My Time With Jesus Tuesday

The News Today

Ephesians 4:26-27, Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath nor give place to the devil.

Every day we hear the news. Most of the time the news is worse than it was the day before. The news we hear is always bad for a couple of good reasons. One of them, satan wants to incur our hatred for people and things that are going on.

satan will go out of his way to make people blame God for all the evil in this world. The more he can make you doubt and blame God the happier he is, and the closer he is to succeeding in his goal of condemning you.

Matthew 13:19, When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.  

2 Corinthians 2:11, lest satan should take advantage of us for we are not ignorant of his devices.

satan uses every method and trick he can come up with to bring doubt, despair, and cause us not to trust God. The media in most cases deliberately avoids any stories that show something positive.

So called news, calls good evil, and evil good. They twist and lie about what is going on. They take things that are condemned by the Bible and stir everyone up so that they can condemn anything that is considered the word of God.

satan continually promotes evil among his followers and causes them to grab on to as much as they can. Social media plays a huge part in promoting satan’s work. They are reinforced by  peer pressure, virtue signaling, and all the made-up lies that people can come up with no matter how horrendous or ridiculous.

1 John 5:18-19, We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

 Always follow the word of God. Trust him in all situations, and if you feel a little bit of doubt, ask Him to help your unbelief.

James 4:7, therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and I Repent of those sins and ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of Salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Thankful Or Grateful

Ephesians 5:20, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Many of us have been trained as youngsters to be thankful if someone gave us something. As we get older, it gets more complicated. The words grateful and gratitude come into the picture.

As a young person I believed all of these words had similar meanings. In a way they do, but other things enter into it too. Most of my life I was not too good at showing thankfulness, even though I was thankful. I think this is a common problem. People expect to be thanked as it shows acceptance of a kind act and that we are happy. That in turn makes them happy.

Colossians 3:17, and whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

The fact is you really must look at the words and make judgments as to how they apply. If someone gives you a card for your birthday you generally will say thank you. Grateful, however, is a whole different story in my opinion. The Lord Jesus Christ died and rose again to save us and forgive our sins, should we be thankful for grateful?

I believe thankful and grateful are matters of the heart. Saying thanks is a polite reaction to someone who gives or does ordinary things. When something really important takes place, it is above the ordinary, and requires a response that is above the ordinary, and that means gratitude.

In my own opinion, if God did it, I am deeply grateful and I try to do better. In life, kind acts deserve sincere thanks. It all comes down to how you look at it. It certainly is no crime whichever way you acknowledge something that was good or kind.  God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and I Repent of those sins and ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of Salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!

Rightly Serving God

Isaiah 6:8, also I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send and who will go for us? Then I said, “here am I, send me”.

When we become Christians, we find out that many responsibilities go with it. Among the biggest ones is not judging others. What does that mean?

James 4:12, there is one law Giver who is able to save, and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?

We soon find out that it is the Creator’s job to judge others. We also find that forgiveness washes away sin, but not the consequences of that sin.  There are some circumstances where we have no choice but to judge in some way.

If you oversee people, you must keep certain things in mind. If one of your employees does something wrong, you correct him for what he did, and no other reason. Don’t judge the person, judge the action and never judge on emotion or any of a number of different things.

John 7:24, Do not judge according to appearance but judge with righteous judgment.

Our justice system is based on innocence until proven guilty, but unfortunately that is not always the case. Any one person, or participant in the case, could be lying, distorting truth, omitting facts, or otherwise tainting a Court proceeding.

We have elections for all types of things. We know how they go. We are like a man with a candle walking in the dark looking for an innocent man.

Titus 3:2, Speak evil of no one, be Peaceable, gentle showing all humility toward all men.

So, given all these scenarios what are we to do? Fortunately, there is an answer that covers each of these examples and more.

Start out by asking Our Father God, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to help us make decisions based on what is true according to what Jesus would do. Ask for a clean heart, clear mind, and the ability to see the way Jesus would see it.

As we go through life, we see many of what we call evil people. We are to pray for people, and then pray for just outcomes.

Judging takes plenty of prayer and thought to get it right. Remember the day is coming soon when our Lord Jesus Christ will set things right for eternity. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and I Repent of those sins and ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of Salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Time For Miracles

Jude 1:22, Have mercy on those who doubt.

The Bible tells us about miracles in both the Old and the New Testament. In the Old Testament almighty God used miracles in certain circumstances that required them. A classic example would be the Exodus.

In the New Testament the Lord Jesus Christ used miracles to show His divinity to a people that required it. A good example would be when He fed the crowd with the loaves and fish.

If you really study what Jesus did, you’ll see that the people who received a miracle were in desperate times in their lives. Only a miracle could help them.

Something you will not find, is Jesus working miracles for His earthly self. He let Life play out as it is written, and used circumstances, but never changed the outcome of anything.

Even though the Lord Jesus gave His Apostles authority to perform miracles they could only do as they were directed by the Spirit of God.

In these times we pray for a miracle, but we have to wait because almighty God, like the Lord Jesus, prefers to work things out by natural means. By doing things that way many people are blessed because they were a part of our answer.

Miracles happen every day all over the world. They are usually in an instant, in a particularly bad or dangerous situation. The problem is that many people don’t say anything because they think everyone will laugh and ridicule them.

Another problem is that the world media is basically anti-God and censors’ good news but glorifies bad news. Sometimes if not most times they lie by making up stories people want to hear.

Another reason it seems to take forever for prayer to be answered is because it is generally a test of faith. Think about it, anybody can believe when everything is right in their minds, but it takes much more to believe when things don’t look like they’re working out.

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.

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.

Lord Jesus Christ, I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and I Repent of those sins and ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of Salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Atheists Are Fulfilling Bible Prophecy

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!

There are many people in this world who not only reject the Lord Jesus Christ, but they also hate Him and those who believe in Him.

In these times even some mainstream religions reinterpret the Bible and even have the nerve to change what is written according to their own minds and society.

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

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, head strong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying its power, and from such people turn away!

And living like they do, all of these people who hate God are actually following God’s word. While they go about twisting God’s word, they are adding more credibility to the word. It isn’t global warming or any other fantasy. Two plus two equals four no matter how you twist it, deny it, or don’t accept it, two plus two is four and always will be. Denial does not change the truth.

Luke 21:11, And there will be great earthquakes in various places as well as famines and pestilences, and there will be fearful sights and great signs from Heaven.

Matthew 24:6-8, you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled because all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet.  Nation will rise against Nation and Kingdom against Kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. 

A prudent person who hasn’t quite committed himself to satan will look at what is going on and change their ways. These are facts, and denial does not change them.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4,  even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the God of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God should shine on them.

Matthew 24:14, and this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins, I Repent of those sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of Salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!

A Lesson From Jonah

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.

Many people read this verse and believe such a thing is impossible. What if I told you that such an event happened in the Old Testament?

Jonah was instructed by God to go to Nineveh and cry out to them about their wickedness, he refused and went in the opposite direction to Tarshish.

Jonah didn’t get very far, because the Lord Our God caused a great storm at sea so that the ship, he was on was in danger of sinking. Jonah finally admitted to the crew members that it was his fault because God was angry at him because he didn’t obey.

He told the crew to throw him overboard and the sea would be calm. So, they did, and the sea went calm.

When Jonah was in the water the Lord caused a great fish to swallow him. Jonah was in the fish for three days and three nights. All that time he prayed, and the Lord caused the great fish to vomit Jonah unto dry land.

Once again, the Lord told Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach to them about repenting. The king of Nineveh issued a decree that all 120,000 people and their animals do not eat or drink and be covered with sackcloth and ashes and repent continuously. This included the king and all his court.

 When God saw that they turned from their evil ways He relented and did not destroy them. At that Jonah pouted and became angry at God.

Jonah prayed. He told the Lord that he disobeyed because he knew that God would forgive them because He is merciful and loves much. He thought they deserved to be punished.

Jonah didn’t want the people of Nineveh to escape God’s wrath, so when he disobeyed, he was directly going against God’s will.  He even asked God to take him, but fortunately for him God forgave him to.

So, you see, if all Christians followed 2 Chronicles, we could have peace and not destruction in this world.  Instead of judging what is going on in this world we need to keep our two cents out of it and let God do the judging. Almighty God is the creator therefore He is the only one that can punish or forgive as He decides. Remember one important thing. Everything that happens in this world is allowed by God because it is part of His plan. If everyone prays for forgiveness that is also a part of God’s plan too. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and Repent of those sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

One Step At A Time

Matthew 6:34, Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

New Christians have many tests of Faith, because satan is at work trying to get them back. They see other Christians and they are encouraged or discouraged.

I have been where you are. It is a constant battle. You will get battered and harassed. I found out that satan causes these things. If you aren’t tested, I suggest you examine yourself and pray to determine if you really are saved.

A war is won by fighting many battles. You can’t win if you surrender to the enemy.  Armies have reserves to call on in an emergency, we have the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

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.

Romans 12:2, And 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.

Take some private time with God almighty. (That’s right you can talk to Him directly). Call on the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit for help. Sit back and wait for the Lord, He will answer.

The highest mountain in the world can be conquered one foot at a time. If you believe and take each step, even small steps, you will succeed.

Faith works the same way. Do what you have faith for, and with each success, stretch your faith, and don’t judge by what other people can do. God made everything and controls everything. He is waiting for believers to act like believers.

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.

God Bless You and Your Family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and repent of those sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of Salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!