Prayer

Matthew 6:7, When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. 

For most people, prayer is difficult for a number of reasons. The most common reason is a lack of faith that the prayers will be answered. The next reason is not knowing what prayer is, and not knowing what to pray for.

John 15:7, If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

First of all, you must know who is making the promise. If you don't know God, it is impossible to have faith. You can only have faith in someone you know and trust. God is always truthful and trustworthy. You can get to know Him through His word, the Bible.

Romans 8:26, Likewise the spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 

Prayer is communication with God. When Jesus rose from the dead, He promised to send the Holy Spirit to teach, help, and guide us at all times if we so desire. The Holy Spirit knows what is in our hearts. He takes our sincere, clumsy words, and presents them to our Father as a perfect prayer.

Now we come to the empty words and phrases. Many prayers are not answered, because they were not sincere. God is not someone  you are trying to sell something to. He is the discerner in chief. You cannot deceive Him.

If you know, love and trust God, prayer is easy. When you talk to God, just tell Him what is on your heart and mind. The only rule for prayer is it must be from the heart.

Philippians 4:6, Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

God is with you at all times. Just talk to Him as you would your best friend. It really is that easy. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins, and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve Only You. 

Praise The Lord! 

Amen

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

TIME

James 4:13-15, Come now, you who say, today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money. Yeah you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, if the Lord wishes we will live and do this or that. 

Time is an interesting thing. For most of us, our lives are run by time. Everything we do is controlled by it. Even Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, that there is a time for everything. The fact is that when we are born, we start the process of dying. Life is like a giant spring that is unwinding, and we don't know where it will stop.

Most of us don't pay much attention to the amount of time we have, we just act like it will go on forever. The Bible tells us about time in a way that should make us think.

Mark 13:32, But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 

Luke 12:16-20, Jesus told them a parable. The land of a rich man produced abundantly. He thought to himself, what should I do, for I have no place to store my crops? Then he said , I will do this; I will pull down my barns and build larger ones and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years, relax, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, you fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be? 

It is unbelievable how many people put off accepting Jesus as their savior, with the idea that there will be time in the future. There are too many things going on right now, is the most common excuse. 

If you think that way, you may get an ugly surprise. It is too late when the spring stops. Imagine being in a room with a time bomb. You know the bomb is there, but you do not know what time it is set for. You're having a great time in that room with all your friends. Suddenly a voice on a loudspeaker says, if you leave the room now you will have even better times. What would you do?

Jesus is waiting for you!!!  God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins, and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve Only You. 

Praise The Lord! 

Amen

Let It Shine

Matthew 5:14-16, You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.

Are you a collector of things? Is there anything in your collection that you are proud of, and take especially good care of? If you have an especially beautiful item, do you hide it, or do you show it off to others? How much attention do you give to your prized possessions?

This was obviously a set up. If you are a real Christian, are you proud of it, or do you hide it? Do you share it in a way that tells everyone you meet, that Jesus is Lord of your life?

You may have many reasons in your own mind, why you hesitate to tell others about Jesus. As the old saying goes, talk is cheap, or actions speak louder than words. In the beginning, most of us didn't know what to do. Our Heavenly father knew that, so He gave us the Holy Spirit when we repented and accepted Jesus as our Savior.

When we received the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit told us what to do in Galatians 5:22-23. Just as a refresher the verses go like this. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering( patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Besides the promise of this Holy Spirit, Jesus also promised that the Holy Spirit would be a helper to us in order that we may do the things we are supposed to do. This is especially true of all the gifts I just mentioned in this verse. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves You

Prayer of Salvation

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins, and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve only you. 

Praise The Lord!

Amen

Whose Will

2 Timothy 3:16-17, All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

It is human nature to plan, to make decisions, and to think that we are in control. It's also human nature to call out to God when we are in deep trouble and cannot figure a way out. It is also common for most people to make the same mistakes over and over.

Proverbs 19:21, The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

This is the answer straight from God Himself. So what do we do to get in line with God's plan? We find out how God wants us to live, by reading His Word, and living according to it.

First we must know who God is. We must know who Jesus and the Holy Spirit are. We find all of this in God's word, the Bible.

Romans 10:9, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

When we get to this point, we are saved. So how do we know we are on the right track? 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,and Galatians 5:22-25, tell you what to use as a guide, and certainly what you need to avoid.

If you turn your will over to God, and commit everything you do to Him, you will be blessed beyond measure.

John 15:17, If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

As you might expect there are certain conditions for you getting prayers answered besides just  believing. You must wait on the timing of God in order for your answer to come to you. You cannot rush it. God is never early, and He is never late. God controls the universe, surely He can handle your life.  Pray, sit back, and watch God work. Just in case  you don't have the time to look up the verses I mentioned, I will give them to you right now.

2 Corinthians 5:17, So if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; everything old has passed away; everything has become new!

1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived!  Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers-none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22-25, The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control there is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the spirit, let us also be guided by the spirit.

God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins, and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve Only You. 

Praise The Lord!

Amen

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Jesus Died For You

Romans 5:8, But God proves His love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. 

Most of us have heard the story about how Jesus died for us. We have seen movies and artists' pictures of the crucifixion of Jesus. Many people see these and dismiss it as no big deal. Some of us actually believe that if He was the Son of God, He didn't feel any pain. Really?

Isaiah 52: 14,  just as there were many who were astonished at Him- so marred was His appearance beyond semblance, and His form beyond that of mortals. 

Isaiah gives us a brief description of how Jesus looked. It was nothing like the clinical idea we get from watching movies and seeing artists' renditions. Was he exaggerating? Let's look at some facts to help us decide.

The Roman army in Israel was composed of the scum of the Roman army. They were a mob of sociopaths. They were serving punishment duty, and were angry beyond measure. They had to take it out on somebody, and Jesus was available in Jerusalem.

The Romans were very good at inflicting as much pain and humiliation on the condemned man, for as long as possible. They loved to drag out the suffering for their pleasure.

The Romans abused Jesus in every horrible way you can possibly imagine. They even invented some new excruciating methods for torture and humiliation. We cannot think of anything they didn't do to Jesus, and that is not an exaggeration.

Luke 23:34, Then Jesus said, father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

How does that compare to our modern fragile feelings about being hurt at the drop of a hat?

Jesus died not just for the sins of those in Jerusalem, but for all sins for everyone, past, present, and future. That does include us. If God loved us so much, doesn't it seem right to love Him back? Do yourself a favor and think real hard about the description I gave you. It is a fact, not like the Hollywood version of what actually happened. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins, and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve Only You. 

Praise The Lord! 

Amen

It Is Time

1 Corinthians 2:14, But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

When we look around in this world, common sense should tell us that something is dreadfully wrong. Most of us do not realize that the problem is caused by spiritual forces at work. Namely satan himself.

Make no mistake my friend, there is the war of all wars going on right now in this world. It is a war not fought for land or money. It is a war fought for our souls. This is no exaggeration. God and satan are locked in the ultimate battle with the highest stakes ever.

Whose side you are on, is your choice. You have free will to choose God over satan. Choosing God however is definitely not the “Woke” thing, but it is the right thing.

Think about when you were a child. You probably learned right from wrong from your parents. You found out laws are made to keep you out of trouble, if you follow them. Guess what, the Bible is God's instructions to us.

1 Corinthians 15:33.-14, Do not be deceived, evil company corrupts good habits. Awake to righteousness, and do not sin, for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

If we follow the crowd, we will eventually reap the same reward that they get. Remember these important truths. God never did, and never will send anybody to hell; WE make that choice.

We all know that death is waiting for each of us, we just don't know when. The fact is that eternity waits for each of us.  We don't know when, or where we will end up if we don't accept Jesus as our Savior.

When the time comes, it will be too late to decide. Reality is, we don't have any idea which breath will be our last. Five seconds from now might be too late. Here are some verses to think about.

Mark 4:12, Seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they should turn in their sins be forgiven them.

Romans 11:8, God has given them a spirit of stupor, I said they should not see and ears that they should not here, to this very day.

God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you 

Prayer of Salvation

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve only you. 

Praise The Lord!

Amen

Can God Do It

Luke 1:37, For nothing will be impossible with God.

How many times have you heard someone mention something in the Bible, like Lazarus being raised from the dead, and hearing them say how ridiculous it is?

People in the sciences talk against Creation, the parting of the sea in Exodus, and literally hundreds of miracles, that man cannot imagine as possible, let alone do.

Faith sees through spiritual eyes. If you manufacture a god, it might as well be stone or wood, if that God has no power greater than man's power. In order for a God to be real, and worthy to be worshiped, that God should be able to do anything that is in the Bible and more.

If you look at the human body and its trillions of cells all working together to produce what we call Life, how can that be an accident?  Man cannot create even one new cell so how can man be an accident, or just some dust that landed in the right place? Can any object make itself from nothing?

God cannot be limited by what man can do. If God could do no more than man, we would all be gods. Someday even the biggest atheist will bend his knee in recognition of almighty God. God the almighty creator of all that is or will be is a fact. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins, and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to see only you. 

Praise The Lord!

Amen