My Time With Jesus Tuesday

 Nothing Bigger Than God

Colossians 1: 16, for by Him all things were created that are in Heaven and that are on the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through him and for him.

Most people will tell you that God can do anything, but in their hearts it's usually a different story. Why the disconnect? Most people judge what God can do, by what man can do, And that is the problem.

If you believe in God to begin with, He is only as big and powerful as your mind lets Him be. We limit God by our thinking, and then we judge Him for it. Sometimes we limit God by what our friends think. Will they ridicule you, or make you the butt of jokes? Are you thinking about you, or about God?

So, think about this. God created everything, so it stands to reason He can fix anything. Since God is a spirit, He can be everywhere at once. God can perform miracles that are so impossible to us, that even if we witnessed one, most people wouldn't believe, and look for another explanation.

Genesis 1: 1 in the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth.

When you realize in your heart that God is a supreme being, then raising the dead, growing new limbs on a person, or any other thing that we consider impossible, is absolutely no effort for Him.

When you know in your heart that He has no limits, He will start working in your life. He is as big as we need Him to be. Just believe it. Look around you if you need proof. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your Blood washed away my Sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

 

The Least Of These

Matthew 25: 40, inasmuch as you did it to the least of these, my brethren, you did it to Me.

Luke 9: 48, And He said to them, whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For him who is least among you all will be great.

As you can see from these verses, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a very compassionate as well as just person. These verses are easy to understand and are very powerful. The Lord tells us in plain English how much it means to Him. So why do you suppose the average Christian ignores a lot of what Jesus said?

For starters, how many of us know that these verses are in the Bible? If we know it, are we overwhelmed by it to the point of helplessness on our part? What can we do? Can it possibly be that we find it too hard to do?

First of all, there are many people in this world. About eight billion in fact. We are bombarded by so many charities on TV and in the mail, that it makes our heads spin. We don't know how to help because there are so many, and a large percentage of them are scams. 

Matthew 25: 34 through 36, then the king will say to those on his right hand, come, you blessed of my father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.

This story goes on for a few more verses and it really explains the types of things we need to consider. Even though some of these charities might be a scam, the thing we should do is talk to the Lord about it before we give, and if He leads us to give, do it. If by chance it is a scam the Lord still gives us credit for it.

I know at one time I received so many appeals in the mail and on my computer that it made my head spin. I've talked to the Lord about what category of charities I should be looking for. I checked a few of them out. It would be a good idea to select charities that also teach the Word. Talk to the Lord about it and do what is in your heart.

Next, pray for these charities with a sincere heart. Keep your eyes open for someone to help. It doesn't always have to be money. An encouraging word or prayer works according to God's will. Before you dismiss it as most people do, think about it. Do unto others is the old saying and it's true. God Bless you and your family. 

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Discerning lies

Matthew 16: 24, then Jesus said to His disciples, if anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.

It is no secret to most people that we are bombarded with lies every day, all day long. The lies come from people we know, people like the media that we used to trust, and even our own government.

Everybody is trying to find out who they really are, and feel they are entitled to everything, and if somebody doesn't like it so what. What most of these liars are trying to do is disrupt the teachings our country was founded on and follow the perverted ways according to what satan thinks. 

If we are to follow what Jesus says, we must stand up for what is right. The right way is God's way not our way. Today's verse simply means to renounce self-centered ambitions and concentrate on things concerning the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus of course knew it would not be easy for many people, because the world is so corrupted. 

This idea is a real problem for most of us. As humans we want what we want, when we want it. When we commit our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ after we are saved most of us don't really realize what that really means.

When we tell Jesus that we submit to His will, we sometimes get the idea that He will always enable us to do what we want to do. The opposite is usually true. You see, the Lord God has a perfect plan for each of us. He knows what is best, and all of the steps to get us there. He sees what each of us must do, in order to make His plan work. We on the other hand don't have a clue.

Almighty God’s only motive is for us to join Him in Heaven, so when we do something that might hinder that, He stops us and tries to direct us back to the path. Being human of course we complain and blame God for messing up our plans. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to figure out that we weren't carrying our cross, Jesus was.

Taking up our cross and following Him simply means to follow His word as it is told to us through the Bible.  All the nonsense that goes on in the world is just a diversion to keep us from learning the truth.

If you read the Book of Revelation, you will see where things are headed, and you could change the way you think. The Bible is true my friends, you cannot live your life against what the Bible tells us and expect to enter Heaven. It seems to me the Book of Revelation is warning us where you stand, so that you can turn your ways around to our Lord. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Is There Eternal Life

John 3: 16, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Galatians 6: 8, for he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.  ( Holy Spirit )

Just about any group of people you read about or could name going all the way back through history as far as it goes, every group of people had some version of eternal life that they believed in. So, the idea of eternal life is not a new one for the times we live in.

Many people are in total denial when it comes to eternal life. The very idea of eternal life is by nature very difficult for most people to think about. Many avoid it because of fear of death, and the fact that they don't know if there is an afterlife, and if there is where are they going? We are mortal and there is no escaping eternity.

You can talk to many people that think hell does not exist, and that everyone will go to Heaven. They choose to remain totally ignorant or in denial about Jesus, because He is a hindrance to their lifestyle.

Then of course you probably ran across people that insist that their God would not send anyone to hell because he loves everybody. It's pretty interesting that they say that about a God they don't even know.

Another big problem when thinking about eternity is that it is the idea of forever. Human beings have no idea of what that means, because they have nothing to compare it to. Forever just boggles their brain. It can and does terrify most people.

The whole point is you have a choice. The Lord Jesus Christ gave you that chance when He suffered and died on the cross and rose from the dead just for you. Follow Him, and forget your ways, and end up in a glorious place forever. You can know that now if you accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior. There's nothing to fear if you're on the right side of the question.

It is unfortunate but the majority of people will find out that eternity is real, that Heaven and hell are real, but it's too late for them because they are on the way to the place they chose without even realizing it.

My friends, look at it this way. If Heaven and hell are real and you did not believe, you are doomed. If Heaven and hell do not exist and it is over at the moment you die, what did you lose. It seems to me that the better choice would be believing and following the teachings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as written in the Word of God. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away all of my sins. Your death and resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Called Last

Matthew 20: 1-16, is the parable about the laborers. To sum it all up it tells about the people who labored in a man's field. Some started at the break of day, and others started at different times during the day including an hour before quitting time. They were all paid the same.

This would be very hard for any of us to accept if we were the ones involved. It does not seem fair, and the man who owns that field would probably have trouble finding people to work for him after that.

That's really not what all of this is about though, it was a parable told by Jesus that had a meaning different than what it seems. To put it in simple terms as I understand them, it is a story that can be interpreted as  an example of the road to salvation.

Some people start out knowing about our Lord God Almighty because of family influence. They get to know God early in life and find salvation is a gift from God. Others can be said to be less fortunate.

Many people struggle through their whole lives chasing what isn't real because the world does it that way. The world preaches no accountability for anything. They view everything as correct no matter how much it goes against the word of God.

As people go through life being lied to every single day it is very difficult to learn the truth and accept the truth as the truth. Our Lord knows that, and I believe that when someone finds the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior, it's like salvation is a reward for fighting the battle of life. 

We must remember that no matter what we are going through, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ knows what it's like to have a problem on earth just like we do. It was said a long time ago that the end of time will not come until every single person that ever will be saved, will finally be saved.

Another thing to remember is that salvation is a gift from God and by the grace of God. It's nothing we do or don't do in this life, as far as works goes. It's a question of stamina, and persistence, in pursuing the truth. The truth in this situation we call life, is finding the truth according to God's word which is the Bible.

Believe it or not, we are all called, but many do not answer. Unfortunately, too many follow satan, some not even knowing they're doing it, and they don't hear the call. In many cases common sense is the beginning, and our attempts to find our Lord Jesus Christ are rewarded.

The conclusion is my friends, don't give up. Don't believe the lies, ask the Lord to guide your heart, and do as you are LED. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Getting To The Truth

Matthew 4: 4, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

Romans 10: 17, so then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

I start this message because I still find many people who do not read the Bible for various reasons. That is something between them and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

If you look at these two verses you get the idea from the word of God that we need spiritual bread which is the word of God, and we not only need to read it we need to hear it.

It really isn't difficult with the tools available to us these days because we have a real advantage with the Internet. It really is a big help compared to what most of us grew up with years ago.

When I started my journey searching for the Lord, I walked into a Christian bookstore, and I told the person there that I was totally ignorant of what the Bible said and that could they recommend a Bible that was easier to understand. At that time, it was the amplified version.

Now you can check anything that you don't know about by simply entering it in a Google search box. As you go through life, you'll find that there are many obstacles that you run into, and many things that seem very hopeless.

If you are a person that has spent a reasonable amount of time with the word of God, and looked for answers you’ll get to the point where your faith grows to where it can really benefit you.

1 Peter 5: 7, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

This verse is a perfect example about faith and how it can benefit you beyond your wildest imagination and allow you to conquer any problem through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Casting your cares on Him means exactly what it says. If you are having a problem that you cannot seem to figure out, count on your faith in our Lord, talk to Him, and turn the problem over to Him believing it is taken care of. Then just forget about it and wait for it to manifest in your life.

We can go on with many examples similar to this. But the fact remains without knowing our Lord, we cannot get to the point where we have faith that will not only bring us Salvation through Christ, but our life will be guided by Him. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord! 

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Pray With Confidence

John 14: 16-17, And I will pray the Father and He will give you another helper, that He may abide with you forever- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

Many years ago, I felt led by the Holy Spirit to watch a certain show on a Christian network. This particular program is one that I was not very fond of, and it was half over, but I watched it anyway.

The Holy Spirit led me to notice one statement that really made an impact on me. It was an eye-opener that led to other things. He said that when Peter agreed to go fishing when Jesus said let's go fishing, Peter in effect took his boat out of the carnal world and put it under the control of Jesus and the spirit world. The Holy Spirit told Jesus where the fish were, and Jesus told Peter. The little story is in Luke 5: 1-7.

Well, it made sense to me. If something is in the spirit world, it can be acted on supernaturally. I started to wonder if that idea fit other occasions in the Bible. There were so many. Well I had confirmation over a short period of time from other preachers that said exactly the same thing. Everything is in the spirit world, and fervent prayer brings it down into the natural world.

 To name a few, there were two incidents where Jesus was telling Peter where the fish are. Then you have the two sermons with 5000 and 4000 thousand men respectively. When someone gave Jesus control of their lunch, it went from carnal to spiritual, where it was acted on, and manifested in the carnal world.  

I guess not everyone would agree, but as the Spirit leads you, you will get the idea. The Bible is full of examples if you look. Any problems, and I do mean any problems you give to God with a trusting heart, it will end up in the spiritual world where it can be taken care of.

Another way to put it is this. We live in a carnal world with carnal problems But miracles happen in the spiritual world. So, it stands to reason that the carnal problem must be moved to the spiritual world and the result comes back to the carnal world.

I know this sounds a little strange but if you really think about it, it makes an awful lot of sense, and helps explain many things. To do anything like this, we must give the problem to God in prayer, trusting Him take care of it, and stand on His word. His word works, always. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord! 

God's Promises Sunday

A New Day

Psalm 118: 24, this is the day that the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

Every morning when we get up, it is a gift from God. Look at it as a blank canvas waiting for a picture to be painted. The day is the canvas and you are the artist.

The first thing you must realize is that the day begins with a battle between good and evil. It may not be evident, but it really does exist. The battle is decided by whether you choose to follow God or satan. The choice is up to you.

If you start the day committing yourself to the Lord Jesus Christ, and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you according to God's plan He will, and you are taking a step in the right direction. I'm not saying there will not be trials because there will be, but you can be victorious.

One of satan's most used tools is to get people to complain about something. It can be their job, their home life, the weather, absolutely anything you can think of we can complain about. The problem with complaining is the Lord hates complaining. 

When you feel like complaining, remember that it is a new day that the Lord has given you, and a new chance that you have to do it right, so stop yourself and look at what you are complaining about.

This situation presents a real opportunity to compare yourself to other people in the world. Remember that you are saved. Remind yourself that the Holy Spirit is there to help you, and the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is like a key to success.

Think about where you would be if you didn't have that. My friends, salvation is the only thing that is worth anything. So now when you look at whatever it is you are tempted to complain about, realize how insignificant it is, and that it is a blessing because most people in the world would do anything to be in your position. satan will try to blow it out of proportion, but all you have to do is call on the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and He will help you. 

Philippians 4: 13, I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Romans 8: 28, and we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose

One thing we must all remember, we were put on this earth for a reason by our creator. It may be as insignificant as speaking to someone for 10 seconds, or being like Moses was. Don't think for one second you are not called to do something.

By getting closer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and realizing who the Holy Spirit is, you will live your life the way you are supposed to according to the will of God. That is a good reason to rejoice and be glad every morning as you start your day. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Give It To The Lord

 Psalm 55: 22, cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.

1 Peter 5: 7, cast all your cares on Him, because He cares for you.

One of the most powerful things we can do in our lives is also one of the most difficult for most people. I am talking about casting your cares on the Lord.

Casting your cares is just what it says. Whenever we have a problem no matter how big or how small the wise thing to do is ask the Lord to take it. Now comes the hard part, you must be patient and believe that He will do what He promised to do.

Putting it in simple terms, if you give your day to the Lord and everything in it, He will not let you down. I got in the habit of saying Lord willing, and then whatever it is. At first it was kind of hard because we all want to feel like we are in control.

The amazing part is, and it's happened to me many times I had a plan to do something, and I ask the Lord to help me and then I just trust Him. Well, a lot of the time I ended up not doing what I had planned on doing that day, I ended up doing something that was lurking in the background causing me a little bit of anxiety.

I have had more problems taken care of in the easiest way possible when I kept myself out of the picture. There are times it was pretty comical because I would plan on something to do for instance next week, and the Lord decided I should do it that day. As it inevitably turns out that was the best possible timing.

Casting your cares on the Lord is the most powerful thing you can do. Trusting the Lord to take care of things can be difficult until you realize just how faithful He is. I talk about casting cares quite a lot, because it is the greatest thing besides salvation that has happened to me. When I look back, I see how things always worked out. An  example I think of, that's how I met my wife. It was in the smallest window of time as they say, add an impossible situation, and you'll get the Lord doing some of his best work.

Philippians 4: 6-7, do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Yes, my friends, trust in the Lord and if you have to start out with something small, just trust Him to handle it. I'm not saying He is our servant and He has to do things, I am saying He loves us that much that He would rather take our burdens on Himself then let us suffer with them. God Bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

You Are Forgiven

1 John 1: 9, if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The other day I was relaxing, and my mind was kind of wandering. I happened to think about somebody I worked with years ago. I think this is a good thing to mention because a lot of people are bothered with the same problem that he had.

This man was divorced, hated his job, and if there was one chance in a million to make a mistake, he found it. We worked nights at the time, and he was having a tough day. Whenever he had a tough day, he would yell at the top of his voice that God hated him, but that's OK because he hated God.

When he said that I got the chills. I tried to tell him that God did love him, but he didn't want to hear about it. His life was so messed up that he lost his job because of several things he really messed up on. I believe that the devil blinded him to the truth just as he blinds people today.

Since then I've run across more people that are convinced that God hates them too. I don't know the particulars of any of these cases, but it is obvious they carry a deep guilt about something.

If anyone has the slightest idea about how much Jesus loves them, they would have a good starting point. Jesus died for our sins. His death forgave past, present, and future sins. It doesn't matter how bad we messed up, how horrible our deeds were, Jesus’ blood covered it all.

Psalm 32: 5, I acknowledge my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

The only thing we need to know is that His love saved us. If we accept Him and what He did for us. If all the mistakes that are on your conscience are so bad that you hate God, you can have all of them erased. I believe a lot of people who say they hate God, are crying out for help, because they think they are too far gone for forgiveness.

Well, my friends, let me say this. Jesus does not see things the way we do. He looks at us with love in His heart. He sees us as people that were created for Heaven. The truth is, we have to accept what He has done for us.

Remember the story about one lost sheep and how 99 were left in the pasture, while the Good Shepherd went after the lost one? He put that one on His shoulders and brought it back. So, you see, you can never be so lost, that Jesus cannot find you.

Don't waste another day of your life. There's absolutely nothing you can do that is so bad you will not be forgiven. There is one sin that cannot be forgiven,  it is willfully rejecting Jesus and His works. So, forgive yourself, truly repent, accept Jesus as Savior, and spend the rest of your stay on earth with peace and joy, and the love of God.

2 Corinthians 5: 17, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; Behold the new has come.

God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior.  Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!