Not Done Yet

Psalm 71: 18, Now also when I am old and gray-headed, o God, do not forsake me, until I declare your strength to this generation, your power to everyone who is to come.

2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

As we reach old age and we will, it is common for men to look back to when he or she was young. We can find many things we enjoyed, and were able to do with ease. For many people, getting old is depressing because there are some things they cannot do anymore.

My wife and I have coffee every morning and usually spend a good part of our time talking about God. During that time the Holy Spirit usually puts something on our hearts. This morning the message was about gratitude. We are to be grateful to God for all the things we were able to do in the past. That was the time for those things.

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8, says that to everything there is a season a time for every purpose under Heaven. When you cannot do what you used to do it is time for a new season. If we focus on the past, we cannot see the future.

Proverbs 16:3,  commit your Works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established.

Psalm 92: 14, They shall bear fruit in old age;  they shall be fresh and flourishing, to declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 

Look at the future as a time of exciting change, a new beginning. Get the old brain going, and think out of the box, and commit your future to God. He will never disappoint if you believe.

God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all 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

Are You Happy

Psalm 20:4-6, May He grant you according to your heart’s desire: And fulfill your purpose: we will rejoice in your salvation and then in the name of our God we will set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions; now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His Holy Heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.

The definition of happy is, feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.

Some people would call me old. I prefer to call myself very mature. I am at a point in life that gives me a chance to sit back and let my mind wander. It was just such a time yesterday that I realized a few things that helped me, and may help you to clear your mind and be happy.

There is not a single person alive or dead that did not do some silly or plain dumb thing in their lives. These things usually cause regrets. Is that necessarily so? If you look at these incidents one at a time, you will see that they were a learning experience if you let it be. The reason I say that is because satan and his evil spirits try to make you blame God and hate yourself.

Mistakes are how we learn what not to do, and what we should do. This is how children learn. For instance, they learn about lying when they find out someone lied to them. Faith is the same way. Faith does not grow without testing. God allows all our mistakes to help us grow. Testing in life, shows us who we really are.

When Edison was asked how he invented the light bulb, he answered by saying he tested hundreds of things, so he knew what didn’t work.

In my own life I no longer look at things I did that were silly, foolish, or just plain dumb. I now see how I learned with each bad move. I also discovered what the Old Testament taught through people like David. Before you decide anything, take it to God first. Ask the Holy Spirit for help and guidance, then wait on God. If you take everything to God first you will learn the easy way, and experience true happiness and far fewer hard lessons.

God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you. 

Prayer of Salvation.

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

Praise The Lord!

Amen

Blood Covenant

John 1:29, The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!

What does this verse actually tell us? What does Lamb of God mean? To answer these questions we must go back to that time. Before Jesus came, the Israelites took a lamb that had no blemishes to the temple, to be sacrificed for the remission of sins.

Hebrews 9: 22 tells us, and according to the law almost all things are purified with blood and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

Exodus 12:21 - 28  tells us about the first Passover, when the angel of death killed the firstborn of all the Egyptians. Try to make it a point to read these verses, it was kind of long to print here.

This event was actually a covenant between God and man. Many scholars believe that the lamb in each house was a substitute for the firstborn. When the angel of death came, he passed over that house that had the blood of the lamb, because it was a sign that the sins were paid for.

Matthew 26: 28  tells us, "for this is My blood of the new Covenant which shall be shed for many for the remission of sins”.

This of course was the Last Supper, and you could say that what we consider Holy Communion is where it all started. Just as in the Passover, Jesus the Lamb of God was slain and His blood spilled, as a substitute for each of us and our sins.

Ephesians 1:7 tells us, in Him we have Redemption through His blood. The forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

Just to clarify what a covenant is. And how serious it is. A covenant between two people, nations, etc was a sacred, unbreakable agreement each party vowed to do their best, and give their best. If either party broke it, it would carry terrible consequences.

We have a blood Covenant with Jesus. He will give us unlimited blessings, and we must give Him our hearts, and faith to His law. When we receive Holy Communion, we remember His promises to us. By His stripes we are healed, His blood washed away all of our sins. I hate to admit it, but it took many years and finally becoming a Christian to realize just how important Holy Communion is and what it means.

1 Corinthians 11:24- 27  tells us, when He had given thanks, He broke the bread and said,” take, eat this is My body which is broken for you, do this in memory of me”. In the same manner he also took the cup after supper saying, “this cup is the New Covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink in remembrance of me”. 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

Genesis 1:27, so God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them

1 Samuel 16:7, but the Lord said to Samuel, do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

Today the message is about something that many of us have wrestled with. The problem is self-acceptance. Many people are unhappy about how they look. They spend plenty of time and money to alter their appearance. Most of the time, they are still unhappy.

We go through a never-ending cycle of torture, usually trying to be like someone else. We compare looks, talent, education, jobs, income, and the list goes on. Everyone trying to be like everyone else in some way. There is no way anyone gets real happiness with themselves, doing it that way.

God created us to be who we are. Our looks, talent, and so on. He did it because He had a special plan for each of us. We don't have to know why we are who we are, we just have to trust. When we are unhappy with our lot in life, it is as though we are telling God that He messed up when He created us. Remember this. God searches the heart. That is what we must pay attention to. Praise Him for who and what you are, and He will take care of you. I guarantee if you praise God for who you are and thank Him, your life will be worthwhile. 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

While You Have Time

2 Timothy 3:1-5, But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away.

If you read the book of Revelation with any sense of reality, you will read what could be tomorrow’s newspaper if written by an honest newspaper. Revelation will happen at some point in time. It sure looks to me like we are those people at the beginning of what is written.

1 Timothy 4:1, now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.

 Luke 21:36, Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

Believers know that we have a loving God, and that Jesus died even for our future sins. Ask yourself how long do you think God can tolerate all the sins that keep piling up? When does the sins that Jesus paid for run out?

 Any prudent person must decide where his eternity will be. When will time run out? The good news is you still have time to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior. He suffered, died and rose again to give you that chance. You won’t be saved unless you come to him. 

Acts 4:12, And there is salvation and no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

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

No person is beyond forgiveness, if they repent, and accept Jesus and His Saving Grace. 

God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.    

Prayer of Salvation.

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

Praise The Lord!

Amen

Angels

Matthew 22: 30, For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels of God in Heaven.

Today we will look at Angels. Angels and Spirits have been confusing to many people. Let’s break it down in order to better understand the situation.

A spirit is defined as, the physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions, character, energy: the soul.

Angels were created as spirits to minister according to God’s will. Man was created in God’s image. Since God is a spirit, we were created as spirits.

Genesis 2:7, and the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground and breathe into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.

Hebrews 1: 14, are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

When we pass away, we will return to God in our spiritual form, in other words as spirits the same way we started out. Since we are spirits again, we are no longer man or woman.

Ecclesiastes 12:7, Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

God created man and woman for a specific purpose and that purpose ends at our death. Just as angels can appear for good or bad for a particular reason sent by God or satan.

People who believe that man and woman as created by God, can be changed by our will, are badly mistaken, and should examine where they stand with God.

One more point. Contrary to some people’s opinions, we do not turn into angels after death. That is not biblical.

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

A Matter Of Life Or Death

1 Corinthians 1:18-19, For the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written; I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

2 Timothy 3:16, All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Equity is defined as being fair and impartial. Unfortunately, in their quest for equity, many well-meaning people destroy the rights of many for the sake of a few, regardless of the merit of the cause.

1 Peter 5:8, Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

If we look at the world, and the US, we see many things happening that defy logic. Many people hate Jesus. Funny thing is, how can you hate what you don’t know. Are evil spirits behind all this unexplainable behavior?

Getting back to equity. God Almighty is a perfect example of what true equity is. When the Word of God is examined, the rules are absolutely the perfect equity. God is fair, just, impartial, and allows free will.

Hebrews 11: 6, But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

When man goes against God’s Word, he is destroying the very thing that gives equity. Man does not think as God thinks. Man will be judged as God thinks, according to God’s rules.

Where you spend eternity is your choice. God will not make you spend eternity with Him, if you don’t want to. Do yourself the favor of your life. Take a good long look at yourself to see where you are spiritually.

1 Timothy 2: 3-4, for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

As another reminder, eternity is forever, and where you spend it depends on your decision. Tomorrow may be too late. Are you willing to risk eternity in the wrong place? God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

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

Praise The Lord!

Amen