Trusting Is Not Easy

It Is Written, Isaiah 26:3,  you will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Faith and trust are the key components of getting prayers answered.  It is easy to say "if God said it, it is" but it is what happens after that, that counts.
If we still hold onto any part of the problem, we are blocking the results. Ask yourself if you have truly let go, or are you hanging onto it.  Trust and faith can take a while for all of the pieces to fall into place.  There is no scale or anything else to show you that the process has started, or how it is progressing.  It feels like everything is just hanging out there.
God's time is not our time.  We must trust His Word that He will do what He says.  Patience is very difficult most of the time.  Most people have a tendency to take a problem back.  When we do, God stops His work.
When we come to our senses and give the request back to God, God has to start over.  Any lapse in trust or faith does the same thing.  When we take something back, or doubt, we are adding to the time it takes to receive our request, and creating the very condition that causes our impatience.
One last reminder.  Realize that satan hates God, and you.  He will do everything he can to cause a problem between you and God.  Remember, the closer you get to the prize, the harder satan works.  Be comforted in the fact that satan has no power over you in Jesus name.  Have a blessed day.  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

Character of God

It Is Written, 1  John 4:16, and we have known and believed the love that God has for us.  God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
It is one thing to know about God, and it is quite another to know how He works, what to expect, and what He expects.  Praying and believing is very difficult, or almost impossible if you don't know how you fit in to God's picture, and what you can count on God to do.
For one thing,  His Word says that you can talk to Him at any time, and He will talk to you.  Another thing about God, is His faithfulness to those who love Him.  He showers His people with special favor, and as most people call them, blessings.  Do you have any idea how good and loving He is?
Many people don't know Him, so they like to think they can judge His idea of mercy and justice.  How foolish that is.  Because they don't really know Him, they are dupes of the devil.  The one who is created, cannot judge the creator.  His standards and reasons are His.
The promises of God are so many,  it would take an incredible amount of time to list even some of them.  God has unlimited power, and love, so that nothing is impossible for Him to do.  That makes His promises guaranteed.
When you put it all together, it is easy to see only one God, and only one that fits the bill.  When you know God in your heart, believing is not hard to do.  The secrets of God are in the Bible.  Even though the Bible spells it all out, I call them secrets, because if you don't read His Word, they are secrets to you.
If you spend some time reading the New Testament, you will see parables, and the love and compassion of Jesus.  It will give your prayer life a whole new, and productive meaning.  Have a blessed day.  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

Potential

It Is Written, Genesis 11:6, and the Lord said, indeed, the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do;  now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.
As you probably know, this part of Genesis is about the tower of Babel. God knew that people had unlimited imagination and potential, and that would produce good or bad results.
The brain of man can conjure up all sorts of good or evil.  Sometimes man tries to be God, and by his pride, he is God to himself.  Even something good can be carried to an extreme that can end up doing more harm than good.
God saw that if man connected with Him, and His intelligence and wisdom , it would get to the point, that it would create more blessings for man.  Man would tap in to God's wisdom, and power and be unstoppable, yet still connected to God.
God also saw that if man connected himself with satan, the opposite would be true.  With man's fertile imagination and character flaws, connected with satan's wisdom of evil, the resulting horror would be unspeakable. Since man's basic nature leads to pleasure of all sorts at any cost, it would surely be a lethal combination.
So as you see, you have potential that can have no boundaries, but you have to be wise about who you join up with, God or satan.  I believe most people are inbetween both possibilities.  If you think all of this is totally impossible or ridiculous ask yourself one question, how many times have you heard someone say so-and-so is so successful he must've sold his soul to the devil, or so-and-so is so successful because God is taking care of him.  Stretch your imagination a little.  Where do you stand?  Have a blessed day.  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

Cast Your Cares

It Is Written, 1 Peter 5:6-7,  therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care on Him, for He cares for you.
As we go through life, we run across many things that cause us to get angry, or worried, followed by all kinds of stress.  There is an answer for everything, and that answer is Jesus.
We have to start out by realizing that all cares fall into basically two categories, big problems such as illness, and small ones such as misunderstandings.  Regardless of what kind it is, we can do nothing on our own to fix them.
As you go through the day and encounter a problem, you must decide what category it falls into, major or minor.  The best thing to do with your major concerns is to take it to God in Jesus name as soon as possible.  If your prayer is according to His Word, He will do it.  You can find if your prayer is according to His Word, by checking your request in the Bible, and of course you believe you have received what you requested.
If the problem is one of those pesky ones, that require patience, or it's a disagreement and such, the best thing to do, is to immediately take it to the Lord, and forget.  A perfect example would be a checkout lane in a place like Walmart.  You have probably been in lines, when the person in front was holding everything up.
I know it is not easy, but I forced myself to do it.  Just say Lord, I choose to honor you by not getting angry, and I ask you to bless that person.  At that point your nerves catch a break, and things seem to get better.  You can do that with all of those pesky little things just say Lord I put this in your hands for you to deal with it, thank you.
The only thing we can do, is as the song says, take it to the Lord in prayer. Have a blessed day. 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

Confidence Prayers

It Is Written, John 14:17, the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him;  but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
The other day I was led by the Holy Spirit to watch a certain show on a Christian network.  This particular show was one that I was not very fond of, and it was half over, but I watched it anyway.
The Holy Spirit led me to notice one statement that really had an impact on me.  It was an eye-opener that led to other things.  He said that when Peter agreed to go fishing when Jesus said let's go fishing,  Peter in effect took his boat out of the carnal world and put it under the control of Jesus and the spirit world.  The Holy Spirit told Jesus where the fish were, and Jesus told Peter.  Luke 5:1-7.
Well it made sense to me.  If something is in the spirit world, it can be acted on supernaturally.  I started to wonder if that idea fit other incidents in the Bible.  There were many.
To name just a few, there were two incidents with Jesus telling Peter where the fish are.  Then you have the two sermons with 5000 and 4000 men. When someone gave Jesus control of their lunch, it went from carnal to spiritual.  The wedding at Cana.  When Jesus was given control of the wine problem, same thing.  When people gave Jesus their health problems, they were supernaturally healed.
I guess not everyone would  agree, but as the Spirit leads you, you will.  The Bible is full of examples if you look.  Any problem, and I do mean any problem you give to God with a trusting heart, will end up in the spiritual world where it can be taken care of.
Another way to put it is, we live in a carnal world with carnal problems miracles only happen in the spiritual world.  So it stands to reason that the carnal problem must be moved to the spiritual world, and the result comes back to the carnal world.  This may seem a little strange, but if you really think about it, it makes an awful lot of sense, and helps explain many things.
To do anything like this, we must give the problem to God in prayer, trust in Him to take care of it, and stand on His Word.  His Word works, always. Have a blessed day.  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

Knowledge Through Meditating

It Is Written, Joshua 1:8, this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do all that is written in it.  For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
We hear about studying the Bible just about as often as the Bible is mentioned.  Unfortunately, the Bible seems to be only a little more popular than a speech about giving.
Most of the people who read the Bible do just that, they read the Bible. Unfortunately when you do it that way, you will miss some very important things when it comes to the Bible.  It isn't how many chapters you read, it is what you get out of it.
It is a good idea to have a good study Bible, because it usually explains difficult verses.  That is a good starting point.  When you meditate on what it says, many times it will give you insight into other verses.  You may read a verse today that you understand better, because of something you meditated on a month ago.
Many people are confused about or upset about something they read in the Bible, because they don't understand the reasons for it.  That is where meditation comes in.  When you understand the why of something, you begin the road to wisdom.
If you are serious about learning, meditation will present you with more questions you can find the answers to.  Meditating on the Scriptures is not a test God is giving you to see if you are worthy or not.  Meditating is strictly for your own benefit.  You will find yourself drawn closer to God, and He to you.
So before you dismiss the whole idea of meditating on the Bible, get the mindset that you will take your time and try meditating.  You may surprise yourself, and discover something that you have been missing.  Have a blessed day.  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 Warning

It Is Written, Ezekiel 24:14, I, the Lord hath spoken it;  it shall come to pass, and I will do it;  I will not hold back, nor will I spare, nor will I relent; according to your ways, and according to your deeds, they ( your deeds ) will judge you, says the Lord God.
Matthew 5:18, for assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
A jot is the smallest letters in the Hebrew and Greek language, and a tittle is a tiny mark used to distinguish certain Hebrew letters.  You don't have to be a genius to figure out that if the Lord says not one jot or tittle can be taken or added to the Bible, that would certainly include mass distortions.
From all of the new translations of the Bible coming on the market, you have to make sure you're not getting a corrupted one.  I understand a version exists that changes Jesus role to a minor one in order to please certain groups of people.  I have also been told from a reliable source, that in some of these Bibles Jesus is a prophet, and not the son of God.
In your daily life, you see on the news, at work, or possibly among friends or family, how the Bible is not only distorted, but in most cases totally ignored.  You hear that it is old, and it needs to be updated for modern times and thinking.  Everyone twists interpretations to make what they are doing acceptable.
At least one major denomination has gone against the Bible in a big way. They are accepting allah as equal to Almighty God, embrace homosexuality to the point where even some top clergy in this denomination embrace that lifestyle.
My friends, do not delude yourselves.  There is only one God, and He inspired the entire Bible.  His word is forever, and does not change. Imagine the creator of the universe expecting His creation to do things according to His word.
There are many people in this world, that hate Jesus, deny creation, and do as they please, regardless of how perverted those things may be.  In this group you find many people who believe the earth was created by space dust, and life was descended from apes.  They don't know how exactly all this came to be and from where, they choose to stick to it, because by denying God, they have no accountability in their minds.
 God will not be mocked.  Someday all must face judgment for what they have done, or have not done.  Fortunately for all of us, we still have time to come to the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Have a blessed day.  Praise the Lord!
Remember Jesus Loves You
Prayer 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