Role Of law

                                                                 

Psalm 19: 7 - 9

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart, the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes, the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever, the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

 In any society, one of the many ingredients for success, is a system of rules and regulations, known as laws. Laws can be dictated by one person, or a group of people chosen by the people. Whatever way it is done, laws are supposed to bring accountability and safety to all the citizens.

Romans 13 : 1-2

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 

This verse is sometimes a hard truth to accept. People in power either don't know or don't care how they attain their position. They follow what is in their best interest.  Unfortunately judges are no exception, as many do not follow the law, but rule according to their own preferences and affiliations. 

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand all.

We must always remember that God put people in power, and laws that are sometimes passed are contradictory to God's law. We are to follow God's law at all times. God is everyone's ultimate judge,  and He will hold us to His rules not ours. I firmly believe that if we follow God's instructions with all our hearts, He will reward us with Godly leaders.

2 Chronicles 7 : 14

If My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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

Blessing Or Complaint

It Is Written, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

The question of blessing or complaint, is answered by how you look at it. You may be surprised. Here are a few examples of what I mean.

Physical therapy is regarded by many who do it, as a pain in the you know what, even though they know that it helps their recovery. They still complain. They don't recognize it as a blessing, and don't think about thanking God that they are able to do it. 

Many people in the world, probably a couple of billion, are unable to take therapy they need, because of severe physical limitations, or inability to take advantage of it because of financial reasons.

Years ago I was unhappy with the car that I was driving. It was temperamental, and old. One day I was driving to work in below zero weather. As I was passing a bus stop, in my warm comfortable car, I noticed dozens of people freezing while waiting for a bus. At that point, I realized how blessed I was, in my warm car. That put and end to my complaining about that.

Any time many of us feels we have something to complain about, we should think about how many people would call our complaint, a blessing. I think we all realize that when we complain about something, we are basically telling God that He is not taking care of us in the way we expect. That my friends, would probably be called a sin.

The best thing we can do to make ourselves feel much better, and not offend God, is to stop our complaining and realize there are dozens of blessings every day that we overlook. Remember this also,  but for the grace and favor of God, we could be the other guy. God bless you and your family. Praise the Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves You

Prayer of Salvation

Lord Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross for me. Your blood washed away all my sins, by your stripes I was healed, your death and resurrection brought me salvation. Please forgive my sins, and come into my heart as my personal Savior. 

Thank You Lord

Amen

A Call To Prayer

 Matthew 28:18-20

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “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 of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and low I am with you always, even to the end of the age”

There are many people in the world who do not know Jesus, and what He is about. The sad fact is that when it comes to the Holy Spirit, even fewer people know about Him.

As most of us Christians realize, Jesus is the only way to salvation. Unfortunately most of the worlds population is not aware of this. They grew up with instructions about false Gods, or no God at all. Many believe that if there is a heaven, everyone will go there.

Most of the world walks in darkness of spirit because they never heard the truth. That is where believers come in. I am not saying that every Christian should become a missionary, but I am saying we can make a difference.

We can pray every day for the Holy Spirit to open someone's heart to Jesus. Our prayers are like seeds that we plant.  The Holy Spirit makes them grow. Jesus told His disciples that they should spread the word to all nations, by the same Holy Spirit that will make our prayers powerful.

When we realize that praying is a privilege granted by God, and the Holy Spirit acts on those prayers, we are following in the steps of Jesus disciples. So think about it, what would you have done if you were one of the original disciples. You and I can follow Jesus command today by simply praying for others. 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

Clean The Heart

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

So how do you go about getting a clean heart? If you are a Christian, you recognize some indisputable facts.

John 15:7

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Let's start off by stating this important fact. We can do nothing on our own. Even Jesus said of himself in,

John 5:19

Most assuredly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

There is something most people don't realize. Jesus did all of His teaching and miracles according to His Father's Word, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus led a perfect life. We are far from it. We do have the same Holy Spirit though. God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit, and it is up to us to listen for His voice.

Life is like anything else, as they say “Junk in, Junk out” we have two choices. We can know and follow the Word of God, the Bible, and learn to recognize the Holy Spirit talking to us, or not.

Second choice is to follow the world with all of its hate, lies, corruption, and all other sorts of sin. If we do, we will not hear the Holy Spirit, because satan and all of the noise he creates, drowns out the voice of the Holy Spirit. Know this. Keep following the world, and you will hear satan's voice and you will end up in total destruction. It is your choice to make. Think about it! 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

The Word Is Life

It Is Written, 2 Timothy 3:16, all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instructions in righteousness.

As most of us know, the Bible is the Word of God. The writers copied what the Holy Spirit told them. It is God's blueprint for salvation.

As most of us realize, there are two forms of life. There is spiritual life, and human life.

Life as most people know it  is the here and now. The problem with here and now, is it is dominated by satan.  satan wants everyone to spend eternity with him.  satan has no blueprint for getting to hell, because if most people knew it, they wouldn't follow it.  Instead, he looks for weaknesses, and he exploits them.  Doubt, fear, and all forms of deceit are among his favorite weapons.

The Word on the other hand, is totally opposite. When you know and follow the Word of God, it is always tougher and Satan's way seems pleasurable.

The result of following God's Word, includes blessings of all kinds. Peace in your heart and mind, as well as a fulfilling life. The eventual outcome is eternity with God. His Word has all the answers for whoever will follow it. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves You

Prayer of Salvation

Lord Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross for me. Your blood washed away all my sins, by your stripes I was healed, your death and resurrection brought me salvation. Please forgive my sins, and come into my heart as my personal Savior. 

Thank You Lord

Amen

Closeness of God

 Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.

Isaiah 41:10

Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Have you ever felt alone and helpless? Have you ever felt that God abandoned you? Many people have experienced these feelings. Let's figure it out together.

First of all let's consider the facts, and determine if God really did abandon you. To that end let's make a checklist to see just who was abandoned.

Is your heart clean? 

How often do you dedicate time to God?

What is His ranking in the things of your life?

Do you read His Word? His plan for you?

To follow His plan, or yours?

 Do you treat people as Jesus would?

You can probably find many more examples that would help you determine who abandoned who.  As a matter of fact, none of us are perfect, but God expects us to do the best we can with all our heart.

It is also very important to remember these valuable truths. No matter how much or how bad we mess up, He is there, ready to forgive. God cannot lie, so it follows that, He will never leave you. You have His Word on it.

If you ask the Holy Spirit to help you, He will, because He is the helper, teacher, and guide, that God gave us when we accepted Jesus as our Savior, and Jesus rose from the dead. So my friends take heart, don't be discouraged, it's tough being a human being, but our Creator understands that. He judges the heart, and that is what saves us.  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

The Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:7-11

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge, through the same Spirit. To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another, different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He welts.

While meditating on why some prayers get answered and some don't, an amazing thought came to my heart. People get good at what they do the most, an example being sports.

Many Christians go through life, with little or no growth in their relationship with God. The reasons are many and varied, but the most common one is lack of knowledge. Many new Christians are completely unaware of the Holy Spirit, and the gifts He brings. The biggest reason for this is, the Word of God is not a part of their life.

Upon salvation, God gave each of us the Holy Spirit, in what is called the fruits of the spirit. They are listed in Galatians 5:22-23. These fruits, when exercised, lead us according to God's will. The Holy Spirit helps us all the way. These fruits in turn lead us to the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. This is where we use the power of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus name, to accomplish our mission from God. All of this is mentioned in our verse for today.

So ask yourself, why would I not take advantage of the same Holy Spirit that worked in Jesus life, His miracles, including His resurrection. When you realize the awesome power in Jesus name and the Holy Spirit, you will realize that God is always with you.

In the next two or three weeks, I will give a brief explanation of how you go about getting baptized in the Holy Spirit. It is not some big ordeal, all it takes is wanting it in your heart.

So, if you aren't ready to step up, you will stagnate, and not fulfill God's plan in your life. If you are ready, it will be one of the best decisions you ever made, next to accepting Jesus as your personal savior. 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