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Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. The person who is the love of your life, as great and as precious as that person may be will occasionally let you down. Just like you may let them down. In Psalm 136 the Psalmist repeated twenty-six times the phrase, “His faithful love endures forever.” Click on the link below to read all about it. And Happy Valentine's Day! #BibleStudy #Devotions #Love #Psalms #Thankful
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Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
Odd Balls
1 Corinthians 1:26-29 KJV
"26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence."
Psalm 147:3 KJV
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."
We, Brothers and Sisters are the Foolish that Jesus has chosen, We, Brothers and Sisters are the Weak Things of this World that Jesus has chosen. But in that we are Foolish and Weak will become Mighty In Jesus if We allow Him to do so. Jesus will take your Broken Heart, the Foolishness that created a Broken Vessel and through your Brokenness Jesus will Create a Master Piece worth more than anything in the World!
In order for this to happen, We Brothers and Sisters must Surrender to The Hand Of Jesus and Allow Him to make changes that we do not understand.
Sometimes we Must be Broken in order to Live, in order for Our Lives to Glorify Jesus. We must Understand that the Brokenness, the Foolish things may for a time seem to destroy us, seem to lead us to devastation with no answers to the why. Jesus see’s the Beginning and the End of every path, every situation that We, Brothers and Sisters will encounter. Then at times we question the Why. Why did I have to Suffer, Why did I have to go through this Situation, Why must I go through to receive a Broken Heart, Why…Lord?
If we look for an answer in the Flesh, we will not find the answers we are looking for, but instead we will find confusion and rejection towards Jesus. We Must Trust Jesus that there is a reason that sometimes goes beyond Fleshly Understanding and we Must Walk In The Spirit of God in Hope and Faith.
We need to Understand Brothers and Sisters that sometimes the Sorrow, the Grief, the Situation we are going through are because of How We Are Living, that it is Us who brought this about and Not Jesus, we need to Repent.
Isaiah 59:2 KJV
“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear."
Sometimes we go through situations, having No Understanding because we can only See what is in front of our eyes, like not being able to see a single tree, but a forest. But if we Trust Jesus that He has Our Best Interest at hand, then when we get to the end we will find an answer to our prayers.
John 10:10 KJV
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly."
Psalm 119:105 KJV
“NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
Proverbs 3:5 KJV
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
Sometimes we are told to do something without understanding and when we are done, We question did I hear Jesus correctly, because we see No Reason. But then we find that Days, Weeks, Months or Years later that the action we took played a part in the future, that may or may not affect you directly.
There was once a time that I taught a class in church for boys and there was one boy that was unruly, stubborn, but out of Obedience I continued to teach this boy along with the other boys. A Few years later I left that church and got established in another, about Ten Years later, I had a knock at the door and when I opened the door here stood this one boy, the unruly, stubborn boy all grown up. He began thanking me for being his teacher and what a difference it made in his life that I took the time to teach him, he was Walking as a Born Again Believer because of my Obedience to Jesus Without Understanding.
There have been many times in my Life that The Lord told me to do things that I had No understanding behind why I was doing them and in most cases I found out later in time Why I did those things.
But what about the Hard Times? Sometimes as mentioned above it is because of Our Sin, Our Disobedience that has caused the Hard Time and we need to repent. Sometimes Hard Times come at the hands of others, even from those whom we have trusted and we ask Jesus to help us during those times…and there is… silence or there is “Trust Me”. This may go on for Days, Weeks, Months, even Years before an answer comes. But the one hidden part that we sometimes fail to Understand is that in order for some things to change it takes time or that whatever you have prayed needs to be Created for your situation.
Sometimes going through the Hard Times is bringing Change into Your Life that could only happen by going through those Hard Times, to bring a Greater and Closer Relationship between you and Jesus. Sometimes we go through Hard Times because there is Someone Watching, Learning whom is this Jesus We Serve.
Our Brother Paul gives us a the best passages of Hard Times…
2 Corinthians 11:22-30 KJV
"22 Are they Hebrews? so [am] I. Are they Israelites? so [am] I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so [am] I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 [In] journeyings often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils by [mine own] countrymen, [in] perils by the heathen, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities."
Paul’s Hard Times were for Three Reasons, one for the sake of others to be saved, two because of suffering in his own body that The Lord would not heal, but used them to keep Paul Humble and third, which is above all the other reasons, to bring Glory To Jesus.
We, Brothers and Sisters are the Odd Balls Of God! The World, Satan and even those who are sheep in wolves clothing would have us do things differently, to take matters into our own hands. But we, who are The Blood Bought go through such things in Love and Obedience to Jesus, Our Lord and Savior. We Walk in Faith not always seeing what lies ahead, nor having understanding why we must go through such things, but if we Endure to the end, we will find the Blessings of Jesus, The Glory Of The Lord in our midst!!!
My Brothers and Sisters think not that you are alone in your times of a Lack Of Understanding, but first know that Jesus knows your situation and will answer in His Time, His Way. Also Understand that others in the World go through times of a Lack Of Understanding as well and must also Endure to the end.
1 Peter 5:8-10 KJV
"8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you]."
1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it]."
We are The Odd Balls not accepted by the World, but should be by the Brothers and Sisters bought by The Blood Of Jesus, Our Lord and Savior.
We Walk, We Stand, We Obey, We Wait
In Christ Jesus!!!
Amen and Amen!!!
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When James talked about the power of prayer he said that we should confess our sins to each other. Why? It can't be for the forgiveness of our sins. In 1 John it says we must confess our sins to God and He will forgive us. Click on the link below to read today's post. I believe you will be enlightened by it. #BibleStudy #Devotions #James #sin
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In Ezekiel, the leaders of Israel requested to hear a message from the Lord. What God said through Ezekiel sits on the same foundation as the message God also has for us. It's a message we all need to hear and share. Click on the link below to read today's post. #BibleStudy #Devotions #Evangelism #Ezekiel
Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
The Root
Hebrews 13:7-9 KJV
"7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation. 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein."
Brothers and Sisters, we have a problem. The World is changing and The World is Changing Whom We Serve. Verse 8 needs to be understood that Jesus, is the Same As The Father, that is, His Words, His Intent, His Will, His Ways will NOT CHANGE! But yet we live in a World that has made changes to Whom We Serve and How we Live Accordingly.
But, the main issue is this, The Church is changing to The Worlds Likeness…in most ways!
The World is changing The Word from Masculine to Feminist or Neutral, having no Gender Identification, but, God The Father, The Son and Holy Spirit are Masculine. The World is changing The Authority that God The Father has set since the beginning of time.
Genesis 1:26 KJV
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
Genesis 2:7 KJV
"And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
There are many who would argue the point that God The Father made the Man and Woman equal, but Man was made First in the Gods Image and the Woman was made in God’s Image AFTER THE IMAGE Of MAN
Genesis 2:21-23 KJV
"21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
The World says that Men and Women are equal, but The Father says, Jesus says, The Holy Spirit says they are not! Even though there is two areas that Men and Women are equal, one is absolute, that is Salvation, the other should not have come to this point, that is, if a Woman does the very exact Work in every detail, then, she should get Equal Pay for her labor. Look back through Biblical History in the Bible and you find that Men where the Providers, but in that History, you will find occasion that Women had to provide, but it was a Force Of Action.
1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV
"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God."
Ephesians 5:22 KJV
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord."
Colossians 3:18 KJV
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord."
1 Timothy 2:10-14 KJV
"10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."
The World says that in a marriage there are a number of things that they say is acceptable, but God does not, nor will He accept them. First, the Man is The Head, he has the Last Word Of Authority not the Woman. Second, any type, and again I say ANY TYPE of Homosexuality is a Sin. In The World there are about 47 Different Terms for Sexual Orientation, refer to this article for further information: https://www.healthline.com/health/different-types-of-sexuality.
God The Father says that the only, ONLY Acceptable Sexual Orientation for Marriage is between a Man and Woman only!!!
[Leviticus 18:22-23 KJV]
"22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion."
[Leviticus 20:13-23 KJV]
"13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. 14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. 17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it [is] a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them."
[Romans 1:24-27 KJV]
"24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet."
Within the church and The Church order is Not Of Jesus, but of men. Jesus setup Five Offices to govern The Church. The Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher. These are Not Man Made, these ARE God Made, Jesus specifically. Every Office has either been discharged as a onetime deal, a thing in the past and the others have been changed to Accommodate Man and Satan. The only somewhat Office that is left is the Pastor and most have not been truly Called By Jesus. Most think that going to some Christian college gives them The Authority Of Jesus and it does NOT!!!
Ephesians 4:11-14 KJV
"11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;"
The main two Offices in most churches, Man and Satan made sure to get rid of first…do you know why? They are The Apostles and Prophets, they are the Most Important of all The Offices, they are the very Foundation Of Our Walk. All of the other Offices are Built on them. But instead have Boards and Committees to decide Jesus Will in The Church, who are Ungodly!
Ephesians 2:19-22 KJV
"19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone]; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."
The Root will NEVER CHANGE. Man and Satan can do whatever they want, but God is God and will never submit or change to The Worlds ways. Throughout Scriptures we are told to separate ourselves from those who oppose Gods Ways, but instead, just like the Hebrews many times, the church and The Church have bowed their knee to The God Of This World.
Satan and Man mean to Destroy anything dealing with Jesus. They do not care how or with what.
The True Church of Jesus must Stand and be Unmovable, enduring to the end. Jesus knew that the World in which we now live in would be as it is, but we who are The Blood Bought are not to be like the World.
The Lord had me do an experiment one time dealing with a copy machine. I took a One Page article printed it out and then took it to the copy machine. The Lord said make a copy, then take the copy and make another copy and then take that copy and make another copy and to do this 50 times. By the time I got to the fiftieth copy a lot of the words were missing and most where unreadable. The Lord said this is what is going on in My House. But when I go back to the original word that was typed on the computer and print it out again, everything is legible, no change, no corruption, the wording on the computer and the printed copy were Identical! When I make one copy of the printed page, it is also Identical!!
The issue is The World wants to be Accepted Just As There Are, not willing to change and is Forcing everything, everyone to change to there ways…the church and The Church have complied!!!
Scriptures tell us not to be like The World, not to be like these people who are not willing to change for Jesus, but The Church has made Compromise after Compromise for The World to Accept Them!
2 Corinthians 10:12 KJV
“For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
2 Timothy 4:3 KJV
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;"
Jesus is Not going to change, The Father is Not going to change, The Holy Spirit is Not going to change, our Judgment will Not change and it will be by One Word, One Will that we are All Judged…Jesus!
Let us get back to The Root and stop grafting in other Doctrines, other Beliefs and the Worlds Ways. We are to be The Light to The World because they live in darkness, but if our Light is the same as theirs, then we will all stumble and fall! If we Walk As The Root we will Not Stumble, We Will Not Fall!!!
Proverbs 3:23 KJV
“Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble."
Proverbs 4:19 KJV
“The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble."
Isaiah 59:10 KJV
“We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men]."
Amen and Amen!!!
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The Apostle John wrote First John to combat heresy being taught by false teachers. He said in 1:9 that we must confess our sins to the Lord. Today's post explains how that verse fits into our everyday lives. Click on the link below to read it. #1John #BibleStudy #Devotions #sin
Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
The Impossible God
Matthew 19:26 KJV
"But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."
Brothers and Sisters, Jesus Our Lord and Savior does the Impossible. There is No Situation, No Disease, No Death, No Person, Nor Satan that can Stop The Impossible With God! If we look back to many of the Impossible Situation that the Children Of God have had to face, we find God moving in Impossible Ways that only He could have done making them Possible. We, Brothers and Sisters Walk with the Same God!! All Power and Authority of The Father has been given over to Jesus His Son and we, The Blood Bought, saved by Grace, having found Mercy, must Walk In Faith, Believing that we can take All Things to Jesus and EXPECT an answer!
Romans 8:37-39 KJV
"37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Hebrews 11:6 KJV
"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."
Brothers and Sisters we are the Only Ones that can stop Jesus from moving on our behalf, rather by a lack of Faith or Walking in Disobedience. There are many who are going through things that are Un-Understandable, that in your mind make no sense, find no cause, but, what Jesus does in Our Lives goes beyond comprehension unless He Reveals. We are Expected to Trust Jesus, Walk In Faith that All Things are in His Hands. We, Brothers and Sisters must take Our Understanding and Set It Aside, because Jesus is working in area’s that we Do Not Understand. When we go to Jesus Asking, Seeking and Knocking too many expect immediate answers, we expect the Drive Through Meal, when Jesus is going to bring us a Full Course Meal!!! The Work Jesus does may Require Time for changes to take effect, especially dealing with other people that are involved.
Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV
"8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Now, let us look at the Past that Our Future may be at rest. I will only bring up the Point I am speaking of, you will have to look up the Scriptures for the full story of each encounter of The Impossible God.
Noah was told to Build an Ark, to bring animals, male and female, two of each kind into the Ark because a Flood would wipe out mankind off the face of the earth. It took Noah 120 Years before this came to pass, but he continued in Faith despite Not Knowing The When.
Genesis 6:7-8, 19 KJV
"7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. ... 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female."
Hebrews 11:7 KJV
“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
…and it came to pass!
Abraham was 100 Years Old and Sara was 90 Years Old when Isaac was born…
Genesis 17:17 KJV
“Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?"
Genesis 21:2, 5 KJV
"2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. ... 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him."
Hebrews 11:11 KJV
“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised."
…and it came to pass!
A city that could not be breached, was impossible to get into by Mans Ways, but, The Father Moved at His Children’s Obedience and Faith…
Joshua 6:4-5 KJV
"4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [blast] with the ram's horn, [and] when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him."
Hebrews 11:30 KJV
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days."
…and it came to pass!
A metal axe head floating in water…
2 Kings 6:5-6 KJV
"5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim."
…and it came to pass!
I have only mentioned a few things that where the Impossible became Possible only at the Hands Of God. Things that are in Mans Eyes, in Man’s Understanding could not happen, should not have happened but did.
This is Whom We Serve!!! Those things, those situations that utterly Look Impossible through Your Eyes, Jesus has a Handle On Them and will move on Your Behalf to bring Himself Glory, Honor and Praise!!!
Jesus said I will take the Impossible and make it Possible, you Must Trust Me, Have Faith In Me and these things will come to pass. Again, we are the only ones that can stop Jesus from moving on our behalf. If there are those who Lack Faith such as Doubting Thomas…
Matthew 17:20 KJV
“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."
John 20:24-25 KJV
"24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe."
Just Ask Jesus to help you with your Lack Of Faith, to give you Peace that surpasses Your Understanding… then STAND! There are many, many things I have seen and experienced in My Life that were Impossible and made Possible. Even with all of the time I have Walked With Jesus there are still times that doubt enters in because I face The Impossible in my eyes, my understanding and I Must Cry Out to Jesus to strengthen me during these times.
Our Minds, Our Physical Being rejects The Impossible and we think that Logic Rules, but in every case above and many that I did not mention, God was At The Helm, He Orchestrated and Did The Impossible.
Brothers and Sisters, during these times, do not be so Prideful not to ask for Prayer, to have other Brothers and Sisters be in War with you, helping you in Your Battle whatever it may be. You do not need to tell them every detail, but enough that whatever you are facing they will know to Seek Jesus The Impossible God for answers concerning you and your situation. But, I do throw caution here, not every Believer can Walk or Fight where you are at, but Jesus will lead you to those who can have some understanding and fight on your behalf along side with you.
Why do I say War, Battle and Fight? We are in a War …
Ephesians 6:12 KJV
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]."
John 10:10 KJV
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly."
1 Peter 5:8 KJV
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
We, Brothers and Sisters, are More Than Conquerors, WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD!!! If we Walk In Obedience, having Faith, who is Greater Than Our God?
Romans 8:31 KJV
“What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?"
Amen and Amen!!!
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Toward the end of the Tribulation, the light of the Lord will shine from Jerusalem for all the world to see. Right now Christians are called to let the light of Jesus shine out of their lives pointing others toward the Lord. Click on the link below to read more about it. #BibleStudy #Devotions #EndTimes #Isaiah
The focus of this devotion is always difficult to write about. The reason? The subject is sin which people don’t want to talk about. But it goes even deeper and talks about unintentional sin. Click on the link below to read the post. Let me know your thoughts on this subject. #BibleStudy #Devotions #Forgiveness #Leviticus #sin
[Elijah] sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”1 Kings 19:4
Yesterday we looked at the first reality that can change your marriage: I am responsible for my own attitude. Today, we’ll see reality number two: Attitude affects actions. Attitudes are so important because they affect my behavior and words. I may not be able to control my environment or the issues I face—sickness, an alcoholic spouse, a teenager on drugs, a job loss, aging parents, and so forth—but I am responsible for what I do within my environment. My attitude will greatly influence my behavior.
The prophet Elijah gives us a vivid example of this. Fresh from defeating the false prophets of Baal in a showdown at Mount Carmel and proving that the Lord is God, Elijah fell into despair when his life was threatened by Queen Jezebel. His attitude of defeat led him to go into hiding by himself and essentially ask God to take his life. God refreshed Elijah, who then returned to his work as a prophet, but certainly at this point in his life, his attitude greatly affected his actions.
It’s the same with us. If I focus on the negative, I’m more likely to give my spouse critical, condemning words. My behavior will fall into one of two categories: I’ll do things to hurt my spouse, or I’ll withdraw and consider leaving my spouse.
On the other hand, if I look for the positive in my marriage, then I’m more likely to talk positively, to speak affirming words to my spouse, and to do something that has the potential to enhance life for both of us.
Father, sometimes I tend to wallow in my despair and disappointment, much like Elijah did. That negative attitude seeps its way into my heart and affects my actions as well. Help me to keep my attitude under control before it negatively affects my behavior and my spouse.
Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
God Can Change His Mind
Brothers and Sisters we need to Understand that Jesus, whom we Serve, Can change His Mind on what He will or will not do in a person’s life or in the lives of many people. The absolute that we have, is, that when we Accept Jesus as Savior and Lord, Walking in His Ways, Heaven will be Our Home. But Understand this, things on Earth are as the Wind Blows or the Solidness Of Water, they move as they will. Also Understand this, Jesus IS IN Control Over Every Thing that touches Our Life, even in paths of Darkness.
We Need To Understand that every sorrow, every tear, every pain if Walked In Repentance is to Jesus Glory, even if we lack Understanding during these times.
In Repentance Jesus Listens for during these times that have No Understanding of the reason we are having to endure. It can be for you to Repent or it can be a Chance for others to Repent. Jesus does not tell us Our Complete Path, most, if they knew what they would have to endure, would never come to Jesus In Repentance.
Jonah, a man who Walked and Feared God shows us the Length He will go for Repentance. Jonah tried to Run away from the presents of God, from Walking In Obedience, but God knew exactly where Jonah was.
Jonah 1:1-3 KJV
"1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD."
Sometimes there have to be Storms in Our Lives or in Others Lives to bring a Truth Out, to bring that which is Unknown to Light for all to see. It is not fun, nor is it a easy road that Must Be Traveled in order for Jesus to receive The Glory He deserves. Understand this, You may be in Pain, in Sorrow, in Tears Of Despair, but whatever you are going through at the end will bring Jesus Glory!
Understand this Brothers and Sisters, Jesus will do anything it takes to get you or others to Repent and Obey…
Jonah 1:4-5 KJV
"4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep."
Jesus sometimes has to get Your Attention and Will Allow or even Do Things to do so, even put others in harm’s way. We cannot measure the Depths that Jesus will go to try and get us to Repent, to turn from Our Sinful Natures, to Walk In Obedience. We who Believe and have Accepted Jesus As Savior are in His Hands, at All Times, lest we walk away or try and run away to do Our Own Thing, Our Own Way.
Jonah 1:7-12 KJV
"7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil [is] upon us; What [is] thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what [is] thy country? and of what people [art] thou? 9 And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry [land]. 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest [is] upon you."
There is NOTHING HID that will not be revealed given time. In Jonah’s situation they cast Lots to see who on their ship was the cause of their dilemma and the lot fell a upon Jonah. By Jonah’s Confession, The Truth was revealed, but, he still did not Repent but was willing to die to save others from The Wrath Of God. Jonah had not hit bottom yet. Sometimes we want to run to the aid of others because we see what they have become or where they are at and by compassion we move to help them in their time of need. But sometimes, we are not to do anything to bring aid, but watch and wait to see what will manifest.
Jonah had to go through another dilemma, though he sought death for an answer, death would not come. God created a cage that would hold Jonah until he Repented, a Great Fish. Before anyone goes and says this had to be a whale, it was not, but it was a fish that The Father Created for this situation.
Jonah 1:17 KJV
“Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."
Jonah 2:1-4 KJV
"1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple."
When we hit rock bottom, when it seems we can go no further and death we long for, time and time again Repentance is at hand to deliver us from our dilemmas. But, Understand this, it is Your Choice to Repent, not God’s. if we Choose to continue to Rebel then we will path the consequences and even others may pay the price for Your Rebellion. The full Repentance of Jonah is vs 2: 1 - 9
In Jonah’s case, he Repented, he Returned to that in which he know was right before God and by the Mercies of God, Jonah was Delivered from his dilemma.
Jonah 2:1-2, 10 KJV
"1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice. ... 10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land]."
But in God’s Mercy, His first Command was still relevant, Jonah still had to be Obedient in doing what God had told him to do in the first place. If Jonah had not Obeyed, God might have killed him and would have to answer for his Disobedience.
Jonah decided, was persuaded to be Obedient, to do the task that God wanted in the first place. Some of you have been delivered out your dilemmas and still need to be Obedient To The Lords Command whatever it may be, else, death may come and you will have to answer for Your Disobedience.
Now, here is another Understanding that you need to grasp. We may be Obedient to what The Lord Jesus has told us to do, expecting things to go a certain way, to be in our favor and when it is said and done we find it did not turn out the way we expected it to.
Jonah 3:1-4 KJV
"1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Jonah EXPECTED that in forty days Nineveh would be destroyed, taken over, crushed. That Death would come upon all who were in the city, but God changed His Mind because Repented with a True Repentance, turning away from their wickedness, being Obedient to God.
We can expect the same for us and others, that when we Truly Repent it can change Death in to Life!
Jonah 3:5-10 KJV
"5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands. 9 Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not."
There are times that we are going to get Angry at Jesus because WE Expected things to go a certain way and they do not. We do this because of a Lack Of Understanding Of Know Jesus, it is a Pride within the Flesh called Self Righteousness. We Must Repent of such things, humbling ourselves before Jesus and Allow Jesus to do things His Way, not ours!
Jonah faced this very issue, he was angry with God because He did not destroy Nineveh as He said He would. Jonah did not Understand that True Repentance Changes The Heart Of God and The Situations we are in or have been in. Jonah, like us, had to be Reminded Who God is, Who Jesus is, that He is a Merciful Loving God!
Even in Our Anger towards God, towards Jesus we can still find His Mercy to Repent.
Jonah 4:4-6 KJV
"4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd."
Sometimes we have to be Reminded of God’s Mercy, of Jesus Mercy towards us and others. As James wrote, that we look into a mirror and see what manner of a person we are, but when we step away…we forget.
James 1:23-24 KJV
"23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was."
Jonah 4:7-11 KJV
"7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live. 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, [even] unto death. 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?"
It is Not Easy going through Trials, Tribulations, Dilemmas and we all go through them, but we Must Endure until the end whatever it may be.
We must remember that we serve a God Of Love, we Serve Jesus who hears our cries, sees our dilemmas, knows our pains and griefs, sorrows, even being in despair. Jesus will answer in His Time in His Way, He will deliver us to His Glory … if we Allow Him to do so. Jesus will go to great lengths to bring you to Repentance, to His Glory, to His Will. Do not ignore The Work Of Our Lord that is in Your Lives and for The Sake Of Others, for Jesus Does Care, Jesus Does Love YOU!!!
Amen and Amen!!!
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