Not Their Fault

Romans 2:1, therefore you are inexcusable, oh man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

Every one of us have had times in our lives when we had to deal with people who we thought were acting strangely or doing things that seemed different or wrong to us. How do you explain some of these behaviors?

A classic example is that of a father and his children. I have heard a guy say that the only way he and his sister survived childhood, was the fact that they had an enemy in common, their father.

Galatians 6:5, For each one shall bear his own load.

Unfortunately, there are many people who feel a lot like that. In most cases the causes are similar. The parents, especially the father, raises his children the way he was raised.

Almost all of the habits your parents passed on to you, are a result of what was passed on to them. If we realize this fact, it can help us be better parents. First, we must forgive our parents because they didn’t know any better.

If your dad was distant and not very interested in you, use that to be better with your children. Children imitate their parents and learn right or wrong from them.

We are responsible for the well-being of our children, because we are one of the reasons they are here. They didn’t just appear on our doorstep. They are our responsibility.

The idea is, if you break a generational lesson you learned from your parents and start doing things the correct way, it is likely your children will grow up and instruct their children properly. And so, it goes, generation after generation, each one better than the one before. That is what the Lord had in mind. It’s not that hard. It takes help from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and determination. I say that because I know what it takes to break traditions and start doing things the way they should be.

Proverbs 22:6, train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The Lord God Almighty will bless you and your family. And so, your children will bless you. Praise The Lord!  God bless you and your family.

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 by shedding your blood you washed away all my sins. Your death and Resurrection made it possible for me to have salvation. I confess all my sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you, My Lord Jesus Christ. 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Focus Changes

Proverbs 16:3, Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.

As we go through life, we must react to situations that come up daily. Some are different, but many are familiar.

When we are children, everything is new and exciting. We all learned that everything does not go the way we thought. Our first encounter with problems we must deal with makes us really think about how to handle it. If we had some kind of guidance, or do we have to figure something out?

Proverbs 4:25, let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, and all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil.

When we are single, we realize how important a job is. We must pay rent, as well as figure out about meals, utilities, relationships, and a certain number of responsibilities. We are concerned to a great degree about our own well-being. 

The next step is getting married. When we get married and have children, our focus turns toward our spouse and children. Our decisions are based on how to take care of our family, and much less on ourselves.

Matthew 6: 33.-34, but seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Inevitably we will come to the time when we’re dealing with old age and retirement. This is a time of life that has its own challenges. Health issues are more common, usually less income and sometimes more expenses.

 At this point you may look back and see that all these situations have something in common. They have all been observed by our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

If you knew that you had perfect help available and all you had to do is listen and follow, what would you have done?

I spent many years of doing things on my own and having one disaster after another. Even these disasters worked for my good, because my Lord Jesus Christ was looking out for me.

An important truth is, He took care of me when I didn’t even acknowledge Him. Then one day by the grace of God I woke up and finally saw. My life took a drastic change, and I found our savior.

As we can see, every phase of life required its own thing that we focused on more than anything else. The thing we didn’t realize is that through all of this we had help we didn’t know about, all we had to do was ask. It is never too late. So do yourself a favor and don’t waste any more time and call on the Lord Jesus Christ and accept Him as your Savior. 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 by shedding your blood you washed away all my sins. Your death and resurrection made it possible for me to have salvation. I therefore confess all my sins and ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you, My Lord Jesus Christ. 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

The Greatest Truth

John 8:31-32, if you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed, and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.

As we go through life, we encounter many new experiences. From the time we are a baby until we take our last breath, we are learning

One of the biggest obstacles to successful learning is sorting out the truth. We find out early on there is a lot of bad information out there. Whether by accident or design, bad information is the normal way of life. Call it like it is LIES!

Just going through years of problems and trying to sort out what is real or false takes its toll on many people. Most of us get so frustrated that our quality of life suffers, and we start to reject everything we hear.

 It is no surprise that people do not want to hear about God. You can’t see Him, you can’t hear Him, therefore you can’t trust Him. How can you trust someone you don’t know, when you can’t trust someone, you do know?

Numbers 23: 19, God is not a man, that He should lie. Nor a son of man, that He should repent. As He said, will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

We must realize that we cannot compare who God is, and what He can do to any man regardless of who it is. To know him and decide anything about Him we must investigate Him. The Bible is the only source of Truth in this entire world. All truth, no Fabrications.

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

Don’t fall into that old excuse that it was written by men. Those men were inspired by the Holy Spirit with words from God Himself. When you say it was written by men and can’t be trusted, you are calling almighty God Himself a liar.

Before you decide it’s too hard to find out, or if God does not exist, remember this one fact. God does not send people to Hell; they choose it themselves. Oh by the way, it is forever. Is your pride and stubbornness, or just plain laziness worth you and your family ending up in the wrong place? The Bible is truth, God is real, and you only need to accept Him.

Hebrews 13:8, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 by shedding your blood you washed away all my sins. Your death and Resurrection made it possible for me to have salvation. I confess all my sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Thank you, Lord Jesus. 

Amen!

Praise The Lord!

Grace

Titus 3:7, That having been justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

We have all heard about God’s grace. It sounds like something good, but what is it really? According to the Hebrew word cheu one of the meanings is kindness. The other word chinnah means favor. The Greek word charis means a divine influence on the heart. 

There are several Hebrew and Greek words for favor. They can be summed up by kindness, delight, and benefit given. I don’t know about anyone else but now I have a better understanding of the verses I read on grace and favor. To me it really shows God’s love to me when I understand what He is giving me. 

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

If you start reading Scripture, and you run across the word grace or favor. Re-read the verses, keeping in mind what the words grace and favor really mean. To me, when I do that, it makes the verses much more powerful. It can also explain some verses. This is someone says for instance, I found a job by the grace of God, you know he is referring to the kindness of God.

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

I don’t know about you, but the way I feel about Grace is hard to describe. It is hard for most people to believe that the grace of God is a free gift, and if accepted salvation is assured. You no longer have to worry about works, how many works, the kind of works, in order to go to Heaven. The only thing we have to do when we receive the grace of God is, realize it is an invitation to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your one and only savior. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you suffered and died on the cross and rose again from the dead. I believe you did this for my salvation. I ask you to forgive all my sins, and to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the greatest gift anyone ever received, and that is salvation.

Amen!

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Guilt

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.

Guilt is defined as the fact of having committed a breach of conduct, especially violating the law and involving a penalty.

From the time we were old enough to remember, we have been acquainted with guilt. Even before we knew what guilt was, we unconsciously followed the rules and most of us learned that if we did not listen to our parents, there were consequences. In my day, it was spanking. Spanking got your attention like nothing else did. The thing that made you do what you were told was fear of a spanking.

Luke 15:7, I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents then over 99 just persons who need no repentance.

As we got older, we began to form a conscience. Now most of us felt bad when we did something wrong. We also found that many times the degree or violation usually determined the degree of punishment. School, however and it’s discipline was different. The people passing out the punishment didn’t love you as your parents did. They followed a set of guidelines for crime and punishment, no excuses, No partiality.

When we became adults, things got even tougher. You could be reminded daily by your boss or co-workers you didn’t measure up. Guilt really came into the picture at that point. You could be made to feel inadequate everywhere you went, only this time you punished yourself. Anxiety, stress, depression, all were among the penalties you gave yourself. At times you could feel so inferior when you thought about what you did or did not do or you were supposed to do, that it ruined your life, your family, and anything you touched. This of course would be an extreme case.

 Unfortunately, some Churches were preaching condemnation. You don’t pray enough; you don’t dress right, your hair is too long, too short, and so on, all man made rules. You are even guilt ridden in church. You’ll go to hell if you don’t shape up you rotten sinner.

One day you find Jesus. You learn about how much He loves you, you learned that he died on the cross to save all men, even rotten, no good people like us. You accept Him as your savior and condemnations cease to exist. You are saved by grace, this time someone else ( The Lord Jesus Christ) gave ultimate hope and forgiveness for your life of screw ups. You are now a child of God destined to spend eternity with Him.

2 Corinthians 7:10, For Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to Salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

After all of this, along comes satan. He isn’t happy. He hates Jesus and wants you back. He tempts you to sin, and try’s to plant doubt about your salvation in your heart. You begin to believe him, maybe go along with the temptations. But now your heart feels guilty, so you repent, and your loving Father takes you back, and your guilt is put to rest. Now your conscience is your guide. I think the best advice I ever heard was follow the peace in your heart and you won’t go wrong. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord! 

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you suffered and died on the cross and rose again from the dead in order for me to have my sins forgiven and the opportunity of salvation. Please forgive all of my sins and come into my heart as my personal savior, I want to serve only you. 

Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ. 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Compassion

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

Compassion is defined as sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. Compassion covers a lot of territory.When we see starving children on television and we feel their hunger and despair.We sometimes feel in our hearts that we should try to help. So we send money. At that point, we have to ask ourselves. Did we do it out of guilt because we have so much? Or did we genuinely feel the pain they felt. What was the biggest reason We did what we did ?

All of us must ask ourselves the question. Is it.making us feel good about ourselves, that we contributed. Or did we really care? 'm not trying to lay a guilt trip on myself or anyone else. But the Lord God Almighty sees the heart, and any compassion must come from the heart.

You may know someone who just lost a loved one.Or someone in the hospital, or is in financial trouble. Kind words are wonderful, but sometimes it goes further than that. Maybe a couple of hot meals for the bereaved family. Maybe someone could use a ride to see sick family or friends. A caring person during times of stress or grief is a blessing from God. Do for someone else what you would appreciate someone doing for you?

Remember, true compassion does not involve judging whether someone deserves help. As Creator God, is the judge of everyone. It is written. With what measure you judge, you will be judged. I believe we are confronted with people or situations, where our compassion and love for God is tested. I believe God has a sense of humor too. Many times He will bring someone into the picture that we don't particularly like. Do good anyway, it means more to God.

An important fact to remember is. Situations that come up that require true compassion.may be difficult for us but it is an opportunity from the Lord our God.

God bless you and your family, 

Praise The Lord! 

Remember, Jesus loves you.

Prayer of salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you suffered and died on the cross and rose again from the dead. I believe you did this for my salvation.I ask you for forgiveness of all my sins and to come into my heart as my personal Savior.I believe and I receive the greatest gift anyone ever received and that is salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen! 

Praise The Lord! 

Guilt

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.

Guilt is defined as the fact of having committed a breach of conduct, especially violating the law and involving a penalty.

From the time we were old enough to remember, we have been acquainted with guilt. Even before we knew what guilt was, we unconsciously followed the rules and most of us learned that if we did not listen to our parents, there were consequences. In my day, it was spanking. Spanking got your attention like nothing else did. The thing that made you do what you were told was fear of a spanking.

Luke 15:7, I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents then over 99 just persons who need no repentance.

As we got older, we began to form a conscience. Now most of us felt bad when we did something wrong. We also found that many times the degree or violation usually determined the degree of punishment. School, however and it’s discipline was different. The people passing out the punishment didn’t love you as your parents did. They followed a set of guidelines for crime and punishment, no excuses, No partiality.

When we became adults, things got even tougher. You could be reminded daily by your boss or co-workers you didn’t measure up. Guilt really came into the picture at that point. You could be made to feel inadequate everywhere you went, only this time you punished yourself. Anxiety, stress, depression, all were among the penalties you gave yourself. At times you could feel so inferior when you thought about what you did or did not do or you were supposed to do, that it ruined your life, your family, and anything you touched. This of course would be an extreme case.

Unfortunately, some Churches were preaching condemnation. You don’t pray enough; you don’t dress right, your hair is too long, too short, and so on, all manmade rules. You are even guilt ridden in church. You’ll go to hell if you don’t shape up you rotten sinner.

One day you find Jesus. You learn about how much He loves you, you learned that he died on the cross to save all men, even rotten, no good people like us. You accept Him as your savior and condemnations cease to exist. You are saved by grace, this time someone else ( The Lord Jesus Christ) gave ultimate hope and forgiveness for your life of screw ups. You are now a child of God destined to spend eternity with Him.

2 Corinthians 7:10, For Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to Salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

After all of this, along comes satan. He isn’t happy. He hates Jesus and wants you back. He tempts you to sin, and try’s to plant doubt about your salvation in your heart. You begin to believe him, maybe go along with the temptations. But now your heart feels guilty, so you repent, and your loving Father takes you back, and your guilt is put to rest. Now your conscience is your guide. I think the best advice I ever heard was follow the peace in your heart and you won’t go wrong. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord! 

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you suffered and died on the cross and rose again from the dead in order for me to have my sins forgiven and the opportunity of salvation. Please forgive all of my sins and come into my heart as my personal savior, I want to serve only you. 

Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ. Praise The Lord!