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Monday, June 25, 2018
Do Not Grow Weary with Doing Good
Have you ever thought to yourself, “What’s the use?” Yeah, me too.
Maybe, your a mother and you have done the dishes, what seems like one to many time, or you are a wife and have made dinner only to have your husband come home late, and picked up something on the way home? Maybe it seems like you are the one always trying to get together with friends and yet you see them post on Instagram how they got together with someone else, and not invited you. Maybe you have given money to the homeless family on the corner and then see them drive off in their brandnew SUV.
You start wondering what’s the use. No one appreciates, what I do anyway, or they only take advantage of me.
Do you cry out to God, I’m tired, I’m tired of no one noticing what I do, I’m tired of being the only one volunteering, I’m tired of no one remembering me, or thinking of my needs. Lord, What’s the use anyways?
Galatians 6:9, tells us, “Do not grow weary (Lose heart, be faint-hearted) in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not give up.
Wow, what a promise from God. Don’t you just love the way, He meets us right where we are, shows that He knows and understands what we are going through, and then throws a promise right on top of it. Like a little bit of ice cream on top of your apple pie.
I don’t know when we will reap, but I know it will be at the right time. Maybe it comes when your kids grow up and have their own children, and suddenly they are calling and saying thank you. Maybe it comes from a stranger who says, “Good Job”.
God’s promises are true, they are certain and you can take them to the bank. So if you are struggling today, wondering if it’s all worth it, I am here to say to you, “Keep going”. God sees you, God loves you and you will reap in due time.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Would they even accuse me?
Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came. And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with Jesus of Nazareth."....
And after a little while another saw him and said, "You also are of them"....
Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying "Surely you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."...
Over the years I have heard this story told time and again. Usually with the focus being the denials.
With many people claiming that they would never deny Jesus. Or wondering what they would do, if their life was in danger.
But today, I want to focus on the fact that Peter was even accused. I wonder, would anyone even accuse me? Outside of the people that I go to church with, who would accuse me of being with Jesus?
I pray that my light shines in such a way as to leave no doubt.
Would someone say with confidence, "you are one of them"? Does my speech, what I say, how I say it show that I have been bought with a price? Is my life different, so that even those that do not know me can see the difference?
As we approach Easter, ask yourself, "Is there enough evidence to accuse you?" Not just from what you post on Facebook or tweet, but in how you live your life day in and day out. Can your neighbors, employer, employees, customers, the cashier at the coffee shop, ect. See a difference?
Please leave your comments and prayer requests. God Bless You.
And after a little while another saw him and said, "You also are of them"....
Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying "Surely you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."...
Over the years I have heard this story told time and again. Usually with the focus being the denials.
With many people claiming that they would never deny Jesus. Or wondering what they would do, if their life was in danger.
But today, I want to focus on the fact that Peter was even accused. I wonder, would anyone even accuse me? Outside of the people that I go to church with, who would accuse me of being with Jesus?
I pray that my light shines in such a way as to leave no doubt.
Would someone say with confidence, "you are one of them"? Does my speech, what I say, how I say it show that I have been bought with a price? Is my life different, so that even those that do not know me can see the difference?
As we approach Easter, ask yourself, "Is there enough evidence to accuse you?" Not just from what you post on Facebook or tweet, but in how you live your life day in and day out. Can your neighbors, employer, employees, customers, the cashier at the coffee shop, ect. See a difference?
Please leave your comments and prayer requests. God Bless You.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Do you want to be made well?
Have you ever had someone ask you a question where the answer seemed so obvious that you thought to yourself, "Well duh, what do you think?"
In Matthew 5:6 Jesus asks such a question. Now in Jerusalem there was a pool called Bethesda.
Around the area sick people, blind, lame and paralyzed laid. And at a certain time an angel would come and stir up the water and whoever stepped into the water first would healed.
So in Chapter 5 of Matthew Jesus had come to the pool and encounters a man who had been sick for 38 years. When Jesus sees this man, Jesus asks the man, "Do you want to be healed".
I can imagine this guy thinking, "Well duh, I have been sick for thirty-eight, I come here every day waiting for my opportunity to get into the pool but someone always gets there before me. What do you mean, do I want to be healed, why do you think I'm doing this?"
The next thing that Jesus tells the man, is not "Oh ok, carry on, continue what you have been doing and someday it might work". No Jesus gives him something new to do. Jesus tells the man to, "Rise, take up your bed and walk".
Obviously what the man had been doing, hoping that someday he would make it to the pool, was not working. It was time for a new approach. Rise, take up your bed and walk. So what did the man do? Did he think about it? Did he think, no, this is how everyone does it, so I will just wait until I have my chance. Did he think, "you know I've been like this for 38 years, what if it doesn't work? Will I make a fool of myself, if I try and fall?" Did he search for a reason, an excuse not to do what Jesus said? The Bible tells us that, "Immediately the man was made well, took his bed, and walked."
So what about us, what about me? What question is Jesus asking us? Do you want to be healthy? Do you want to get out of debt? Do you want to lose weight? Do you want a better marriage?
Do you...., you fill in the blank.
And has Jesus not already told us what to do next? A new approach? Something that not everyone is doing? Why are we fighting him? Which is harder, drinking water, exercising, saying your sorry, making a phone call.... Or getting up and walking after 38 years?
I am praying that we will all give up the excuses and just start immediately doing what Jesus asks us to do.
Can you imagine how the man that Jesus encountered that day, how his life was changed forever? How would your life change if you did what Jesus is asking you to do today? Jesus only wants what's best for you, but if the man had chosen to just stay where he was, he never would have been healed.
So again, do you want to be made well? The choice is yours, the choice in mine.
Please write me and let me know what question in Jesus asking you and what is He telling you to do?
I would love to pray for you.
In Matthew 5:6 Jesus asks such a question. Now in Jerusalem there was a pool called Bethesda.
Around the area sick people, blind, lame and paralyzed laid. And at a certain time an angel would come and stir up the water and whoever stepped into the water first would healed.
So in Chapter 5 of Matthew Jesus had come to the pool and encounters a man who had been sick for 38 years. When Jesus sees this man, Jesus asks the man, "Do you want to be healed".
I can imagine this guy thinking, "Well duh, I have been sick for thirty-eight, I come here every day waiting for my opportunity to get into the pool but someone always gets there before me. What do you mean, do I want to be healed, why do you think I'm doing this?"
The next thing that Jesus tells the man, is not "Oh ok, carry on, continue what you have been doing and someday it might work". No Jesus gives him something new to do. Jesus tells the man to, "Rise, take up your bed and walk".
Obviously what the man had been doing, hoping that someday he would make it to the pool, was not working. It was time for a new approach. Rise, take up your bed and walk. So what did the man do? Did he think about it? Did he think, no, this is how everyone does it, so I will just wait until I have my chance. Did he think, "you know I've been like this for 38 years, what if it doesn't work? Will I make a fool of myself, if I try and fall?" Did he search for a reason, an excuse not to do what Jesus said? The Bible tells us that, "Immediately the man was made well, took his bed, and walked."
So what about us, what about me? What question is Jesus asking us? Do you want to be healthy? Do you want to get out of debt? Do you want to lose weight? Do you want a better marriage?
Do you...., you fill in the blank.
And has Jesus not already told us what to do next? A new approach? Something that not everyone is doing? Why are we fighting him? Which is harder, drinking water, exercising, saying your sorry, making a phone call.... Or getting up and walking after 38 years?
I am praying that we will all give up the excuses and just start immediately doing what Jesus asks us to do.
Can you imagine how the man that Jesus encountered that day, how his life was changed forever? How would your life change if you did what Jesus is asking you to do today? Jesus only wants what's best for you, but if the man had chosen to just stay where he was, he never would have been healed.
So again, do you want to be made well? The choice is yours, the choice in mine.
Please write me and let me know what question in Jesus asking you and what is He telling you to do?
I would love to pray for you.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Many will come saying I am the Christ
"Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many..."
I used to think that this verse referred to those crazy people that went around saying, "I'm Jesus Christ" and of course they would be easy to recognize and avoid. But when you read this verse, you realize that can't be what Jesus is referring to here, because if it was, how would they deceive many?
I have been hearing a lot about "The Christ Consciousness" lately. People who were once followers of Jesus, who are now saying that it is this christ consciousness that we must each reach. In achieving this christ consciousness we become our own christ. There is no need for a savior, if you can achieve it in your own mind.
I believe, and this is just my own opinion, is more inline with what Jesus was warning us about. For Jesus warning says that "many will come". This is not the random crazy person. I think as people turn from God and start looking for the answers within themselves they will start elevating themselves.
You can see Satan's hand in this, particularly when you find these same people backing up what the say with the Bible. They take phrases like "the kingdom of God is within you" and use it to bring credence to what they are saying.
The enemy is not stupid, he is not going to use some crazy person to do his bidding. He will use someone, who like himself knows the Bible and can quote the Bible to lead people away. The Bible warns that "even the elect".
I believe that we are seeing more and more philosophies that want us to turn inside, to ourselves for answers and away from the truth. This is even being taught in some churches.
So I challenge you to:
1. Examine first where you are on this, has there been any compromise on your part when it comes to seeking answers within yourself and not from God?
2. Test all things. Just because it sounds good, or is said by your own pastor or another prominent person does not make it true.
3. Pray!! That you will not be lead astray and that others will not be lead astray.
4. Put on the Full Armor of God everyday. We are in a spiritual battle and just like a soldier would never think about going into war without his armor, we also should never think about starting the day without first putting on our armor.
God has allowed me insight into the enemy's camp, so I come warning you. I am committed to praying to everyone who asks, so please let me know how I may pray.
God Bless.
I used to think that this verse referred to those crazy people that went around saying, "I'm Jesus Christ" and of course they would be easy to recognize and avoid. But when you read this verse, you realize that can't be what Jesus is referring to here, because if it was, how would they deceive many?
I have been hearing a lot about "The Christ Consciousness" lately. People who were once followers of Jesus, who are now saying that it is this christ consciousness that we must each reach. In achieving this christ consciousness we become our own christ. There is no need for a savior, if you can achieve it in your own mind.
I believe, and this is just my own opinion, is more inline with what Jesus was warning us about. For Jesus warning says that "many will come". This is not the random crazy person. I think as people turn from God and start looking for the answers within themselves they will start elevating themselves.
You can see Satan's hand in this, particularly when you find these same people backing up what the say with the Bible. They take phrases like "the kingdom of God is within you" and use it to bring credence to what they are saying.
The enemy is not stupid, he is not going to use some crazy person to do his bidding. He will use someone, who like himself knows the Bible and can quote the Bible to lead people away. The Bible warns that "even the elect".
I believe that we are seeing more and more philosophies that want us to turn inside, to ourselves for answers and away from the truth. This is even being taught in some churches.
So I challenge you to:
1. Examine first where you are on this, has there been any compromise on your part when it comes to seeking answers within yourself and not from God?
2. Test all things. Just because it sounds good, or is said by your own pastor or another prominent person does not make it true.
3. Pray!! That you will not be lead astray and that others will not be lead astray.
4. Put on the Full Armor of God everyday. We are in a spiritual battle and just like a soldier would never think about going into war without his armor, we also should never think about starting the day without first putting on our armor.
God has allowed me insight into the enemy's camp, so I come warning you. I am committed to praying to everyone who asks, so please let me know how I may pray.
God Bless.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Do you trust me?
Well we don't live in a Disney movie, but God is asking us, "Do you trust me?" When God tells us to, "Be anxious for nothing", he is telling us to trust him. God tells us to, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto thy own understanding."
Our own understanding would say, but carpets do not fly, carpets can't hold our weight..., but do we trust him?
I have learned to trust God over the years and to take God at his word. When he says he will supply all my needs, I trust him. When he tells me that his plans for me are to give me a hope and a future, I trust him. When the Bible says, "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing. I trust that.
I trust God because of who he is. When I have moments of doubt, I ask myself, "Why am I not trusting God right now?" Is God a man that he should lie? No!!! If God does not lie, then what causes me not to trust him? Do I compare him to man? Do I think that his promises must be for someone else? Surely, they can't be for me, I've messed up, I've....., fill in the blank. But his promises don't depend on who I am, his promises depend on who he is. I've come to realize that for way too long, I had a very small God, and I kept him in a small box. But now, I let him be who he is, "Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?"
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
So I have come to trust him in a way I never thought possible. I have learned to give my anxious thoughts to him. (One of the things I love most about God, when I find that I can't do what he asks of me, I can ask for his help and he is always willing to help). So when he says be anxious for nothing, I can, because he helps me. I have learned to pray and let go. I have learned to give thanks in all things, and I have that peace of God that surpassed all comprehension.
This is what I pray for you, this is what God wants for you. What ever you are going through right now, take your eyes off the problem, and spend time in God's word meditation on his promises. I can assure you when you start doing this, everything in your life will change. That peace of God, is for you. It is God's promise and gift for just trusting God.
If you are going through something right now, and you would like prayer, please feel free to share, knowing that I will pray for you, but also know that God already has everything in control and nothing, and I mean nothing is going to happen to you that God has not allowed. But please don't get that twisted, just because, God has allowed something to happen to you, you can not blame God for what has happened. Sometimes things happen because of our own sin, sometimes it is because it simply rains on the just and the unjust, but all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to his purpose.
So trust Him, He loves you. And He is there for you, even during the difficult times. And that peace of God is not dependent on your circumstances, it is dependent on resting in the assurance of who God is.
DO YOU TRUST HIM?
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