in you.
Fall away from what you already know that is not of Him; learned from the world which seeks to wound, devour and kill us.
It seeks nothing but our destruction guised as wanting to give us fun and laughter.
He will direct your path if you acknowledge Him, and give to Him the right to be your God.
We want fulfillment in all aspects of our lives. We all do.
But we seek it in wrong ways. God will not step in and stop us unless we allow Him to.
Before we come to Him, we have worldly wisdom. We're following the things of the world which is ruled by satan.
Seek Godly wisdom. Depart from evil.
Acknowledge and Trust Him.
Prayer
Lord, Thank You for Your Wisdom Words. Help me to love You with all my heart, and to lean on You for all my understanding. I humble my self before You, and ask for Godly Wisdom to guide my thoughts. In Your Name, Amen.
(To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.)
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth Who hast set Thy glory above the heavens.
2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained;
4What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?
5For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:
7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth!
Prayer
O Lord, how excellent is Your Name. Bless the Name of Jesus Who has created and spoken into existence, our souls, and our earth, and it's inhabitants, that You have given to mankind as a place to be industrious, and find peace, harmony, love and fulfillment. To find You.
Help us to look to You and see the Words of King David who fully understood his place in humanity, and knew the great burden we carry (sins) because of our iniquities against You. Our unbelief in You.
Still You came to be with us to walk, and talk, and teach, and guide us - to go to the Cross so we could still have a Life, and not be taken away as captives of Satan, of whom You know the deepest wickedness in him, and what he has done to Your creation and Your people.
Bless You Lord for giving us the second chance. Let us be aware of it and grasp hold of and never let go. May we serve You all the days of our lives, in thankfulness and gratefulness.
Amen.
Ephesians 4:30-32
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind to another, tenderhearted forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath Forgiven you.
These Scripture verses speak plainly of what will grieve The Holy Spirit of God.
When we allow bitterness, anger and malice, access into our being, to have full reign, we don't hear The Spirit of God.
We are listening to the demons from hell.
Paul the Apostle warns us clearly to put these sinful ways behind us.
Rein them in, and ask Jesus to help by His Holy Spirit.
There are times when we all have been pushed to the brink, and wrath has been used.
How the demons celebrate when we do this!
We must learn to recognise the build up of emotions, and immediately ask Him for Forgiveness, and allow Him to use the incident to bring about spiritual gain by both parties - especialy in ourselves, a believer.
Jesus will guide us in this. He desires we learn from our own situations, trials and errors, even long tribulations through earthly sorrows of sickness and disease, abuses perpetrated upon us, even.
We mustn't get in His Way, or struggle against His Will, or disobey His Law, to accomplish full defeat of the evil ways within us.
He will accomplish His Will in us, if we surrender to Him, knowing He is doing every good thing for us, to grow spiritually into peace and love for others.
Try with all your might to stay with Jesus; don't walk or run ahead of Him to prove you know better or to get your way.
Just be quick to surrender your will to His, knowing His is far above, in Purity and Knowledge of the situation.
God wants both parties to have hearts for Him, and will be working on drawing both, to Himself.
Are we better than God? Will we withhold forgiveness to the one who has wronged us, when we have been so graciously Forgiven?
Prayer
Lord, forgive me for all my wrongdoing, and lift me above all the daily foolishness. I submit my will to yours. You are King Jesus, Holy and Pure and I do not want to displease you. Thank You for Forgiveness of all my sins and calling me righteous because of Your Holy Righteousness. How can that be for such a one as myself, so unworthy, but grateful for You and The Cross on which You accomplished my freedom from satan. Amen.
Romans 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart, that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
The Apostle Paul is writing to the believers in Rome; the little church that he started from his preaching there, about the Jews, and his wish they be saved just as they, the gentiles of Rome, have been saved by his preaching the Good News to them.
The Israelites he says are zealous for God, and he should know, as Paul was a zealot himself, before becoming saved.
Paul writes that the Jews are ignorant of Christ's Righteousness, and seek to establish their own righteousness, by trying to obey every law that God has given, and also those made by the rabbis. Paul was like that.
Paul explains that Salvation is simple.
(The old Laws have been fulfilled by Jesus, and we who believe, are grafted into the family of God by His Sacrifice.)
Just believe that Jesus is Lord and that God raised Him from the dead.
After all they were living in the time right after Jesus was crucified and knew of the mumblings of the people about His Resurrection after Crucifixion.
Some may have even seen Him in the flesh; some may have heard through relatives or friends who had seen or heard Him preach.
The fame of the day was being known throughout the lands and the Name of Jesus The Nazarene was known by all walks of life in those days; for the healing and the teaching and the proclaiming that He undertook on our behalf.
Verse 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ( gains right standing before God) and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Meditate upon this Biblical, Spiritual fact; God judges our heart on the belief we have in His Son, and the confession of our mouth about Him to receive Righteousness and Salvation.
After we are saved The Holy Spirit begins to transform us; sanctification.
A renewed mind, soul, spirit.
Prayer
Father Thank You for Your Son's Sacrifice for me. I give you my life to do Your Will regarding my soul's destiny. I trust You and I love You. Amen.
2Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all Grace abound towards you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
A great belief to place in our mind and heart; God Is able to do anything He wants regarding us.
When we ask in faith, believing and it is according to His Will which is Perfect, He is able to give to us.
Let this Scriptural Truth surround your heart and mind, seep into your bones and the very blood running through your veins, to become the filter through which your eyes see the world around you.
If He is in us and we in Him by faith and belief, then we too can ask according to His Will for anything we need.
Need and want are two different things in this life. We must be careful that there is no greed, pride or revenge in our asking.
They are not God's Will for us.
And no matter what He asks of us, He will provide a Way for us to accomplish His Request.
The road ahead may seem rough and tough, but we only need to believe in Him, and trust His Perfection, and we will find the road is easy and the load we carry is light; even joyful, as we grow in spiritual strength by His Holy Spirit guiding us.
Prayer
Lord, help me to remember that You are able, and with You, I am able to accomplish Your Will daily. Amen.
Isaiah 54:7-8
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with Great Mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith The Lord thy Redeemer.
This is how God describes our human predicament. He looks at eternal time and sees it as but a moment, yet, a necessary one; part of His total existence.
When we get to the other side and live in eternal time, we too will see this life is truly just a moment in eternity.
We have a moment to recognize God's Son, Jesus!
Only a moment.
Don't delay!
If you have not accepted His Sacrifice for your sins; if you do not recognise your sin; if you think you are not a sinner; if you are unrepentant, you are in a predicament - caught, a captive between the world of satan and The Kingdom of God.
God owns the world of satan; he's not going to allow him kingship forever.
He is a blight on God's Perfection and must go.
Look at The Cross.
You need only to agree that God's Son was crucified there for your sins.
Bow before Him in humble thanks.
God will have Mercy on you.
Prayer
Lord, thank You I am unworthy. Help the unbelief I have. Teach me and I will follow You. Fill me with courage to walk with You. Amen.
Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the Right Hand of The Throne of God.
This Scripture passage informs us that Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith.
It is He Who we should place all our faith and belief in.
He is The One Who went to the Cross to pay for our sins.
The Law requires punishment and it is known what the punishment is, for mankind, throughout Heaven and earth.
He was The Sacrificial Lamb slain to pay for our sins.
He was the Holiest and Most Pure One; God Himself Who created us. That's how much He loves us.
But if we choose another, He will let us go, but, must abide by His Law, for all Heaven is watching, and He cannot do a deal behind Heaven's doors; not even for a soul He has created.
Today is the day to meditate on what He has done for us.
Question yourself; am I deserving of One so Perfect?
He says you are; but you must turn from all wicked ways and follow after Him as a sheep led into His Pasture ( a new Way) to grow and be taught of His Way.
Are you a willing soul?
Will you give yourself to Him?
Look at the Cross. His body hanging there; He took your punishment.
Every blow of the whip was a blow for your back.
He spilt His Blood for you.
What will you do for Him?
Prayer
Lord, thank You for going to the Cross in my place. I am undeserving and unworthy. I am thankful and I give all my allegiance to You as of this day and hour. According to Your Will I am saved. Amen.
Romans 1:17
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the Power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Apostle Paul writes to the Romans regarding his complete acceptance of the written Word, and the fulfillment of it, by the Person and Godhead of Jesus.
Paul was not one of the Disciples. He hunted those who believed, after Jesus was crucified, and imprisoned them.
Something deep and soul/spirit changing had to have happened to Paul to cause him to now believe in the One he previously considered a fool, a lunatic, someone deserving of death by crucifixion.
Paul is like us. He didn't have a personal encounter with Jesus on earth; flesh to flesh.
He hated Him for the problems He caused the religious rulers of Israel. He hated Him for what He considered blasphemy against God; and turning others against God.
He didn't believe He was The Messiah.
Paul was a scholar of the Torah; and the writings of The Prophets. He loved God and was waiting for The Messiah's long awaited appearance to save Israel believers.
So Jesus, knowing his love but seeing his zeal to stop the Message of The Cross, stopped Paul one day on the road to Damascus; as a great Light; blinding Paul.
This encounter changed Paul; just as the encounters we have today with our Lord and Saviour, change us.
It is by His Spirit.
We are extended Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness and when we repent and accept; everlasting Life.
It's such a simple spiritually ephemeral thing that happens, and we are changed, from walking in darkness of soul to walking in The Light of The One Who died to save us from everlasting death.
Prayer
Thank You Father for the Gift of Your Son. I believe. Help my unbelief. Amen.
Psalm 71:3
Be Thou my Strong Habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me, for Thou art my Rock and my Fortress.
In this Psalm we find how the King (David) of Israel spoke to God Almighty.
It is Holy Spirit inspired.
David already knows that God has been there for him throughout his life, because he has experienced God's Favour, Grace and Mercy, and desires of God, that He will continue to be there as his Rock,and the Fortress He can run to, to be safe from his enemies and the woes of life.
David calls Him a Strong Habitation. A Strong House, A Strong Fortress that life cannot penetrate.
David knows He must declare the Truth of his experience, and live it; requesting God to always be these things for Him.
David says, "Continually." (Throughout my life.)
God has shown David that when He runs to Him, he will find open arms, he will find rest for his soul; he will find counsel for his mind, he will find love and restoration within.
In God we find a Strong Protector. A Mighty Rock to stand on. A Fortress for our soul.
Evil can only bring the storms, raise the waves to mighty heights, throw the arrows, shoot the cannons, release the snakes, batter the walls of The Fortress with diseases; but in Him, we are safe.
When we venture out, restored, renewed in soul and spirit, He walks with us.
He will be in the fire, He will walk upon the waves to rescue us, He will bring the fish up and multiply them for our sustenance.
Every good thing is a Gift from Him.
Meditate upon His Goodness, His Strength, His overarching Love that surrounds us.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for being The Fortress I can run to when I am in need and when I need rest and renewal. Help me to read Your Word to gain the Knowledge of Who You are. Amen.
James 4:12
There is One Lawgiver; Who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
This is a Powerful Scripture Verse that we all should grasp inwardly and meditate upon.
James is a half brother of Jesus who had been born after Jesus, and would have grown up in the same household with Him.
There is much that James would have come to understand once Jesus was Resurrected and 40 days later ascended to Heaven.
Oh, then, after all those Amazing sights, the penny would have dropped mightily on James's heart.
He would have a much fuller understanding of Jesus, after the Crucifixion and Resurrection, and what He was saying than even the Disciples, and Apostle Paul who later had an encounter with the risen Christ from Heaven.
He and the family, all would have understood the Torah even more so!
Jesus was The Fulfillment of The Scriptures! James would fully understand this now.
The Prophets of old had spoken of His Birth of a virgin mother; His Death and Resurrection!
Many would be the instances of remembrance brought back to his heart and mind, of childhood occurrences in the family dynamic.
It's possible the family witnessed miracles of provision of good health, of perfection when He touched something, of His knowledge and interpretation of Scriptures.
Joseph and Mary were chosen by God to be mother and step-father because of their belief in God, and the depth of their faith in Him. They were faithful believers in God and they would have taught all their children about the Jewish Law and Scripture.
Who are we to judge others he says!
There's only One Who judges and has Power of Life and death eternal; that is Jesus!
Yes, we should meditate on these things.
Lord Jesus, You are The One spoken of in Scripture. I believe. Help me to understand my fellow man in his lost state and tell him of the Splendour of Heaven that awaits the believer in You. Amen.
Hebrews 10:35-36
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of Reward. For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the Will of God, ye might receive the Promise.
This Book of the Bible does not have a known author but is thought by most theologians to be written by the Apostle Paul.
The Temple was still is use at this time.
The author ( The Holy Spirit) is confirming to the Jewish Christians that living by The Law alone had come to an end because of Christ's Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension.
It is stated as follows in Verse 1 of Chapter 10.
For The Law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto Perfect.
We are being told to cast not our confidence away that Christ Jesus died for us.
"Don't give up!"
There is Great Reward for the believers.
Everlasting Life with The God of Righteousness and Love; Power and Beauty.
This life is fraught with the consequences of the way we have chosen to live without giving heed to God.
But, take note, we are told, we just need to be patient through it all.
Yes life is hard and trials and tribulations are at every step, yet God is Good and will make a Way for us in this life and give to us Great Rewards of which we know not in the Life to come.
God Promises us these Rewards.
He says we will understand on the other side; just trust Him on this side to be faithful to us individually is all He asks, through His Son who is The Word, The Creator of mankind and this earth and all it's inhabitants; The One who came to save us because He knows who is at the root of our trouble.
It is That Liar, Satan, Lucifer!
Meditate day and night on this fact; God is our Creator and our Saviour.
Lord, thank You for saving me. Teach and guide me, I pray, and I will surrender all to You. Amen.
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Peter was chosen by Jesus at the beginning of His Ministry. He was a simple man; a fisherman; a Jew who believed in the God of Abraham.
Peter wrote this Truth from his own experiences of being a Disciple of Jesus. He knew Him well; he walked the long journeys with Him, he prayed with Him, he saw the miracles first hand.
And Peter loved Jesus.
Peter's experiences and words should resonate with us as he was a simple person but one who came to know Jesus as The Messiah, who saw Him crucified; Resurrected and the Ascension.
Peter tells us that our faith in Jesus is worth more than the purest gold, is worth to us.
He explains that our faith will be tried, because our faith is tainted when we first come to Him. It's tainted by the world we have lived in.
After we come to Jesus we are born again and renewed by the unfolding trials and tests thrown at us by the devil to break our faith.
But, Jesus has said, in Him we may be strengthened.
Peter advises us even today, that the pureness of our faith is what Jesus cares about. The trials even though they come as a result of sinful lives of those around us, and even our own sin, should result in our faith being like gold with all the dross burnt off; shining and pure.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I Am with thee: be not dismayed; for I Am thy God;I will strengthen thee; yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of My Righteousnes.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that You are with me at all times and that You are working out Your Perfect Will for me as I walk with You through the trials of my life. Help me to draw close to You and make You the focus of my life. Amen
Psalm34:18
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
In this Scripture Verse, King David is sharing Wisdom he has received from The Holy Spirit.
He wrote this after an encounter with one of his sons who was actively seeking to overtake the kingdom given to him by God.
His son was very cunning, living under his father's great kingdom; knowing his father was chosen by God through the Prophet Samuel. The son enjoyed all the wealth and comfort yet in his heart desired the title his father had, before it was time for him to have it.
He was proud, had entree wherever he went, desired more, wanted to change things by his own might; not follow God's lead.
David's heart was broken that his own son had turned against him, was wanting to overthrow him.
David realized that the Lord was very close to him when he was not proud and boastful, and when his heart was brokenhearted.
He felt the Lord ministering to him at this time of human heartbreak; a son usurping a father, and penned it for his people to hear.
"The Lord is nigh (close) to them who are broken-hearted, and to those who are not proud, and will repent."
God draws near to us when we are broken-hearted.
God honours a repentent heart.
Both things of the heart.
God speaks to us in our hearts.
He's a "heart" God.
He speaks to our heart and He loves us in our heart!
That is when our broken heart will repent. It sees not only the evil perpetrated upon itself, but knows where it too, was evil in thought and or deed.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your Saving Grace and Mercy. My soul is eternally grateful for Your Goodness towards me. Help me to tell others of Your Ability and Righteousness to rescue and save mankind. Amen.
Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I AM God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Holy, Almighty, Everlasting Father, God, is speaking to our hearts as we read these words, and assuring His people individually and collectively that it is His Will that everyone understands that He is The Great I AM.
To know this and hold it in our hearts will give us great satisfaction that The Almighty One is in control of all things even when it does not seem so.
His Will always prevails. His Purpose is for Holiness, Truth, Perfection.
He says many things about Himself in His Word;-
I AM thy Shield.
I AM with thee.
I AM The Good Shepherd.
I AM Alpha and Omega.
I AM The Light of the world.
I AM The Lord your God.
I AM Holy.
I AM The Resurrection; The Truth, The Life and The Way.
Satan can say none of these things. He lives and moves in darkness. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing to mankind. He is against us. He leads us away from The Shepherd to devour us, our mind, body, soul and spirit.
Meditate on The Source of Goodness which surrounds those who love Him, as a Shield from the wolves of darkness.
Be still and exalt Him with praises and thanksgiving from your spirit and soul; for Who He Is and what He has done for you - The Cross.
Lord, thank You for loving me. Thank You for fulfilling The Father's Plan at The Cross on Calvary for the payment of my sins. Renew in me a clean heart and an upright spirit so I may follow you in perfect harmony for the rest of my days. Amen.
Romans 8:10
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is Life because of Righteousness.
A wonderful Scripture Verse written by the Apostle Paul to the believers in Rome.
Paul explains the state of our soul after we have accepted Jesus into our heart; become born again by the Spirit of God joining with our spirit.
We receive Life; a promise eternal.
This recognition of Jesus as Saviour, releases The Holy Spirit to be our Counsellor, Comforter and Spirit Guide, while we are alive on the earth.
We gain Everlasting Life because of the Righteousness of Jesus who we have recognized and accepted as Saviour God.
There is no way we can ever by our own righteousness, be joined to Jesus.
Impure does not mix with Pure; it only degrades the Pure - God will not allow that to happen, ever.
We are sinners; because anything less than Perfection, is sin to God, Who Is Pure, Righteous, Truth.
A human can never attain sinlessness by itself.
It needs a Saviour.
Jesus is that Saviour and The Father, Almighty God, recognises only those; who have humbled themselves; repented of their sins; and accepted the Mercy and Grace that comes from His Son; and the act of obedience that was fulfilled at the Cross at Calvary by Jesus.
That act took the evil kingdom by surprise; God showed all of creation His Majesty and Power over evil.
This lifetime is what is given to each soul to reconcile with God.
Only through His Son, Jesus, will humans enter The Kingdom Of Peace and Joy, Beauty and Love.
This is a profound meditative issue to think upon.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your Word; our Holy Bible. Thank You for Your Righteousness that covers my unrigheousness before The Father. I am thankful for Your Blood Sacrifice for my sins. Help me to be a Light from Heaven to others in this broken world. Encourage, teach and guide me as I walk the Path that leads to Everlasting Life with You. Amen.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
These Words were spoken to the Disciple John by Jesus Christ, from Heaven in vision form when He showed John His Abode.
These Holy Words are spoken to the faithful. Those who desire to have a Perfect Union with Him. Those who wish to please Him. Those who wish to grow in Knowledge.
Jesus clearly and succinctily tells us what He does with each of us and also how to grow by listening to Him and repenting.
He rebukes and chastens.
When we go astray from Him or say or do something that tarnishes our soul and spirit, He immediately knows and as it involves Himself, He asks us to be zealous in our "walk" with Him; acknowledge our sin, and repent immediately to Him and be cleansed.
If we allow the sin to continue, we will feel a rebuke from Him; a chastening in our spirit. We will know that what we just said, thought or did was sinful and abhorrent to Him.
Do we want to hold onto our position of being born-again, of being saved?
The answer should be "yes."
If we catch the thing early, that makes us hide from Him, we can receive forgiveness immediately.
Repentance is asking for Forgivenes from God and agreeing with Him to not continue in whatever the case may be, but to lean on Him for Holy Strength to overcome.
But, evil is pervasive and always tempting even the believer dedicated to Jesus, and we can easily fall into continual and habitual sin again.
However, while we are alive, we can turn away from "that" and "those" sins over and over and ask for Forgiveness and Strength from Him to overcome because we love Him, and want to do His Will, not our Will, because of His Great Gift to us of His Son, Jesus's Sacrifice on The Cross at Calvary.
God sees our heart and gives us the Holy Spirit to help us fight our personal battles of behaviours that are not Godly, but if we do not avail ourselves of The Spirit, what is left for us?
Will a wanton sinner who declares himself saved be entering the Kingdom of Purity?
Has that sinner desecrated the Person of Christ Jesus in it's lifetime even after coming to the Cross and receiving Forgiveness?
God is always giving us chances, always correcting us, always loving us, always forgiving us while here on this earth.
We should revere our Saviour. What He has done for us is Magnificent and Beautiful. He suffered what we should suffer if He did not go to The Cross.
He took on our Punishment and turned it around from death to Life with Him in Paradise, just like the thief at Calvary received.
We can have that and we should do everything to keep it.
Every day is a new day full of Mercy for us. We must acknowledge our sin though, repent from it and thank Him for Forgiveness, over and over.
Yes we're sinners saved by His Grace; and He loves us.
Hebrews 12:1
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.
What an interesting Scripture Verse!
The Word of God through the Holy Spirit speaking to the writer of Hebrews, wants us to know that we are compassed about with a great cloud of witnesses!
Witnesses imply judgment.
The Bible emphatically tells us that there is going to be Judgment of every soul.
Many of the evil witnesses will accuse us at our judgment. They will rise up one last time to try to secure our soul for their evil schemes.
Friend the thing to meditate on, is to ask our "self" how it will fare at the Judgment .
God has sent His Only Son for the Purpose, of gathering souls to Him, through the acceptance of sinners of His Sacrifice, for their sins.
God has given to us The Law.
It is not a secret.
It is written in our hearts. We know when we are doing wrong. We may disagree and want the Law concerning our sin to be different, but God's Law never changes.
He is Righteous in every way.
Yes, the Standard is very high.
God is Holy, Pure, and Perfect.
He is Pure Light and no darkness dwells in Him.
The Bible says there is no shadow of turning with Him. He casts no shadow because He is Light.
However God knows that we are in need of a Saviour and He has offered those who love Him and follow Him, a Saviour in His Son, Jesus.
That is a Great Sacrifice for yours, and mine, meagrely, dried up, sinful soul.
We can never attain the Purity required at the Judgement without the Blood of Christ covering our soul.
It is His Blood that The Father sees when we stand before Him.
Meditate with an enquiring mind on the thought of The Judgment and your soul, friend.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank You for this Scripture Verse. Wash me in Your Precious Blood. I believe You are The Son of God come to this world to make a Way for sinners like me. Lead me away from unrighteousness and I will follow You. In Jesus's Name. Amen.
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.
These Holy Scripture Words are from Jesus, speaking to mankind; speaking to you and me today!
God knows that we are sinners in need of having Holy Knowledge.
God knows that sin fills us with it's worldly knowledge in it's drive to drag us into the devil's domain.
But God, desires to have us as well.
He created us for communion with Him.
God needs a pure people to commune with.
We fall short.
We cannot overcome and never fall into another sinful way, without God's Help.
God sees this problem.
He knows the depths of depravity sin will go to to enslave us; thereby keeping us from God.
Both God and satan desire our soul.
God set in motion a Plan that would once and for all prove His Goodness, Power, Truth and Justice, to all creation everywhere, both seen and unseen by mankind.
God Himself came to earth took on an earthly body, and walked with us for 33 years.
His Name was, and is, Jesus; because He lives even today after being crucified!
We have a choice to accept Him as our Saviour, Friend, and God. When we do that He receives our acceptance and multiplies our Grace and Mercy, with Fullness of Love and Forgiveness.
He works on our behalf knowing we have given Him all authority to do so.
He immediately sets about in helping us to overcome the sin that besets us; to slough off sinful behaviours, to forget revengeful thoughts, to quell anger, to teach us about Himself and how we can lean on Him in all circumstances.
He constantly draws us closer to Himself because He loves us with a Great and Mighty Love.
He makes ways for us where before there was no way out of troubles.
Prayer. Lord, thank You for Your Word that reveals Truth to all who seek it. Help me to hold onto the gains we have made together and help me to release to You all the deep seated sin that is offensive to You. Cleanse me and I will be clean and renew a Right spirit within me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Psalm 148:13
Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for His Name alone is excellent; His Glory is above the earth and heaven.
This short Scripture verse shows us why we should praise the Name of Jesus, God The Father and The Holy Spirit who are One God; our Lord.
We are told His Name out of all others is excellent.
There is no other name to be praised but Lord God Almighty!
Praise The Lord God Almighty!
We are further told here, that He is Glorious; meaning Beautiful in every way. He is Glorious to behold. He is Glorious in Perfection of all He does. He is able to think excellently in every way. He is Righteous in His Perfection and Glory.
He is Good and worthy of our praises.
Today, begin to think about how excellent He must be to be God over all.
He is above all kings of this world and any other world that He has created. He is above all principalities of this world or others.
Presidents, Kings and Queens of this world or any other created cannot match Him in Purity, Goodness or Power.
He alone has the ability to Forgive and He has made a Way for sinners to be Holy Forgiven.
Praise His Holy Name!
Prayer. Lord God Almighty, thank You for Your Love and Forgiveness. I accept You are excellent in all Your Ways and ask You to fill me with Holy Spirit Power so I may excellently praise Your Name; Jesus. Amen
Joshua 1:8
This Book of The Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
The great Moses of The Bible; the once babe in the basket gently placed in the river to float downstream to where Pharoah's daughter bathed and hopefully be rescued and allowed to live; scooped up and raised in the palace. An educated man now.
Moses was the one chosen by God to lead His people, the enslaved Israelites, out from slavery to the Egyptian Pharoah, to The Promised Land (Israel). They daily called to Him for help as their suffering was more than they could bear, under the harsh taskmasters and Pharoah's orders.
Moses led them for 40 years in the wilderness. God led them day and night, providing for their every need.
There was no need to complain.
Their long delay in getting to the Promised Land was their own disobedience and unbelief, even though they had visual signs that God was caring for them.
First they cried out for freedom but now they didn't like the way it was given to them.
But God had a Plan and He was going to take them to The Promised Land and inhabit it with His people.
This Scripture verse is God speaking to Joshua who was told it would be he who would cross over into the Promised Land because Moses in anger had struck a rock to get water for the people who were not believing God would provide the water for them as they were going without at that time. Moses had not allowed God to demonstrate to the people that He would provide in His Timing for His Plan.
Moses struck the rock in anger at the people for bothering him too much; God denied him the leadership role of taking the people into the Promised Land.
God told Joshua to meditate in the Law which is what Moses had brought down from the mountain; the tablets created by God and written on by Him by His own Might.
Joshua was to think and ponder in perfect union with God, to receive strength to follow God's Commandments, so that Joshua would have success in leading the people.
This Joshua did and it resulted in him leading the people successfully.
Today and every day we should meditate on the One who is the Fulfillment of The Law; Jesus, and search the Scriptures for Knowledge, enlightenment and Truth.
He will reveal according to His Will and in His Time, all things we need to know.
Prayer, Lord Jesus, I come to you in humble spirit asking to know You. Please reveal to me what You desire, and give me the Gift of faith so I may see and hear with seeking heart. Amen.
2Peter 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
The Disciple who followed Jesus and denied Him three times in conversations, wrote this shortly before he died.
He is telling us even today that the Promises of God are ours to be had through faith in Jesus Christ.
He encourages us to learn of Jesus and the Power that comes from knowing The Truth which is another Name for Jesus. He is the Truth. He only speaks Truth. Holy Truth.
Peter explains that we are able to overcome all the lusts which this world is full of; through belief in Christ Jesus, who by His Holy Spirit gives to us the tools of prayer and obedience to Him, to overcome any evil desire or habit.
Walking with The Lord Jesus everyday, spending time with Him in Communion with His Spirit, will give us a God Confidence and Knowledge that over the years strengthens our resolve to only please Him.
This world is full of "the lust of life" and we are exposed from birth; conditioned into accepting it as normal.
But in Christ Jesus, with Him as the Head of our life, we can overcome and be free of the ties that bind us to the things that harm our mind, body and soul.
This is a Promise from God and it is ours to accept and hold close to our heart.
Prayer
Lord thank You that You have made a Way for me to escape the corruption of this world. I accept it, I accept You. Help me to be a partaker of Your Divine Nature. In Jesus's Name. Amen.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.
Paul the Apostle is writing to the believers at Corinth to encourage them in their faith.
He reminds them of the Grace showed to them (and us today) by what Jesus did for them.
Jesus left His Kingdom of great riches and beauty to come to earth knowing what He was going to face, The Cross.
Jesus is God, and stepped down as The Son, from His Heavenly Existence in Glorious surroundings, having all authority; to be born as a helpless baby, dependent on human beings to take care of Him in His early years, as He grew and experienced all the pain and sorrow of an earthly existence like we do.
Two thousand years ago it was a very laborious life, itinerant, donkey and foot for travel, food not easily come by, hard work from sunup to sundown taking care of animals which helped families and so on.
Imagine as best you can what He would have left behind in Heaven; the Father's Throne and Realm.
Paul states that this was the Plan; for Jesus to come as a babe.
Satan was not aware of this Plan.
Satan could only imagine what Glorious Presence Jesus would have if He came to earth as a King.
He missed the babe!
But, of course satan was soon on the job; plotting and planning against God.
It's important to meditate on what Jesus did for us.
Would you leave the freedom and beauty of Heaven to come to be rejected by those you created?
Wouldn't you just sweep them all up and throw them in the fire and begin again if you so desired?
Jesus said, "No, I want all who will come to Me to have a Way to come forth. I will make a Way for them that cannot be broken; that is foolproof unless they desire to turn from Me."
That is all.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for becoming poor for my sake. Help me to honour Your Sacrifice on the Cross for my sin, and teach me to become rich in Godly Knowledge so that I can speak to others of Your Saving Grace. Amen.
1st Corinthians 6:12
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
The Apostle Paul through the guidance of The Holy Spirit is giving us an understanding of how to live life pleasing to God.
At this stage, Jesus has been crucified and Resurrected. Paul has been apprehended on the Road to Damascus by Jesus and become born again by The Spirit of God.
Paul has a fulll understanding of The LAW before Christ came to fulfil it and now guided by The Spirit he lives by daily, he has a full understanding of what Jesus did for mankind.
He made a New Way. A New Covenant.
The old ways of The Law were unattainable and we needed a Saviour. God always knew this and does not make mistakes as some think.
God is not surprised by anything we do. He knows all.
He gives us Free Will yet He desires we give it back to Him and walk in His Will.
The reason for this is because His Will for us is far better than our own self will.
He sees the whole picture; we do not.
Paul is telling us that to desire to please God should be our desire too.
Paul says that it is best if we do not allow any sin to overcome us; and all sin always overcomes us so it is best to choose to walk with The Spirit who will guide us into all Righteousness.
Identifying our sinful behaviours, desires and thoughts should be our goal, and working daily to fling them off our mind, body and soul should be a daily undertaking; through prayer and supplication to Jesus; through laying them at the Foot of The Cross and walking away; through asking Jesus to burn them to ashes and make something beautiful in their place.
He will, friend.
Prayer
Lord, thank You, that You died for my sins to be Forgiven.
Thank You! Help me to walk in Your Will for me. Amen.
1st John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the Truth is not in us.
John was a disciple of Jesus; one of the twelve. He loved Jeus with all he had within him. He believed the Lord in all He said and did.
John saw the miracles and heard the teachings.
John realized from what he heard from the mouth of Jesus, that all were sinners in need of a Saviour. He understood the Law given by Moses which is called Mosiac Law today. Jesus taught the Disciples that men, the religious elders had added to The Law; The Ten Commandments, because man was so sinful and incapable of keeping The Law.
God knows what, He is doing. He makes no mistakes.
First He gave us The Law and we couldn't keep it.
Then He gave us Jesus who did fulfil it.
Jesus kept The Law His whole life.
Then when crucified, He fulfilled The Law by bringing in a Pure New Covenant; for all, not just the Jew.
Only one thing is required by man.
Believe in Him, Jesus, and be saved.
What this does to a person is, it places a desire in the heart to obey God.
We wake up new every morning and realise that everything we do and say is tinged with sin.
We have been made new like a newborn baby, and we don't want to do the things we once did that were unpleasing to God.
In short, we desire to please God for what He has done for us.
God says in His Word that His Mercies are new every morning; recognising we are growing every day and so long as we stay connected to Him in communion (prayer/speaking) He will remain connected to us by His Holy Spirit.
Prayer
Jesus Lord of all, help me to be more like You. I ant to be obedient to You. Help me to follow Your Will. Amen
Psalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not, commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
The Word of God, Jesus, is speaking directly to our heart in the verse; giving us a command for daily living.
He says; look at the Awesomeness of God. Can you imagine His Perfection? Creation is full of His Glorious Works! What Power He must have, and control it so beautifully, to produce such Goodness.
He advises us to think of this Perfect being Who has given us life; granted a journey on earth, and in doing so, we should not sin against Him.
His Law would be such that it is Perfect; having no loopholes like the flimsy laws we make up on the earth.
It is a way of telling us that sin against God is going to have eternal consequences.
He simply says, "sin not."
His advice is for us to think about our own life from the heart perspective, whilst laying on our beds; still, awaiting sleep; resting, awaiting peace.
These Holy Words imply Holiness and Truth; the way in which we should judge our own heart and mind.
"Stand in awe and sin not."
In being still we may also hear His countering soft loving advice in words, thoughts, visions and dreams that will cause us to begin to know Truth about ourselves and Him.
"Commune with your own heart on your bed, and be still."
Prayer
Father as I lay on my bed, cover me with your Holy Spirit so I may examine myself and correct my ways becoming more like Your Son everyday.
Amen.
1Samuel 16:7b
For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
The Prophet Samuel has been instructed by God to find the one He has chosen to be king of Israel because the people have demanded an earthly king.
They have rejected their Heavenly King; just as we do today!
Samuel has arrived at Jesse's home and Jesse introduces Samuel to his grown up sons.
Samuel sees before him the one he thinks God has chosen.
The man is a fine specimen of a man for those times. His height is good and he has a "fine countenance."
The outward appearance is one of a strong and stately king. The people would support such a man if Samuel were to present him to them.
God speaks to Samuel further when He sees that Samuel's choice is not what He has chosen.
God says to Samuel, "For The Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks upon the outward appearance, but The Lord looks upon the heart of a man ." (person)
Our outward appearance is like filthy rags to God for we are very sinful and it is not covered to God before we receive Forgiveness and Salvation from His Son, Jesus.
God looks on the inner heart of a person to see if Christ resides there and has been given the place of Honour and Command.
Jesse sends for his youngest son when Samuel asks is there another son who is not here.
David is presented to Samuel and of course we know He is the one God chooses for Samuel to annoint as king of Israel.
Let us meditate on how God sees our own heart and make the changes He asks of us.
Prayer
Lord, make me more like Christ every day.
James 1:19-20
Wherefore my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath, for the wrath of man worketh not the Righteousness of God.
James the half-brother of Jesus gives us Godly advice.
His mother was Mary, the Virgin Mother of Jesus, and his father, the carpenter, Joseph. Both parents had an angel appear to them and speak about Jesus, at different times.
These are words to meditate upon.
All mankind has faults of character even though today we are trying to persuade ourselves that we are perfect in all we do; without faults.
Father God encourages us to look within with a discerning eye to our own faults.
James who was brought up in the household with his Brother, Jesus, knows where mankind runs into trouble when it comes to belief in God.
We don't listen. We are always thinking of what we want to say and be heard so we miss the pain and fear, the good instruction and even the love in what others are saying.
We rush to have our words heard above others.
James advises us to be slow to speak; to avoid troubles, to hear others.
Lastly James says to be slow to wrath, to anger, to rile up.
Each day we should remember James's words, and take up this smalll challenge personally expecting that others will continue with their ways.
When we come upon another such as ourselves we will have sweet conversation and fellowship; for it will be shared genuinely and kindly.
This is what God wants for us to do.
For His part He is able to communicate with us more freely in the spiritual realm.
We secure an avenue for Him to use to teach and guide us into a relationship with Him; because we are willing listeners, slow to speak and slow to wrath.
Let today be the beginning of these changes for you as you grasp a beautiful Truth from the Holy Bible.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the wisdom from the Holy Spirit and Jesus. Help me to listen, be slow to blurt out my own thoughts and to be able to hear You in amongst the cackle of the world. I want to grow spiritually mature in You. Amen
Romans 8:15-17a
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ.
The Apostle Paul was a man very familiar with the Holy Scriptures of his day. The first five Books of our Holy Bible. He lived during the time when Jesus walked the earth; teaching and healing. He believed in them so strongly yet he missed the connection that many of the ordinary citizens who had seen and heard Jesus did not miss.
They knew He was The Messiah. Paul wanted to put a stop to the Jesus followers. He pursued them to bring them before the Jewish elders of the faith, for sentencing because it was believed they had stepped away from God and were following after a madman.
Yet Jesus stopped him on his way to Damascus and Paul had a personal encounter with Jesus; and his life was changed.
He understood that the Scriptures had been fulfilled by Jesus and he believed that Jesus was God.
He devoted himself to Jesus and began a ministry, teaching and converting people, not only the Jews but all people because he understood that the final act of Jesus on the Cross was for all, because He had been rejected by the Jews.
Paul tells us in this Scripture that we are in bondage to satan, fearing for our lives but that we can be adopted by God through the work of Jesus on The Cross if we accept Jesus as our Saviour.
Prayer
Thank You Jesus for making a Way for me through Your death and Resurrection. Help me to understand Your Holy Word so that I'm approved as worthy of Your Sacrifice.
Amen
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
This Scripture verse was written by the great King Solomon, son of King David whom God called, " A man after My own Heart."
The Holy Spirit gave these Words of wisdom to King Solomon because the king had a heart that would humble itself before The Almighty; recognising he was of less intellect than God.
God is speaking to us down through the ages with this tiny Scripture. He is saying to fear Him is to know His Power and Holiness. It's a recognition of Him that shows Him we know with in our heart and mind that He is Greater.
This is Knowledge and from here God can join us in a conversation; when we acknowledge His Greatness.
This is an area in which to spend long hours of meditation.
Why is God not doing what I think He should do?
Is God governed by Law?
What does His Holiness mean to me?
How Powerful is He?
Is He Trustworthy?
What is your burning question?
Ask Him while meditating.
Not of the Eastern kind with all it's rules and disciplines, but just simply relaxing somewhere and asking Him in wonder, with humble demeanor, ( as you would Buddha, who does not hear nor help you.)
The Spirit is "on duty" always. He hears you always; everything you've ever said or thought, and can help you. He is God and can reach across dimensions.
Prayer.
Lord, forgive my foolishness. I have not believed. Help me to gain Godly Knowledge to know You. Amen.
Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life, was cast into the fire.
A powerful sentence.
A proclamation from the Throne of God!
A warning to all souls on earth.
This is a question we all must ask ourselves.
"Is my name written in the Book of Life?"
We are offered everlasting life of the soul by Jesus, but if we do not say "Yes, Lord," our name is not written in the Book of Life.
Have you said "Yes , Lord?"
Would you accept Him as Saviour of your soul?
Will you allow yourself to believe in Him?
This question must be answered by every soul.
Yes or No.
No answer is actually, a "No."
God is Absolute Authority. He is a Loving God. He has made a Way for all who have fallen short of what is required to live eternally.
Meditate on these things and make your choice.
Dear God,
Open my eyes to the Knowledge of who You are! I am seeking and searching after Knowledge. I want Truth. Speak to my heart and show me You exist. During this time I want to hear from no other. Amen
