Thursday, November 30, 2017, 05:13
Knowing what is to come,,,,,, is not as important as knowing what to do before it comes, to be able to survive when it comes. But then we need to give a definition of to survive.
To Survive;
1. To not surrender the faith.
2. To make it to the narrow path that leads to the small gate, and then inter in to the kingdom of God.
3. To stand before the Father on that day and be told inter in My good and faithful servant.
i am at a place in life that i wont to stand up and yell no compromise!
i will not bend!,
i will not fade!,
i will not give in!,
i will not surrender!
i will fight to the end!
Lord if i am seeing and understanding Your word wrong please change my view on things, but if i’m seeing and understanding it correctly, the way You intended me to please give me the boldness and the correct words to use to convey it to others you bring across my path on this journey You have us on.
The Lord keeps bringing me back to Matthew 5
And opening His mouth He began teaching them, saying
Blessed are;
The pour in spirit,
Those who mourn
The gentle
Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
The merciful
The pure in heart
The peacemakers
Those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of things against you falsely, on account of Me.
Not sure i really need to know and understand what each of these words mean, for either i’am or i’am not these things. i can’t make my self be, just need to be willing to allow the Holy Spirit to move in my life to bring me to a point of being pour in spirit, mourn, gentle, hunger and thirst for righteousness, be merciful, have a pure heart, be a peacemaker,
and i don’t need to worry about what the blessings are that will come after these things have been worked out in my life the Lord said they will come so that is good enough for me, i trust Him.
i like this part; Rejoice and be glad for your reward in heaven is great, "Consider it all joy"
i really like these two verses, we have no reason to not have joy or be glad, we belong to Lord Jesus and through Him Father God what is their not to have joy about, we do as we are told in the bible and we get to live in heaven with Christ Jesus and Father God forever, why should we get uptight or bummed out over anything that happens in our life’ between now and eternity if Father God is in control.
It is all to get us to that small gate. i know i seem to be consumed with the small gate but i thank we should be, it seems to be rather important, like we can’t go around it to get in to heaven.
When we are filled with the Holy Spirit and get the word of God in to our lives we become as light as He is light, and we had better not hide the light, we need to allow the Holy Spirit to lead our lives on the path the Lord has set out before us, and join in to the race.
The Lord says that not even one of the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished!
And Whoever then annuls even one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
i’m not one that is looking for power or greatness but i also do not look to be one of the least, so my conclusion is, just do what i’m told and obey the word of the Father.
Do not commit murder! Do not be angry with a brother! Do not call a brother good for nothing of a fool, unless i want to go to hell.
Don't stand on my own understanding but allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide me allowing Him to be my teacher, not the world.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 06:09
Was reading
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
All means All,
i have always thought all meant all, everything, the whole enchilada, All, and have never understood how someone could thank otherwise.
So Jesus has ALL authority and has told us to go and make disciples, teaching them to observe ALL that He has commanded us.
And then the real kicker He says I am with you always even to the end.
Always another word like ALL Always, ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
That’s like forever, no matter what forever and ever, He is not the one that gets off the path we are.
It is better to be disliked by man then to be questioned by God. Are you always doing all you can to share the Lord’s love with others?
For isn't it better to be persecuted by man then condemned by the Lord?
Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 07:26
Why do we as Christians willingly live with sin in our lives?
As a group we are so concerned about abortion, and pornography, prostitution, gays and lesbians, on and on, but yet we will live with doubt in our own lives which is just as much a sin as any of the others.
i have found that if you take care of the things that we thank are small in our lives, and deal with them, then we are not so tempted by the other things.
(Faith: That leaning of the whole human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness. II Thessalonians 1:11. That’s what I want, desire and hope for Lord. Please help me Holy Spirit to exercise the little bitty faith that I have so it may grow and mature like a mighty oak tree. Amen.)
(Another Side track)
((((Faith is not saying i wish, what if, why or why not.
Faith has a lot to do with being thankful with what you have or for the situation you may be in, Count it all joy.
If you are counting it all joy, whatever you have will be enough, and you won’t thank to say i wish, what if, or ask why or why not, you will be to busy thanking God for what you already have.
i thank that is the biggest problem i have with other people, is that most people seem ungrateful about most of their lives, and when i see that in the church, or people that call themselves Christians, first it makes me sad but then it does make me mad, they just don’t get it.
People will talk about how God has blessed them, then at the slightest bit of discomfort, will complain about something in their lives, maybe Father God is allowing it so they could learn something, but instead of in Joy saying thank You Father God, help me to learn what You would want me to learn from this, they moan, bitch and complain about every little thing.
Why if they belong to Father God, do they have a need to complain Matthew 5 says He knows our needs and will supply all our needs. So what is the problem?
Problem ……. They are arrogant, proud, selfish, rude, inconsiderate, demanding, and really only care about themselves. And do not trust or have faith in God that He knows best for them. Witch all go’s against what the word of God says we are to be like. ))))
Monday, November 27, 2017, 05:05
Needs is a funny word to some it means a lot of new stuff, to some it means any and every thing they see, some think it is the comforts and conveniences of the world.
And that kind of attitude leads to into lust of things.
But in the Bible it says we have very few needs,
We need the love of the Father
We need salvation through Jesus Christ
We need the forgiveness from the Father, through Jesus Christ
We need the leading of the Holy Spirit
We have need of food We have need of drink We have need of clothing
We have need of shelter
The Lord gave me a wife, so i have need of human love and companionship.
Beyond all of this everything ells is just extra and can become a distraction from our walk with the Lord, in which can lead to more want and the thought that a want is a need.
Wants are not needs!!!!
Desires are not needs!!!
Lord thank you for taking care of and providing for all our needs on this journey You have set each of us on!
Help my desires to be in ailment with Your desire for me, that my eyes and heart will be set on You and not the things and ways of this world.
Saturday, November 25, 2017, 06:10
Was reading Romans 10:10 and this is what i came up with.
In my heart i believe:
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. He was here at creation and came to live on the earth as a human. He was crucified and died on a cross then rose again in three days. He has power over death, hell and the grave, and He is coming back for His believers one day. And that if i believe in Him i can live with Him and Father God forever, in Heaven.
And by believing God is the creator, and is in control of the universe, that He is so much bigger and more powerful then i am and that He has the power to give or take life; knowing and believing this creates a healthy fear of God in me. i will follow Him and do what His word says, which will result in His righteousness growing in me.
With my mouth i confess:
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He died on the cross and came back to life again in three days with victory over death, hell and the grave, and whoever believes in Him and confess their sins to Him and ask Him to forgiven them, they shall be saved.
And, by sharing the love of Jesus Christ with others, brings about salvation in my life, allowing me to live with Him forever in Heaven.
Am having the feeling that we are perhaps where we should be but that we are not doing what we should be!
We are not doing bad things but by not doing what we should be we are still sinning, Father God please forgive me!
Back to the beginning;
1. Get ready to go.
2. Go where the Holy Spirit leads.
3. Spend time in the morning reading the word together.
4. Take a walk together, and allow the Holy Spirit to share with us.
5. Come back and write down what the Holy Spirit has shared with us.
6. Do the same thing again in the afternoon.
7. Spend two to three months just the two of us, and not be concerned with things of the world.
8. Share the love of the Lord with whomever He brings in our path.
But instead it seems we are still not doing things together, and the things of the world are still holding on and controlling our lives. And it seem the biggest sin is doubt.
Matthew 14:27-31
27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
Jesus said get rid of things and be ready to go and we did, and then He said go, and we did, and now we are out on the water, and as Peter did we have looked around at the circumstances and stuff and things what we have, but mostly what we don’t have, and have sunk!
LORD SAVE US!
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of me, and said to me, “O you of little faith, why do you doubt?” Lord help my doubt to subside and my faith in you over take it!
Matthew 6:31
Do not be anxious then, saying, ‘What you shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘With what shall we clothe ourselves?’ or ‘What shall we sleep on?’ or ‘What shall we cook on?’ or, or, or, or we have so many what ‘s and what if’s, in which are all out of doubt.
“O you of little faith, why do you doubt?” Lord help my doubt to subside and my faith in you over take it!
Matthew 21:21
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith , and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it shall happen.
This is the kind of faith in Father God and Jesus i want to have, not to move trees but to be totally dependent on the Lord for everything i need, and to never question what or why, or be weighed down with the desires of this world, but to have a deep knowing that whatever i have need of the father will provide, when i have need of it. Lord forgive me for doubting you!
Romans 14:23
But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin. Whatever is not from faith is sin!
Whatever is not from faith is sin!
WHATEVER IS NOT FROM FAITH IS SIN!
WHATEVER IS NOT FROM FAITH IS SIN!
i get it, every moment of every day i must have faith in Father God that He will provide all my needs, and that Jesus is not only my provider but my provision! And beyond Him i need nothing, but out of His love for us He will provide all our needs.