"Those who believe in the Son have eternal life, but those who do not obey the Son will never have life", (John 3:36)
Salvation comes when we look to Christ, embrace Him, and run to Him out of our love. You finally decide to stop going through the motions, and say, "Lord Jesus now, I don't want to go another day without You".
You finally realize God the Lover, God the Giver, God the Savior, erased clouds of doubt and took you just the way you were. Now you think of God alone; your great Almighty One, who looks after you.
But, there are some who do not believe; they don't trust the promise. If they would only try; test it. But God is as polite as He is passionate and He will never force His way in. There choice.
It's sad because His love reaches the heavens, His faithfulness just as high; His righteousness is like the mighty mountains and His justice like the great deep. Both high and low amoung men find refuge in the shadow of His wings. For with God there is the fountain of life and love.
My blessed Savior lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my heart. May your love and truth always protectd me.
Thank you for Your amazing grace. There was nothing I cou;ld do to make You love me more...and there is nothing I can do to make You love me less. O, how you love me, and did before the foundations of the earth. You chose me. Praise Your Holy Name. Your great Name...Jesus
Psalm 36 Natalie Grant Chris Mullins Max Lucado David Crowder Band Francesa Batinelli
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Soul Forgiveness
More than any other emotion the unwillingness to forgive imprisions the soul. Do flames of fire boil within you when you have been mistreated?
Insttead of harboring that resentment, why not free yourself? Yes, you were mistreated, but why not be the one that says, "they mistreated my Savior, but all he ask was for their forgiveness".
(1Peter 2:20) "If you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased".
David says in Psalm 123 "I will lift up my eyes to You on the throne. till He shows us mercy". King Soloman says his fruit is better than fine gold, walk in the pathes of righteousness, along the paths of justice. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirs up dissection, but love covers all wrongs.
If you harbor anger inside of you, fights and quarrels result. You want something but you can't get it. Why not try asking God? If you ask and you do not recieve it is because you have the wrong motives.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Max Lucado Psalm 123 Proverbs 8 Proverbs 10 James 4 Bebo Norman
Insttead of harboring that resentment, why not free yourself? Yes, you were mistreated, but why not be the one that says, "they mistreated my Savior, but all he ask was for their forgiveness".
(1Peter 2:20) "If you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased".
David says in Psalm 123 "I will lift up my eyes to You on the throne. till He shows us mercy". King Soloman says his fruit is better than fine gold, walk in the pathes of righteousness, along the paths of justice. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirs up dissection, but love covers all wrongs.
If you harbor anger inside of you, fights and quarrels result. You want something but you can't get it. Why not try asking God? If you ask and you do not recieve it is because you have the wrong motives.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Max Lucado Psalm 123 Proverbs 8 Proverbs 10 James 4 Bebo Norman
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The Body of Christ
How beautiful the body of Christ. The supreme miracle occurs, the Son of God becomes man. The word is made flesh. He that had existed from eternity in the glory of the Father, He was the agent of creation. In this humanly body he takes all flesh upon himself. That is why His life, death, and resurrection are events that involve all men. It is sinful flesh he bears though he is without sin (11Corinthians 5:2, Hebrews 4:15)
The earthly body of Jesus underwent crucifixion and death. He took on all sinful flesh so that it was our infirmities and all our sin that He bears to the cross. We are crucified with Him, only to rise again in a glorious new body. A body with sinless perfection, O, how wonderful to know I have been made perfect by being washed in His precious blood. How worthy is the Lamb.
Dallas Holm Twila Paris Hillsong Detrick Von Bonhoeffer Various Scriptures
The earthly body of Jesus underwent crucifixion and death. He took on all sinful flesh so that it was our infirmities and all our sin that He bears to the cross. We are crucified with Him, only to rise again in a glorious new body. A body with sinless perfection, O, how wonderful to know I have been made perfect by being washed in His precious blood. How worthy is the Lamb.
Dallas Holm Twila Paris Hillsong Detrick Von Bonhoeffer Various Scriptures
Monday, June 25, 2012
Secure for Eternity
You took your first step the day you confessed Christ as the Son of God. He gave you the Holy Spirit to hold on to, and a rope for encouragement; His Word.
Your first few steps were confident and strong, step by step you said you would follow, but all of a sudden you fell. As you fell, you felt out of control with no one there to pull you through.
All of a sudden you felt a strong grip and saw Jesus holding on with a comforting smile. You knew He would never let go.
After all, who can separate you from the love of Christ? Know one, for in all these things you are more than a conqueror. For Jesus has convinced you that neither life nor death, angels of demons, the present or the future, neither any powers, height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate you from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus your Lord.
After all, you were chosen by Him.
Max Lucado David Crowder Band Romans 8 Rich Mullins
Your first few steps were confident and strong, step by step you said you would follow, but all of a sudden you fell. As you fell, you felt out of control with no one there to pull you through.
All of a sudden you felt a strong grip and saw Jesus holding on with a comforting smile. You knew He would never let go.
After all, who can separate you from the love of Christ? Know one, for in all these things you are more than a conqueror. For Jesus has convinced you that neither life nor death, angels of demons, the present or the future, neither any powers, height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate you from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus your Lord.
After all, you were chosen by Him.
Max Lucado David Crowder Band Romans 8 Rich Mullins
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Greed Unlimited
Jesus had a definition for greed. He called it the measuring life by possessions. Greed equates a persons worth with a persons purse.
You got a lot---you are a lot. You got a little ---you are little,
Greed is not defined by what something costs, but what it costs you. If anything costs your faith or your family, the price is too high.
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing. Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. A mans riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat.
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker.
The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. But the one who is rich should take pride in his lowly position, because he will pass away like a wild flower.
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabbily clothes also comes in. If you pay special attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say,"here is a fine seat for you" and say to the poor man, "you stand there, or sit by my feet". Have you not discriminated against yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my dear brothers, hasn't God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom to those who love him?
I come on my knees, to bow down before You. Bringing all that I am, just wanting to know You. Seeking Your face and not only Your hand. I find You embracing me---just as I am.
James 2 Big Daddy Weave Max Lucado Proverbs 14
You got a lot---you are a lot. You got a little ---you are little,
Greed is not defined by what something costs, but what it costs you. If anything costs your faith or your family, the price is too high.
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing. Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. A mans riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat.
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker.
The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. But the one who is rich should take pride in his lowly position, because he will pass away like a wild flower.
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabbily clothes also comes in. If you pay special attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say,"here is a fine seat for you" and say to the poor man, "you stand there, or sit by my feet". Have you not discriminated against yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my dear brothers, hasn't God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom to those who love him?
I come on my knees, to bow down before You. Bringing all that I am, just wanting to know You. Seeking Your face and not only Your hand. I find You embracing me---just as I am.
James 2 Big Daddy Weave Max Lucado Proverbs 14
Saturday, June 23, 2012
A Glance into Hell
There is no fear of God before his eyes. For in his own eyes he flatters himself too much or to detect his sin. O, how the evildoer lies fallen, unable to rise.
"Don't be afraid of people that can kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the one who can kill that can destroy the soul and the body in hell", (Matthew 10:28)
Hell's misery is deep, but not as deep as God's love. To understand hell is to pray more earnestly and to serve more diligently. We have a high stakes mission before us.
And for the lost, find out the meaning of this message. Get ready, this plane won't fly forever. "Death is the destiny of every man, the living should take this to heart"(Eccles. 7:2), By their fruits you shall be known. Not everyone that says to our God, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
There is no use prying into the hearts of others. All we need do id wait until the tree bears fruit, and we shall not have to wait long. Jesus tells us men cannot keep up appearances long. The bad tree is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Confessor and doer are separated from one another. If love is absent, it is the most serious, most incredible satanic possibility. How will Jesus accept them? "I have never known you".
If we follow Christ, cling to His word, and let all else go, it will see us through the day of Judgement. His word is His grace.
If we rely on our own good deeds and do not rely on His outrageous grace, the glance into hell will become a reality.
"Don't be afraid of people that can kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the one who can kill that can destroy the soul and the body in hell", (Matthew 10:28)
Hell's misery is deep, but not as deep as God's love. To understand hell is to pray more earnestly and to serve more diligently. We have a high stakes mission before us.
And for the lost, find out the meaning of this message. Get ready, this plane won't fly forever. "Death is the destiny of every man, the living should take this to heart"(Eccles. 7:2), By their fruits you shall be known. Not everyone that says to our God, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
There is no use prying into the hearts of others. All we need do id wait until the tree bears fruit, and we shall not have to wait long. Jesus tells us men cannot keep up appearances long. The bad tree is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Confessor and doer are separated from one another. If love is absent, it is the most serious, most incredible satanic possibility. How will Jesus accept them? "I have never known you".
If we follow Christ, cling to His word, and let all else go, it will see us through the day of Judgement. His word is His grace.
If we rely on our own good deeds and do not rely on His outrageous grace, the glance into hell will become a reality.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Complete Assurance
How great is our God; how we shout out His holy name--Yahweh, God of all the earth, we rest in Your arms. I live says the believer.
Because of His amazing grace I am acquitted before His Judgement seat. I now live in His loving kindness, His light, and His love.
Gone are the chains of sin; I have been set free. I am righteous before God even, as He is righteous. The entire goodwill of God embraces me.
A the blessedness and peace of God raises me and lifts me higher. It is the air I breathe and the joy of it all. There is no sin in me, and I have ceased entirely to commit it.
I have a good conscience and know I am walking in His ways and doing His will. I know that my life is fashioned in accordance with that whether I walk or stand, sit or lie down, am awake or asleep; every deed I do and think, is within His will.
My guilt is forever wiped out, and it is impossible for me to incur fresh guilt which cannot be expiated. I am preserved by His grace and am forever His.
Death cannot harm me, for I have eternal life and am eternally redeemed from the wrath to come. The evil one has to flee and the world no longer wears me down, because of Your great name, my Jesus.
Who can separate us from the love of God? If He be for us, who can be against us?
Natalie Gray Chris Tomlin Phil Wickam
Because of His amazing grace I am acquitted before His Judgement seat. I now live in His loving kindness, His light, and His love.
Gone are the chains of sin; I have been set free. I am righteous before God even, as He is righteous. The entire goodwill of God embraces me.
A the blessedness and peace of God raises me and lifts me higher. It is the air I breathe and the joy of it all. There is no sin in me, and I have ceased entirely to commit it.
I have a good conscience and know I am walking in His ways and doing His will. I know that my life is fashioned in accordance with that whether I walk or stand, sit or lie down, am awake or asleep; every deed I do and think, is within His will.
My guilt is forever wiped out, and it is impossible for me to incur fresh guilt which cannot be expiated. I am preserved by His grace and am forever His.
Death cannot harm me, for I have eternal life and am eternally redeemed from the wrath to come. The evil one has to flee and the world no longer wears me down, because of Your great name, my Jesus.
Who can separate us from the love of God? If He be for us, who can be against us?
Natalie Gray Chris Tomlin Phil Wickam
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The Silence of God
John once ask Jesus, Are you the one who is to come or should we expect someone else? John had been listening for an answer to his earthly problems, while Jesus was busy solving his heavenly ones.
You might think of that the next time you hear the silence of God. Just think what He has done for you: He did for you what you could not do for yourself, He rescued your soul from death.
So, set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you will appear with Him in Glory.
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, God adds to these perfect love.
What makes this love so beautiful to behold, is the outrageous grace of God, and the perfect gift at the cross.
All the condemned feel no shame;. Every fear has no place; All the weak find their strength; at the sound of the great name of Jesus.
"All the World Praise the great Name of Jesus"
You might think of that the next time you hear the silence of God. Just think what He has done for you: He did for you what you could not do for yourself, He rescued your soul from death.
So, set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you will appear with Him in Glory.
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, God adds to these perfect love.
What makes this love so beautiful to behold, is the outrageous grace of God, and the perfect gift at the cross.
All the condemned feel no shame;. Every fear has no place; All the weak find their strength; at the sound of the great name of Jesus.
"All the World Praise the great Name of Jesus"
Monday, June 18, 2012
Love in the Spirit
Surrendering does not come natural to me. So, please hold me Jesus, and love me in the Spirit of your grace.
Then I heard His voice, "All you need to know is all the faith and love springs from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven. Now, always love in the spirit and walk worthy, for I gave myself battered and bleeding on a Roman cross so you may have life eternal and be reconciled by My Holy blood.
My Savior rescued me from the dominion of darkness, and like sunlight shining at midnight and by His grace, He made my life beautiful, beautiful.
But sometimes there is a raging sea out in front of my; trying to pull me in. So, let the waters rise, if You want them to, I will follow you. I have put my trust in you before, I will trust you now.
Colossians 1 Rich Mullins MIKESCHAIR Jeremy Riddle Francesca Battistelli
Then I heard His voice, "All you need to know is all the faith and love springs from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven. Now, always love in the spirit and walk worthy, for I gave myself battered and bleeding on a Roman cross so you may have life eternal and be reconciled by My Holy blood.
My Savior rescued me from the dominion of darkness, and like sunlight shining at midnight and by His grace, He made my life beautiful, beautiful.
But sometimes there is a raging sea out in front of my; trying to pull me in. So, let the waters rise, if You want them to, I will follow you. I have put my trust in you before, I will trust you now.
Colossians 1 Rich Mullins MIKESCHAIR Jeremy Riddle Francesca Battistelli
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