God's Promises Sunday

Something Special

John 1: 9, The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

In case you were never taught, the week before Easter is usually called Holy Week. This is a special week of remembrance of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’s last week on earth.

Let us recall in some small way what our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was saying, thinking, and doing during that week. Remember that even though He was God, he lived on this earth as a man. He was exactly as we are as far as he felt everything that we feel including temptation and had no advantage that we don't have.  

1 Corinthians 10: 13, No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Our Lord was different in that He knew everything that was going to happen to Him. He would think, feel pain, abandonment, what it felt like to be hated, and in His case such incredible physical pain and suffering, that we cannot possibly imagine the level of it.

He was here to save us from sin, but He was rejected by many. The people He taught, and even healed, turned on Him. Some of them were even in the crowd that was screaming for His death.

Even though He knew all of these things, He still loved us and probably stepped up His efforts to save more people.

Colossians 1: 20, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in Heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.

I don't know about you, but if I think about something I dread doing, it is like suffering that dread in all its pain over and over. If that pain was caused by a friend, I would find it almost impossible to forgive them. Thank God not so with our Lord Jesus Christ!

Jesus was here to save us, knowing everything that would happen to Him and how He would be betrayed but He did it anyway. As a matter of fact, He would have done it, even if it was just for you or for me.

Meditate on love beyond understanding that made Him do it. Would you have turned on Him? Praise and thank Him every day, for what He did. It is because of all His pain suffering, love, forgiveness, and grace, that we are saved and have an eternity with Him to look forward to. 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

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Irrational Fear

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.

Fear is a common problem among men. The biggest reason  people fear is the fact that they don't know what is happening or will happen. Most of the time we fear things that will never happen.

In this present time, it is easy to understand how people have a problem with fear. If you watch TV, read magazines or newspapers, talk to other people, all you hear is fear. Take a look at advertising. Every commercial you see is trying to sell you something based on fear.

There are ways to minimize the fear in your life. The most important one is to trust our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us in many places how fear is the lack of trust in the Lord our God. Trusting in God will give you peace of mind and you will not be paralyzed by fear.

Psalm 58: 3, whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you.

Think about this for a moment. If you realize that the media and advertisers are trying to sell you on the idea of being afraid of this or that happening, you will be able to deal with it quite easily.

The first thing I would suggest is to become very familiar with the Bible and get to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. When you trust Him that is a big step in the right direction.

The next thing to do is to ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand what is going on, and how to deal with it. The world always has and always will be full of people that will lie and try to plant fear in someone else to get them to react in the way they want them to.

The Lord our God does not rely on fear to show us the way to a good life. He shows us through the way He lived when He was on this earth, including all the times He showed us how much He loves us through the way He lived and taught.

2 Timothy 1: 7, for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love, and a sound mind.

When you know who our Lord really is, you know you can trust Him to take care of you and your family. At that point the Holy Spirit will show you that common sense combined with the Word of God, will put peace in your heart and peace in your life. 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

Tomorrow

Matthew 6: 33-34, but seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. Therefore, don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Worrying about tomorrow is a useless thing. First of all, it shows lack of faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the fact that we cannot do anything about tomorrow proves it.

It was God's plan to take care of His creation. Unfortunately, man has used his free will to make his life the opposite of what God planned. Counting on our free will, instead of counting on God, will lead to a lifetime of mistakes.

Matthew 6: 25, therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; Nor about your body, what you will put on. Is life not more than food and the body more than clothing?

The Bible tells us hundreds of times about how God takes care of His creation. A perfect example is found in the book of Exodus. The people were fed, one day at a time, the wedding at Cana, Jesus didn't provide hundreds of gallons of wine, the water became wine as it was poured.

When we hear about the loaves and fish. There was no mountain of food. As baskets were being emptied, they were being filled. When Jesus worked His healing miracles, people like the crippled man we're not healed, until they did what Jesus said, get up and walk.

Luke 12: 25, can any of you add one moment to his lifespan by worrying?

Anyone can have peace of mind, just use your free will the way God intended. It starts with making a choice to serve God, by repenting and proclaiming Jesus as your Savior. That is the key to where you spend your next life, that will have no end.

1 John 2: 25, and this is the promise that He himself made to us, eternal life.

When you choose Jesus as your savior and follow Him according to His perfect plan for you, you will have a life of unlimited love, grace, and blessings from Almighty God. Remember, life was meant to live, one day at a time. The Bible tells us so. 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

Self-Acceptance

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

At this present time, society has confused many people about who they are. Self- acceptance is a real problem. Most people are not sure who they are. Why is that?

Let’s start with cell phones. People have accepted cell phones as a way of identifying themselves, but they failed. Because of cell phones there is plenty of talking between people, but hardly any relationships. So, it becomes difficult when you're not interacting with live people in a personal way.

Everybody is trying to be like everybody else. There is a thing that is called peer pressure. I know I am old, but at one time I was young. We never experienced peer pressure, probably because we had plenty of personal relationships, and had some common sense. No one confused anyone else about who they were or what they should be.

Today many people are not even sure about what sex they are, so they try to artificially change it hoping that they have the right answer. There is plenty of information out there that is wrong and meant to confuse people or put them in a situation where they can somehow benefit from someone else's misfortune.

With all this high-tech stuff going on, we have lost something very important that existed when I was young. It was not only relationships with people of my age, but the most important thing was, we had close family ties and believed in God.

You can never be someone else no matter how hard you try. God made each of us as an individual, and there is none other on this earth that is exactly like you. If that is the case, and it is, that means that you cannot be like them, and they will never be you.

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 or 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.

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

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

An Empty Space

Job 15: 31-32, let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment. it will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.

If you are like most people, you experience an occasional period of time where you feel a certain kind of emptiness in your being. That's the kind of emptiness that you are unable to fill on your own. It is at times like this that you should go to your Bible and see what the word of God has to say.

Matthew 11: 28-29, come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

The number one thing to remember at a time like this is you are not alone. Did it ever occur to you that times like this happen because it might be the Holy Spirit telling you that you have not talked to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in a long time?

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 a hope.

It is important to remember that times like this can also occur because satan is trying to take over in your life. If you fill your heart with the word of God, talk to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and ask for help from the Holy Spirit, satan will flee.

Luke 11: 24-26, when the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, I will return to my house from which I came. And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Simply put, once you call on the Lord to help you, satan will leave. If however, you let it go with that and don't fill your heart and mind with the word of God, he will come back, and things will be worse.

As you have probably figured out by now the word of God is filled with verses about how much He loves you, how much He forgives, how much He helps. The name of our Lord Jesus Christ is greater than any problem or situation you can find yourself in.

Our Father God is waiting for you. He does not force Himself on anyone, but He does send little messages to our hearts. In the end it is all up to each one of us as to whether we will heed His word or continue on the wrong path.

Proverbs 14: 12, there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

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

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

The Goal, Eternal Life

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 eternal life.

The subject of eternal life is by its 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 even is an afterlife, and if there is, where are they going.

 It's hard for some people to accept the fact that they are mortal and have no escaping eternity. Another outlook is one of total denial. Many people think that 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.

People convince themselves Jesus is not real, so therefore there are no consequences for their actions, and hell does not exist.

John 5:24, Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes in Him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life.

Then of course you have people that believe and say that God would not send anyone to hell, because He loves everybody. It's interesting that they say that about a God they don't even know. If they did know him, they would know how wrong they are because it is written in the Bible, which just happens to be the Word of God.

Romans 10: 13, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

One of the biggest problems about eternity is the whole idea of it being forever. We as humans have no idea of what that means, because we have nothing to compare it to. Forever, just boggles the brain, because most people are afraid of the unknown. I don't think anyone has a real good idea of what forever really means except that it is forever.

Well, my friends it comes right down to this. You have a choice. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ gave you that choice. Follow Him, forget your ways, end up in a glorious place forever. You can know that now if you accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior, there is nothing to fear, because you are on the right side of the question.

God Bless you and your family.

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!