God Forgives

It Is Written, Mark 11:25, and whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
As all believers know, Jesus blood washed away all of our sins, except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Mark 3:29 says in part, he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.
Since Jesus forgave all of our sins,  He expects us to forgive those who sin against us.  Because forgiveness is so important to God, we must make it important to us.  When we forgive and forget, we have peace in our hearts. If we don't forgive, we are hurt by the initial act against us, and the unforgiveness eats us up because we keep reliving what was done to us.
 What many Christians don't understand is that even though sins are forgiven, there are still consequences.  Even David, Solomon, and countless other heroes of the Bible, paid a heavy price for their transgressions.
If there are no consequences, there is usually no change in behavior. Consequences remind us of the error of our ways. If someone commits a crime, feels sorry he did it, and the victim forgives him, he will still go to jail.
"Vengeance is mine saith the Lord". How many times have you read that in the Bible, and do you believe it?  Since every man is created by God, it is only right that God judge each man according to his actions.  When we leave justice to the Lord, he gives us peace in our hearts, and we can move on with our lives.  We should also remember, that when it comes time for us to be judged, we can praise the Lord that it is Him who is judging us.
I am not trying to say, that there will not be times, when it will be very difficult to forgive someone.  As I said before, if you leave it with God, and believe in His justice, it will take the sting out of the situation.  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

Spirit To Spirit

It Is Written, Psalm 149:4, for the Lord takes pleasure in His people.  He will beautify the humble with salvation.
Yesterday, a close relative was given only a couple of hours to live.  She was in a hospital in a coma.  In times like that it is natural for family members to worry about whether or not that person is right with God. They usually speak loving words to that the person hoping that they hear. Many doctors including the one in this case say they seriously doubt that anyone in a coma hears or understands anything.
I wasn't at the hospital last night, but thoughts ran through my head, and I received a revelation in my spirit.  We know that God's thoughts and ways are not what the world thinks or does.  Most people see the carnal side so they think carnally.  They do not realize how  much God loves us and wants us to be with Him.
We are all spirits, just like God is a spirit.  He created us in His image, and since He is a spirit, so are we.  We walk around in a body just like Jesus did.
Stay with me here.  What I say now, is not biblical, but it is a revelation from my spirit, and as a result I believe it.  I'll tell you why.  The body has a brain.  The brain usually wants to follow the world, because the body is temporary.  satan tries to control the brain in order to get the body to sin. As a defense against the Word of God,  satan plants fear and doubt in the brain.  The spirit tries to get the brain to stop doing bad and to do good instead.  If the brain continues ignoring the spirit, the spirit gets quieter and quieter until it is not heard.
Now for the good part.  Our spirit is one with God and all other believing spirits.  Since that is the case, we can cut out the middleman, the brain. When a person is in a coma for instance, they are still alive because the spirit is still present.  At that point your spirit can talk to their spirit.  You don't even have to pray out loud or even be there.  Distance does not affect spirits.
I rebuked satan and any evil spirits in her in the name of Jesus, and told them they are to leave immediately, and do not interfere in any way.  Then I addressed her spirit by saying spirit of------------- in Jesus name, hear this. Jesus loves you and wants you with Him.  Confess all your sins, and accept Jesus Christ as Savior, right now, and be saved.
The revelation I got, is that spirit talking to spirit will get the job done.  If you have unbelieving children, friends that don't want to hear about Jesus, even someone in an ambulance that goes by, just use your spirit to talk to their spirits about salvation, and then believe that it is done.
Intercessory prayer is the most powerful type of prayer.  It seems to me that if that is the case, and it is, praying spirit to spirit is even more powerful.  God Himself said that He is a spirit and we must pray to Him in the spirit.
To have total peace in your heart and never worry about a loved one again, just let your spirit do all the praying to their spirit, and just relax.  God loves you, and  God loves them.  The spirit wants to get back to Him, so don't pay any attention to what anyone else thinks.  Pay attention to what God thinks and follow your heart.  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

Churches

It Is Written, Hebrews 13:17, obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account.  Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
If you are familiar with the book of Revelation, you know that only two of the seven churches mentioned were without fault.  There were varying degrees of criticism for the remaining five.
As most of us know, church is a group of believers who meet in a building they refer to as church.  As you would expect, each group has what amounts to a personality, and behaves according to its religion.
As in the churches of the apocalypse, indifference, love for Christ hardly evident, toleration of immorality, heresy, even idolatry, those things still exist today.
As believers we have the responsibility for our own actions.  We must know the Word of God, so that none can deceive us.  If we are in a church that does not teach the Word, the way it is written, we must go where it is taught.
Some preachers try to adapt the Word to the world today.  They try to be politically correct in order to attract more younger people.  Some preachers have done it so long, they no longer know the truth.
We have an eternal soul.  That means it will live forever.  When our time comes, we cannot use the excuse that we are only doing what our pastor taught us.  It won't be accepted.
Your soul is priceless.  Know the Word for yourself.  It is not open to change or trying to figure out what God really meant.  The Bible says what it means, and means what it says.  It is for all people, and all times, no exceptions.  We are responsible for what the Bible says, not what some person or group says.
The more you study God's Word, the less chance you will have of being deceived.  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

Step Up

It Is Written, Proverbs 29:1-2, for people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, there will come a day when life tumbles in and they break, but by then it will be too late to help them. 2) when good people run things, everyone is glad, but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans. ( The MSG Bible )
Well here I am, on my soap box again.  This time I would like to talk about elected officials and our responsibility as citizens.
Our president is in the news quite often.  It seems he is signing executive orders every time you turn around.  Whether you agree with him or not, he is at least trying to do something.
Our Congress on the other hand seems like a bunch of freeloaders.  Most of them just go around playing bigshot and planning the next election. Politics is a game played by irresponsible children who have no accountability it seems.
Our Supreme Court does not interpret the Constitution, it is constantly rewriting it.  They are never accountable for anything, and enjoy a job for life.
So how did all of this happen?  The answer is apathy among the people.  We have politicians that have been in office for years and years.  If they lie, cheat, steal, break the law, we reelect them anyway.
 It has become public recently that people in the administration think the American public is a bunch of stupid morons that don't understand anything, so they feel they can do whatever they want to because we don't know any better.
That is probably the only truth that has come out of Washington.  We elected them, so we must take a large part of the blame.  We keep reelecting do-nothing incompetents, so we pay the price.
Pretty soon we will have a new election.  It is the duty of every citizen to vote.  We cannot be lazy or careless.  If someone promises to do something, and doesn't, don't vote for him the next time he runs.  Congress was not meant to be a cushy, lifetime job.
If a babysitter abuses your child, would you keep hiring them?  Congress is supposed to be looking out for us and the country, not just themselves. We are not here to put up with their abuse and lack of good judgment.
It is time to show them we are not all morons.  Vote with thought.  Put yourself out a little and do it right.  Know who you are voting for.  Don't just vote for color, religion, or party.  Vote for someone you think will get the job done for the good of all, and then hold them to it.  God Bless America! 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

Again ?

It Is Written, Psalm 86:5, for You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon you.
Four high school students in California, were arrested plotting the shooting "of as many as possible" at their school.  This comes less than a week after another mass shooting.
Everyone wants to know what is going on.  Well I guess we will hear plenty of talk about guns, but that isn't the answer.  The government won't face the real truth, probably because they don't know the real truth.  Our do-nothing Congress, is spending its time trying to figure out if the Washington Redskins should change their name, by dropping the Redskins. It's nice to know they have such important things to work on while all the rest of us suffer.
Students today were brought up in a time, and in a country, that embraces murder of babies.  Millions and millions have been murdered in the name of someone's rights.  No thought is given to the babies rights.  It doesn't matter what spin you put on it, it is murder.
When you have a society where everything, no matter how outlandish or evil it is, is permitted and even promoted, what can you expect from people who know nothing else.  We live in a society, where no one is responsible for anything.  We just blame someone else and make excuses for ourselves.  The criminal has all the rights, and the victim suffers twice.
School teachers and administrators, will suspend a student for reading a Bible at lunch, while another student can plan to blowup the school with no penalty.  What is wrong with that picture?
We take God out of everything, with the help of our court system and government.  When something goes wrong however, everyone wants to know how God could allow that tragedy.  Another thing you usually hear, where was God?
We can't have it both ways.  When you take good out of the picture (God), you allow evil in (the devil).  It doesn't matter how much you or the government denies the truth, it is still the truth.
If we want to create hell on earth, we are going about it the right way.  I'm sure some who read this will be offended, but so what.  This country needs to get back to God and the Bible.  If we don't, we're just seeing the beginning of hell on earth.  It is not too late.  Wake Up America! 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

PS the story about the four high school students was published in USA Today.  It seems NBC CBS and the rest didn't know or didn't want to upset someone by reporting the truth.

Making Miracles Manifest

In 1 Corinthians 12:7-11, it describes the gifts of the Holy Spirit, one of which is the working of miracles.  Check it out to see the rest of the gifts.
Let us look at the definition of what a miracle is.  It is the manifestation of power, beyond the ordinary course of natural law.  It is defined as an enablement to do something that could not be done naturally.  I must point out that miracles are done by the Holy Spirit, in Jesus name.
So what kinds of things fall into this category?  For starters, the most common is divine healing.  Many people scoff at the idea of healing, but there is a great deal of evidence to support the fact that healing does happen supernaturally.
Prayers in general are usually about asking God for what looks impossible, so many things fall into the miracle category.  They aren't always earthshaking.
Assuming you have a clean heart and faith to believe, as the Lord promised, you will receive whatever it is you pray for, including healing.
In order to build your faith to the point where you don't have to think about it, takes some effort.  It is true for everything of course, but we will discuss healing.
The first thing after you claim it by faith, pronouncing the result in Jesus name, find as many verses in the Bible about healing as you can find.  Read these verses out loud every day.  Two or three times a day is a good idea.
It is important that you read the verses out loud, so you can hear your self saying the words, because that is what feeds your spirit.  Even if you know verses from memory, read them out loud anyway from the Bible.
Remember, promises of God, cannot fail.  He always delivers.  In a short time, you'll start to see results.  As with many miracles , it isn't always instantaneous, but sometimes over a period of time.  Do not get discouraged.  This is not a magic spell of some kind, it is you holding up the blood covenant that Jesus made.  By repeating the verses you are reminding God of His promise.
This may seem simple or silly, but believe me it works.  Faith and love along with the Holy Spirit in Jesus name, is what makes  all impossible things, possible.  Before you start, it might not be a bad idea to read Proverbs: 20-22.  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

How Sin Happens

It Is Written, James 1:15,  then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
I think by now most of us realize that God does not tempt us, in order to test us.  He never tempted anyone.  satan is the source of all evil, and he is the tempter.  He even tried to tempt Jesus.
satan puts all kinds of thoughts in people's minds, hoping they fall for what he is saying.  To clear up a point that some people may not know, you cannot control what thoughts you get, but you can control what you do with them.
Sin begins with a wrong thought that satan gives us.  If you reject that thought, it is not a sin.  satan cannot make you accept what he tells you.  It is your decision.
The Bible says "as a man is in his heart, so is he."  As Jesus taught, accepting wrong thoughts is the same as doing what ever the thought was. Matthew 5:28, but I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.  That shows you the importance, of accepting or rejecting satan's temptations.
If it is in your heart because you accepted it, and it breaks a commandment, it is sin.  Another thing about sin, comes from James 4:17 if you know to do good and you don't, to you it is a sin.
Sin does not happen by accident. You must choose to sin. You must consciously go against God's law.  The whole reason for Jesus coming to earth and suffering and dying on the cross for us, was to atone for our sins, because there is no way we could possibly keep from sinning.
The standards that Jesus set, are impossible for man to live up to.  The good news is, we are forgiven by Jesus atoning blood.  Praise the Lord, and do your best. God understands.  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