My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Looking Ahead

Proverbs 16:9, The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

Here we are at the beginning of a new year. For many people it is time to start the age-old ritual of New Year’s resolutions.

Resolutions for most people means repeating the same ones they had last year that failed. Generally, resolutions are repetitive and doomed to failure. Is there a way to be successful? Yes!

Matthew 6: 33, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

A good place to start is to take an honest look at where you were, and where you are now. Are you better off, or worse? Since all things come from God, where are you spiritually? Is He a real part of your life?

List your disappointments in life. Go over that list and check what you would like to change. Remember that change begins spiritually. It is not about what you can do, it is all about what God can do.

Jeremiah 29: 11, for I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and hope.

Call on Almighty God, in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Commit your life to Him and turn everything over to Him. Do your best and He will do the rest.

Romans 15: 13, May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace and believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in Hope.

It is not very complicated to turn your life around if you aren’t happy with it the way it is. All you must do is live your life according to the will of God and you will be successful. There may be bumps along the road, but He will make sure that you can handle them.

We Wish You a New Year filled with the blessings and Grace of Almighty God. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away all 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Why

2 Timothy 3:16, All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.

Almost everyone asks why me? Why this, and why that? Our creator decided who He would put where, what they would do, and when they would be born. Almighty God has a plan for each of us, and a reason for everything.

Some people believe that they are being punished by God because of their circumstances. The fact is life is a test. You could say that each problem, instead of being a punishment, is in fact a learning experience.

The truth is, whether you believe it or not, there are only two ways to live. Follow almighty God, or satan.

Romans 12: 2, be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

The easy way is to follow satan and the world. It seems enjoyable for a while, but the cost is your soul.

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.

Following the word of God, can be very hard at times. But, by following the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and having faith in almighty God, your results will be eternity with Him.

People who ignore God and do everything themselves experience failure after failure, and bitter disappointment. They usually end up doomed for eternity.

People who have complete trust and faith in Almighty God, and allow Him to lead their lives, will find that their problems are handled without much trouble and they are able to keep going. Everything that they experience makes their faith grow.

Consider. People that are poor, especially in other countries, know they cannot accomplish anything on their own.  Somehow, they know that they must rely on God.

Proverbs 19:17, he who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will pay back what he has given.

People who have it all on the other hand run a great risk. If you are one of those, who has it all and don’t acknowledge Almighty God as being the reason that everything you are and have comes from Him, you are in great danger.

Romans 12:2, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

So, you see my friends, it all boils down to the simple fact, that everything that happens in this entire universe happens because almighty God wills it. Each of us has a part to play in this story of man. The part we play was given to us by God Almighty. It is up to us whether we follow His plan for us or not. It would be well with you to always realize, that the stakes are where you spend eternity. 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. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Keys To Salvation

1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

These words paint a true picture of where many people stand in the sight of Almighty God. It seems that people being who they are is a cause for alarm. They are being led by satan and they don’t realize it. There is an answer.

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

On our own we do things that we don’t realize offend Almighty God. Most of us have a conscience that helps us recognize right from wrong. The Bible does give us instructions in what we should or should not do.

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

Because our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ loved us so much, He gave himself on the cross, died, and rose from the dead to save us. We must believe and receive this gift of eternal life.

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.

Romans 10:9, 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.

These verses from the word of God tell us how we receive salvation. In order to help us the Lord, Our Savior Jesus Christ when He rose from the dead and was about to go back to His Father He promised to send the Holy Spirit to us as our guide and helper.

John 14: 26, but the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to remembrance all things that I said to you.

The Holy Spirit will help you in your daily life, to understand the Bible, to help you in everything you need help with, teach you the way you should go. 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. Amen! Praise The Lord!

Merry Christmas

A Gift Beyond Measure

Isaiah 9:6, For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called wonderful, counselor, mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

2 Corinthians 9:15, Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift!

Praise the Lord! It is the birthday of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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

It is the birth of our Lord that is the greatest gift to man. He came to save us from sin and hell, and it is by the grace of Almighty God, and all we have to do is to receive it.

How do we thank our Father Almighty God? Accept His Son Jesus, be kind to one another, love one another, and pray for one another. We cannot work for salvation, but we can follow the teaching of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Thanksgiving for His perfect gift to us.

Do not forget that when we accept salvation, we also receive the Holy Spirit as our guide and helper.  So, open your heart and mind to this greatest event in the history of man.

 Luke 1: 14, and you will have joy and gladness, and many Will Rejoice at His birth.

God bless you and all those you love and pray for ever and ever. Amen. 

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. Amen! Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

The Reason For The Season

Ephesians 2:8, For by Grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.

Here we are at Christmas once again. This normal time of happiness closes out a tough year for many people. Their happiness and joy has taken some hard knocks. This is a good time to take another look at Christmas and what it really means.

Christmas was a pagan celebration to bring in the changing of the seasons, the winter solstice. The name Christmas comes from the phrase Mass of Christ. The name of Christmas and the date of December 25^th was started in the year 336 AD, after emperor Constantine became a Christian, and proclaimed that date as Christmas.

Over the years, Christmas evolved into a secular holiday for most people. It is a time of family and friends, exchanging gifts, and celebrating together in most of the world. There is little or no connection to Jesus in the eyes of many people.

In times like these, it is especially important to remember the real reason for the season. The Lord Jesus Christ. If we think about many of the things we hear and see at this time of year, it is easy for most people to get distracted.

The Angels proclaimed Joy to the world to the shepherds, the lowest of the low. That Joy would come when people started to realize what A Savior was, and why He came.

Over time what we call hymns became many of the Christmas carols that were written by people expressing their joy and reverence for the Christ child. The next time you hear songs like Silent Night, or Oh Come All Ye Faithful, and many others, think about the words and what they really mean. They will touch your soul. They will awaken your spirit.

 A couple of things we need to remember. man was born separated from God because of sin. Man had no way to redeem himself. He needed a savior more than a man dying of thirst needs water.

John 3: 16-17, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved.

 Because of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, man could be redeemed. We were saved from an eternity in hell because Jesus took all of our sins on Himself. He had to die in our place. Jesus conquered the grave and satan, and man was given Jesus’ righteousness and was made right with God

Think about this. If Jesus was never born, as our savior, we would be doomed forever. If He didn’t die on the cross and rise again, we would be doomed forever. If all of this isn’t the reason for Joy, and praising the Lord, I don’t know what is.

With those two events in the history of men we have been given a fresh start and Eternity with the Lord. God also gave us the Holy Spirit, whose job is to teach us, guide us, and help us to follow the Lord’s plans for each of our lives and to live according to His will. Since the Lord Jesus conquered satan and death, we have the Holy Spirit, and we have nothing to fear. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!    

HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS!!!!!! 

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. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Prayer That Covers Basics

 

Matthew 6: 7-13, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. And when you pray, do not use any repetitions as the heathens do. Where they think they will be heard for their many words. Therefore, do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him, in this manner, therefore, pray; Our Father in Heaven Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

When you read Matthew chapter 6, you find the Our Father is usually referred to as the Lord’s Prayer, and it came from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ himself.

People who are not acquainted with the Lord yet need a way to pray. At first, it is just words to many people. The amazing thing is, as you continue every day saying this prayer, you will start to think about what it actually means one verse at a time.

It is a fact that even the most experienced teachers of the Bible, pray the Our Father daily. If you think about what the words are saying, great peace comes over you, and you start to see Almighty God working in your life.

Take your journey in faith, one step at a time. Don’t worry about the next step, or where someone else’s faith is. Almighty God and the Holy Spirit will lead where you are able. If what I say is not true, ask yourself why the Lord Jesus Christ Our Savior taught it to people. 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

What God Expects

Luke 12:47-48, and that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

At some point in life many people wonder why other people have so much, and some have little or nothing. Only Almighty God can answer that. We must realize though that Almighty God has a reason for everything He does. Most times He is trying to teach us something for our good.

Matthew 25: 40- 45, and the King will answer and say to them, assuredly, I say to you, and as much as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me. Then he will answer them, saying, assuredly, I say to you, in as much as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.

If you want to read the entire story of these two verses, you will find it in Matthew chapter 25 verses 33 through 45. The Lord Our Savior takes the idea of giving personally, because it shows our Lord our love and compassion for others, as well as Praising Him for His love and compassion toward us.

Proverbs 11: 24-25, there is one who scatters, yet increases more; and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty. The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself.

Many of us have experienced what these Proverbs tell us. How many times has something happened to our money at the worst possible time, and how about the times we receive something good that we didn’t expect.

Every one of us is blessed with something. It is our duty to share something with others. Our sharing could be for instance our time, our physical energy, our knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, and so on. Even the act of helping someone in need of any kind is very big in the eyes of the Lord.

Matthew 25: 29, for everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

What all these Proverbs and verses have been trying to tell us is that the harder you try with greed and fear to hang on to what you have, you will lose it, but as you give you will never be without. All these things are between you and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With a loving heart, do for others what God does for you. 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

The Greatest Evil

Isaiah 5:20, woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Though written before the time of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, it is a perfect description of our times.  Everything seems to be the opposite of what it really is. It seems everyone has their own version of truth, and most people do not see evil. How did all of this evil begin? The truth is, since the beginning of man on Earth.

Ephesians 6:12, for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the Heavenly places. 

Evil has a name; it is called politics. Do not think it is just Republicans and Democrats. satan is the father of evil, and almighty God the father of good. It really is spiritual, and worldwide. In case you aren’t sure about the definition of evil, it is profoundly immoral and wicked behavior.

People look for a leader that will stop evil and bring harmony to our country and the world. I guess that’s what they thought at the beginning of the tribulation. Evil goes so deep and is so extreme, no man can fix it.

Romans 12:19,  beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

Since we are dealing with a spiritual battle, we must realize it is a heart thing. Only God Almighty can change Hearts. Is there anything we can do?

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.

Whether you agree or not, each day is one day closer to Eternity. No matter what your version of Truth, the fact is it applies to each of us. Take heed, we will not know the day of judgment until it happens. At that point, it is too late. The time to get right with the Lord is now.

Romans 10: 9- 10, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. And verse 13, for whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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. Amen! Praise The Lord!

The Key Is Salvation

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

To spend eternity with our creator, we must accept the gift of Salvation, freely given to us by Almighty God.

Romans 10:9-10, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Ephesians 2:18-19, for by Grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

As we can see, salvation is a decision we must make. Yes or no, it is up to each of us to decide. It is important to meditate on the verses and let our hearts tell us. The Holy Spirit will guide us in the way we should go.

Titus 3: 5, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit.

Reading the Bible regularly and talking to our Heavenly Father will help our faith grow stronger and change our lives and the lives of those we love, forever.

There are no shortcuts, and it requires perseverance, but the reward is priceless. You must know the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to get the full benefit of what the scriptures are telling you. I have listed a few more verses below to help you in your quest to find the Lord.

Mark 16:16, he who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

Romans 6:23, for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our lord.

John 6: 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

Acts 4:12. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Acts 16:31, so they said, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.

There are too many verses to list all of them but I believe this gives you a good place to start. 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

The truth

Proverbs 3:13,  happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding.

Many people think they know the Lord Jesus Christ because they saw a couple of movies. What they don’t really understand is, many scenes and conversations are pure Hollywood and made up. If you want to know the real lord Jesus it takes some work.

Movies do not give you the real person, and why he does or says anything. The Bible on the other hand tells you the facts. For instance. No movie will tell you how to be saved. Many churches won't tell you either. The Bible makes salvation known to anyone who cares to find out.

When the Lord Jesus Christ spoke in Parables to people, he associated his story with things that people already knew about and the culture. It isn’t always clear until you really meditate on it and do some studying. Again, this is something most churches do not get into.

In movies you saw, I can think of only one time that Jesus smiled. I’m sure he smiled a lot of the time and didn’t look so somber and Stern. When Jesus spoke to Children, or people that believed in him I’m sure he did plenty of smiling. He was a real person just like us. He knew everything about how we saw things, the temptations we faced, and the exhaustion we felt, because for a while, he was like us.

Not too long ago I started explaining things and that many people  probably never even heard about. With the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we will take a journey at times to find these hidden gems that will help you understand who the Lord Jesus Christ really is and what’s he wants through his word.

My friends, I found out a long time ago that spending an hour a day with the Lord rather than watching TV made my life so much better because I really got to learn more about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Please consider giving a part of your day to get to really know the joys of your salvation. 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Where Your Faith Is

Hebrews 11:1, Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The definition of faith is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. In biblical times, many people saw and heard what our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said and did. Some believed but most did not. 

Now we look at today. We have the written word of God to show us the plan of our creator. We see eyewitness accounts about the teachings and examples of the works of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Shall we accept or reject? It is our choice.

John 14:12-14, most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name I will do it.

Many people do not understand what this verse really means. They pray and try as hard as they can to believe the results they want. Waiting for the manifestation of the answer is discouraging and usually results in some level of unbelief. So, what is wrong? Does Almighty God not here?

We quote verses that apply, and really try, but no results. Answer this question and you’ll get the answer. Are you trusting in your faith to make things happen, or is your faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to keep his word? When you put your faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, you can believe that there will be an answer if you have patience and wait on God’s timing.

Pray and believe in the One who can do it. It really is that simple. 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Stretch Your Faith

2 Corinthians 5:7, for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Faith is quite a subject to meditate on. When you tell most people to meditate, they will tell you they don’t know how to meditate. So, they spend the greater part of their life worrying about everything. 

If you give this idea of meditating any thought at all, you will come to realize that worry is actually negative meditation. Being so sure everything will go wrong is faith in the negative. Same effort, different results.

As usual I have a theory. This concerns negative faith. It is much easier in the minds of many people to have no faith. When you have no faith, you don’t have to read and trust the word. You don’t have to be disappointed if your prayers are not answered. You think miracles don’t happen anymore. Negativity becomes like a security blanket, very comfortable.

Hebrews 11:1, now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of Things Not Seen.

Having real faith is an adventurous kind of thing. You read the word and believe what it says. You start to exercise your faith with little things, possibly something like a parking space. As you study more and expand your prayers, you start getting bigger results. You might even consider a prayer unanswered if it doesn’t turn out the way you expected. When you think about it though, you can see it makes sense that it turned out the way it did. So, your faith does not go into a tailspin.

No sincere prayer goes unanswered. You will get to the point where you can write down a prayer that is so detailed that most people would say it is impossible. They probably don’t know that nothing is impossible with God

I find that writing a prayer down, in detail, and quoting scripture that fits the situation, brings a prayer to life. After you write it, pray it out loud, and you put it into the spirit world where it can work. Immediately thank God that you received your answer, and just believe. Thank God every day for the answer to your prayer and speak only positive words. Faith is made to be stretched because that is the way God made it. 

Romans 10:17, so then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by 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 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Faith Unveiled

Mark 11:24, And therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

This message concerns a discovery of faith that can drastically change how you look at prayer. I have prayed for myself and others many times. Sometimes I saw what I prayed for, sometimes not. Sometimes it was a struggle to believe but stick to it anyway. Some time ago I bought a book by F F Bosworth. He lived over 100 years ago, and was a great man of Faith, especially for healing. The book itself is about faith for anything not just healing.

I thought the book was pretty good, but for some reason I pretty much forgot about it after I read it. I have it on my Kindle in the archives, so I haven’t really seen it since then. The other night my wife asked me to read something inspirational. She felt that it might help when we pray, especially at church. I looked at a number of books by famous church people and decided on the Bosworth book.

Mark 9:23, Jesus said to him, if you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.

What happened next was exciting. Everything came alive. We read a chapter, and we discussed it. We did this several nights in a row. It was hard to put it down. We discovered a new meaning to faith when we read that when you pray, see the result and act in faith, trusting in God’s word. We know all that, but we felt that there must be more to it. We were led to do a three-day fast as Thanksgiving for our prayers. We already thanked the Lord for our answers before anything happened.

The first day of the fast we had our private time with the Lord. We read the Bible, listened to a couple CDs on Faith, and read a few more chapters from Bosworth, and discussed them. In the evening, we watched a couple of inspirational movies.

The next day it was as if the veil was lifted. All of a sudden, we could see where our faith was not as good as we thought it was, and that explained a lot. All faith is, is trusting the word of God for results. The difference was we became much more aware of the blocks to answers. You must keep your eyes focused on the result, 100% of the time, and totally ignore the slightest attempt by satan to sabotage your prayer.

You have heard all this before, so have we. Sit down and really think about an unanswered prayer. Analyze it and you will undoubtedly find a couple of reasons you never even thought of including the fact that you may have gotten an answer that was better than the one you were expecting. When you pray, trust God completely, see the result, put your mind in park and shut off the engine. We realize this may be ho hum to most people, but we mention it anyway in the hopes that our experience in this little episode helps someone. The book is Christ the Healer by F F Bosworth. 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. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!