True Love

The Day True Love Died Inspired by Phil Wickham's Song "True Love"
(Blog and Commentary)

"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends... For God so loved man, that he gave his only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, that whosoever believes in Him (His death and resurrection) will not die, but have everlasting life."

God has shown his love to you, in that, while you were still a sinner, Jesus Christ died for you... If you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart (soul) that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart (soul) man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Word says, Whosoever believes on him will not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Non-Jew: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord Jesus will be saved. How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how will they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how will they hear without a messenger of the Good News? And how will they speak the Good News, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring forth the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

The Way to God

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes unto the God the Father, but by me" (John 14.6). "No one can come to Me, except God the Father who has sent Me draw Him: and I will raise Him up at the last day" (John 6:44). And He said, "Therefore said I to you, that no one can come unto Me, except it were given unto them of My Father" (God) John 6:65. Then Jesus said unto the twelve disciples, "Will you also go away?" Then Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that You are that Christ, the Son of the living God. John 6.68-69.
There is only one way to reconcile ourselves to God our creator. We can try the world's ideas. We can try other people's ideas. We can try our own ideas. But the Word of God is clear. Jesus is the only way. Eternal Life is His to give. We must decide if we want it. He loves us but He will not force us to accept the truth. We must make that decision.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Saturday, November 21, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

Self-Esteem

The dictionary states that self-esteem means "confidence in one's own worth or abilities." The father of this world would have us believe that we need more self-esteem. The father of this world would have us believe we can do all things if we just have more confidence in ourselves. The father of ths world would have us buy into the lie that we can help ourselves or fix ourselves. I think the world calls it self-help and I suspect there are countless books telling people how they can make themselves better. Brothers and sisters there is only one book that will help us be the best version of who God created us to be. Do not let the father of this world fool you or distract you. This world has an obsession with self and they are marketing it to adults, children, babies, and even our pets. They want you to be believe, It is all about YOU. Caring about our others, that is not priority or concern.
The Word states "By this will all people know that you are My disciples, if you have love one to another." John 13:35. This was not a suggestion it was an order, a command, a mandate. "This is My commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you." John 15:12. One of the aspects of love is that it is not concerned about itself, it is only concerned about others. It is not selfish, it is selfless. This is what Jesus our Savior expects from His Body. "Greater love has no person than this, that they lay down their life for their friends." John 15:13. The world's self-help is about self. Work on yourself, think about yourself, care about yourself, love yourself, think for yourself. Make yourself happy. How can we love ourselves if we do not love the one who created us? And if we say we Love God, but do not love our sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, father, mother, husband, wife, neighbors, sinners, poor, needy, and mankind, we are lying to ourselves. Jesus said God wants the best for us. What did He tell us to do to get the best for ourselves? "Therefore take no thought, saying, What will I eat? or, What will I drink? or, Where will I get my clothes? (For after all these things the world seeks:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But seek you first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you." Matthew 6.31-33.
"The father of this world comes to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: Jesus came that we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly." John 10:10. Follow the world and in the end they will steal from you, they will try and kill you, and they will seek to destroy you. The world has nothing to offer you. Their thoughts are twisted and not Godly, yet their thoughts have an illusion of wisdom and godliness. Did the serpent not say to Eve, "For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods, knowing good and evil." The serpent did not lie, God did know that their eyes would be opened and that they would know about good and evil. Problem is the serpent lied about the dead part. Adam and Eve died. There is the Ttruth, they trusted a lie and sufferred the consequences. God gave them His Word and they chose to ignore it and disobey him. Death was the price. Do we need to sample the world's truth, so we can find out that God's Truth is the only Truth. What price are we willing to pay? Death, Destruction, total loss and devastation. "For My thoughts are not the world's thoughts, neither are the world's ways My ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than the world's ways, and My thoughts than the world's thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9. Are we so blind and hard-hearted that we do not want to listen to our Father who sacrificed His Son to save sinful humanity. "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God." 1Corinthians 3:19. If the Holy Spirit resides in us, the Truth resides in us. We need to listen to the Spirit of Truth and not the world's truth. The Holy Spirit confirms the Word. The Holy Spirit does not create a new interpretation like our Supreme Court does with the Constitution. God is the same today, yesterday and forever. He does not change, we need to change.
Am I saying we should not be concerned about ourselves? Yes I am. We gave up the right to self-esteem when we choose Jesus as our Lord. We do not need self-esteem we need Christ-Esteem. We can not make ourselves better. If we can we do not need Jesus. He died for us so we can be what God created us to be; God-Centered and not self-centered. Some may say that we should be better. I agree, we should be better. But how can we become better? Does the world have the answers? Can we truly make ourselves better? I am speaking to the Body of Christ and not the world. Thinking we know the answer and not finding out the answer is foolishness. God's Word is freely available to us and His wisdom is flawless. Jesus said, "I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I do not do MY own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me." John 5.30. Jesus, the Son of God can do nothing apart from God. Are we so prideful to think we can? "But we are all full of pollution, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our sins, like the wind, have taken us away." Isaiah 64:6. No matter how "righteous" we become in our own eyes, all God sees is fithiness and pollution. It is not our self-work that makes us righteous. We do not become clean by increasing our self-esteem. "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness came by the law (by doing good works or being a better me), then Christ is dead in vain." Galatians 2.21. "For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes." Romans 10:3-4. If we are truly followers of Christ, then we must give up self. "And Jesus said to them all, If any person will come after ME, let them deny themself, and take up their cross daily, and follow Me." Luke 9.23. We must give everything to Jesus. "Those that love their lives will lose it; and those that hate their lives in this world will keep it unto life eternal." John 12:25. Our life becomes His life. We can not fix ourselves, that is why He died. Why are we still trying to fix ourselves? "He heals the broken in heart, and fixes up their wounds." Psalms 147:3. We are a new creation, we need to grow up in the Lord through His Word and by listening to His Spirit. "Do not be like the world: but change yourself by the renovation of your mind and feelings, that you may discern what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:2. Listening to the world will only blur our vision of God's Word. His Word is Truth and everything else a lie. Satan is a liar, but he puts in elements of truth to get us to listen. Resist the urge to listen, resist the urge to debate. God's Word is True, it is not going to change.
Confidence is not found in us, it is found in God and His Son. "For the LORD will be your confidence, and He will keep your foot from being captured." Proverbs 3:26. "In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children will have a place of refuge." Proverbs 14:26. God gave us Christ-Esteem. Why are we trying use our self-esteem? "We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us." Philippians 4.13. "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but He has given us His Spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2Timothy 1:7. "I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, that is where my help comes from. My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." Psalms 121:1-2. The Word does not say our help or confidence comes from books like "The Secret", it comes from God and Trusting His Word.
I want to be better. I need to be better. But that will only happen when I surrender ALL my desires, wants, needs, gifts, esteem, love, talents, mind, soul, body, feelings, emotions to my Father in heaven. There is a saying that God helps those that help themselves. That is not in the Bible. The world wants us to do it on our own, because they want us to fail and then blame God or other Christians. The blame is at our door. "For if a person thinks they are something, when they are nothing, they deceive themself. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a person sows, that will they also reap. For they that sow to their flesh will of the flesh reap corruption; but they that sow to the Holy Spirit will of the Holy Spirit reap life everlasting."
Be not condemned brothers and sisters, God loves us and we are able to do what is right with the help of the Holy Spirit. Choose God's Word. Do God's Word. Love God's Word. We can do it with God, because our God is an awesome God. He gave us everything we need to be the best we can be. "Choose you this day who you will serve; whether the gods (ways of the world) which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15. "In You, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in Your righteousness." Psalms 31:1. I choose Your way Father God. I choose Your Words, not the world's.
When I listen to my flesh and sin, forgive me Father. When I listen to my mind and sin, forgive me Father. When I listen to my emotions and sin, forgive me Father. When I listen to the world and not You, forgive me Father. Teach me to listen to Your Word. Teach me to listen to the Holy Spirit. Teach me to listen to my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ; those who are followers and doers of the Word. Teach me that I can not do it without YOU, YOUR SON, and YOUR SPIRIT. Thank You for loving me as I grow and mature and make mistakes and disappoint. Thank YOU for YOUR mercy and grace. Amen.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Thursday, November 19, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

Marriage and Believers

( Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it; That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by His Word, That he might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. For this cause a man must leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they will be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.) Ephesians 5:21-32.
(Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.) Romans 8:35-39.
As Paul said in Ephesians, the Marriage between a man and a wife mirrors the relationship those who trust in Jesus have with Him. Marriage between believers even more so. Paul said marriage is a great mystery, but we know what it is, because we know what the church is supposed to look like. If as believers in Christ we can not be separated, the same is true of marriage. None of us are perfect Christians and none of us are perfect spouses. But God in his wisdom has ordained marriage as the first institution and the church is based on that. Would a believer separate from God and His Son? Better question is can a believer separate from God and His Son? Paul gives a list in Romans 8 and says there is nothing that can separate us. The same applies to the marriage between those who are followers of Christ. The world tries to convince us that their way is better. That they are smarter and wiser than God. The Word states, (Let no one deceive themself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let them become a fool, that they may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He entraps the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise and their thoughts are empty and vanity.) 1Corinthians 3.18-20. As the Body of Christ we need to follow the Commands that God has given us through His Word, He knows what is best for us even when it looks totally foolish. We need to look at our marriages the way Christ looks at the Church. He does not let go of us when we sin, or when we fail, or when we make a mistake. Our marriages are to mirror His grace, mercy, sacrifice, trust, obedience, and love. Can any of us honestly say we have been looking at our marriage like Christ looks at the church? That we are treating our fellow believer as part of us? How much more we should be treating our spouses. These are not words of condemnation, but words of hope and new beginnings. Our walk with Christ is not complete, we fail all the time. Sometimes I wonder where is God, where is Jesus? But the better question is where am I? Am I seeking Him, Am I studying His Word, Am I living His Word, Am I sharing His Word. I am not perfect, He knows it and He loves me. He expects us to act like Him and not the ruler of this world. Jesus' Love covers a multitude of sin. That does not just apply to Jesus and us. But it applies to us and us. Our love should mirror His love. If God's people do not live, behave, make decisions, mature, love differently than the world, then we are the world. We can not serve two masters. We are choosing whether we want to admit it or not.
(But whosoever keeps His Word, in them is the love of God perfected: this is how we know that we are children of God. Anyone that says they abide in Christ, they should walk as He walked. Those who say that they are in the Light, and hate their fellow believers, they remain in darkness even now. Those who love their fellow believers abide in the Light, and there is no opportunity for stumbling in them. But those that hate their fellow believers are in darkness, and walk in darkness, and they do not know where they are going, because that darkness has blinded their eyes. Love not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If anyone loves this world, the love of the God our Father is not in them. For all that is in this world, the desires of the flesh, and the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of this world and the father of it.) 1John 2:5-6, 9-11, 15-16. None of us are perfect and we will mess up, but God is faithful to forgive us if we are faithful to confess those mess ups to Him. We must do better, We must be better. The world is watching, looking to see if we really believe what we claim to believe. Do we honor God's Word as the Truth or merely a suggestion. We must be different, believers are the only portrait of Jesus the world will see until He returns to rule.
So now look at your marriage differently. Look at it the way God sees it. Who will separate me from the love (agape) of my wife? Who will separate me from the love (agape) of my husband? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? In all these things I am more than a conqueror through Jesus that loved me. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate me from the love (agape) of my husband or wife, which is centered in Christ Jesus my Lord. Romans 8:35-39. Put Jesus' glasses on and take yours off. See what he sees and believe what he believes.
I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (Happy Veteran's Day) Thanks to all who protect this country that God built.

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

Following Christ

But whosoever denies ME before men, him will I also deny before MY Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man in opposition to his father, and a daughter in opposition to her mother, and a daughter in law in opposition to her mother in law. And a man’s enemy will be those of his own household. Anyone who loves father, mother, sister, brother, husband, wife, son, daughter, themselves or their friends more than ME is not worthy of ME. And anyone that does not take up their cross (self-denial), and follow after ME, is not worthy of ME. Anyone that seeks after their life will lose it: and those that give up their life for MY sake will find it. If God is your Father, you will love ME: for I am here and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but HE sent ME. Why do some not understand MY Words? Because they cannot hear MY Word. They are of their father the devil, and the lusts of their father they will do. He abides not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own creation: for he is a liar, and the creator of it. And because I tell them the truth, they believe me not. Who convicts ME of sin? And if I say the truth, why do they not believe ME? He that is of God hears God’s Words: they therefore cannot hear them, because they are not of God. I seek not MY own glory: there is one that seeks and judges. Verily, verily, I say unto them, If a man keep MY Words, he will never see death.
If you love ME, keep MY Word and commands. And I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of Truth (Holy Spirit); whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and will be in you. He that has MY Words and commandments, and keeps them, it is that person who loves me: and anyone that loves ME will be loved of MY Father, and I will love them, and will reveal myself to them. If you love ME, you will keep MY Words: and MY Father will love them, and WE will come unto them, and make OUR home with them. Those who do not love ME do not keep MY Words or commandments: The Word which you hear is not MINE, but the Father’s which sent ME. The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father sends in MY name, HE will teach you all things, and bring MY Words and commandments to your remembrance. MY peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Those who say they are in the light, and hates anyone, are in darkness even now. Those that love their brother remain in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in them. But he that hates their brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not where they are going, because that darkness has blinded their eyes. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Everything that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and their lusts: But those who keep the Word and commands of God will remain for ever.
Let us not walk after the world and what it believes as truth. The world lies to you to get you to doubt God and HIS Word. God loves us and wants the best for us. Believe HIM, Trust HIM. He knows all and HE knows our future. Follow HIM today and let HIS light shine thru you. He wants you. God is a gentleman, HE will not force you to believe HIM. We must do that ourselves. It is the lack of trust in God and HIS Word, that created the world we now live in.
I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

Happy/Joy

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:
Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways. For you will eat the labor of your hands: happy will you be, and it will be well with you.
Happy are those people, which are in such a case: yes, happy are those people, whose God is the LORD.
Happy are they that have the God of Jacob for their help, whose hope is in the LORD God:
Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
Wisdom is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon it: and happy is every one that retains wisdom.
He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
He that handles a matter wisely will find good: and he that trusts in the LORD, happy is he.
Happy is the man that fears the LORD God always: but he that hardens his heart will fall into mischief.
Where there is no vision, the people die: but he that keeps God’s law, happy is he.
The servant is not greater than his master; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
Do you have faith? Then have it between you and God. Happy is he that does not condemn himself in that thing which he allows.
Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is extremely compassionate, and of tender mercy.
And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good? But if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are you: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with humbleness and the fear of God:
If you suffer for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
For the joy of the LORD is your strength.
The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
But let all those that put their trust in YOU rejoice: let them forever shout for joy, because YOU defend them: let them also that love YOUR name be joyful in YOU.
YOU will show me the path of life: in YOUR presence is fullness of joy; at YOUR right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
And now will my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in HIS tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
For HIS anger endures but a moment; in HIS favor is life: crying may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, all who are righteous: and shout for joy, all who are upright in heart.
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which has pleasure in the prosperity of HIS servant.
Then will I go unto God, unto God my exceeding joy: yes, with my mouth I will praise You, O God my God.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones, which thou has broken, may rejoice.
Restore unto me the joy of YOUR salvation; and uphold me with YOUR free spirit.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for YOU will judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.
And HE brought forth his people with joy, and HIS chosen with gladness:
They that sow in tears will reap in joy.
Let YOUR priests be clothed with righteousness; and let YOUR saints shout for joy.
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints will shout aloud for joy.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is joy.
The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not barter with his joy.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
It is joy to the just to do justice: but destruction will be to the workers of iniquity.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child will have joy because of him.
For God gives to a man that is good in HIS sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.
For he will not remember much the days of his life; because God answers him in the joy of his heart.
Therefore with joy will you draw water out of the wells of salvation.
YOUR words were found, and I did eat them; and YOUR Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by YOUR name, O LORD God of hosts.
Then will the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; Yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while: for when pressures or persecution arise because of the WORD, by and by he is offended.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hidden in a field; which when a man has found it, he hides it, and for the joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: You have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord.
I say unto you, that likewise joy will be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons, which need no repentance.
What woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece, which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
If you keep MY commandments, you will continue in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and continue in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be complete.
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of HIS Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by HIS life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Brothers and sisters, count it all joy when you fall into various temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith creates patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Clean your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you who are double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and cry: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in distress because of various temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory will be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
And these things we write unto you, that your joy may be full. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Now unto HIM that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of HIS glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Monday, November 9, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

The Flesh (Human body and its desires)

A healthy mind and emotions are the life of the flesh.
The flesh is weak.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh.
Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of God (Jesus), and drink his blood, you have no life in you. (Belief Jesus is the Son of God sent to save the world).
The flesh profits nothing.
When we were in the flesh, the hardship of sins, which were by the law, did work in the body to bring a result that will lead to death.
There is therefore no condemnation to them, which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit of God.
For they that care about the flesh do the things that the flesh cares about, but they that care about the Spirit of God do the things the Spirit of God cares about.
So then they that care about the flesh cannot please God.
Therefore, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you will die: but if you through the Spirit of God do crucify the deeds of the flesh, you will live.
Those who are the children of the flesh, they are not the children of God.
But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, which seeks to fulfill its desires.
Let us clean ourselves from all the immorality of the flesh and the mind, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Although we walk in a fleshly body, we do not war against the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Removing all thoughts and every prideful thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet it is not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.
I want to know did you receive the Spirit of God by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having began in the Spirit of God, are you now made perfect by the flesh?
He that was born after the flesh, persecutes Him that was born after the Spirit of God, even now He is being persecuted.
You have been called unto freedom; only do not use your freedom as a reason to sin with the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Walk in the Spirit of God, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
For the flesh is against the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of God is against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you want.
Now the deeds of the flesh are apparent, here they are; adultery, fornication, immoral behavior, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, contentiousness, malice, wrath, strife, dissension, heresy, envying, murdering, drunkenness, rioting, and anything like these: as I have told you in a past time, that they which do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh and its desires and wants.
For he that does what the flesh wants will of the flesh reap corruption; but he that does what the Spirit of God wants will reap life everlasting.
Wherein in time past you walked according to the path of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: Among whom we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as the rest of mankind.
In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Wherefore if you are dead with Christ from the principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which these things seem to have an appearance of wisdom in worship, humility, and neglecting of the body; but they cannot stop you from satisfying the flesh.
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of young female cow sprinkling the unclean, sanctified to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
The like figure whereunto even baptism does also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Forasmuch then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered in the flesh will also cease from sin; that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
For this cause the gospel was preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unrighteous for the day of judgment to be punished: But most of all those that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despising authority. They are presumptuous, they are self-pleasing, and they are not afraid to speak evil of God’s messengers.
For when the unrighteous speak great words of vanity, they entrap through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those who were clean and had escaped from them who live in error. While the unrighteous promise them liberty, they themselves are the prisoners of corruption: by whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the evilness of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, their end is worse for them than their beginning. For it had been better for them to have not known the way of righteousness, than, after they did know it, and to turn away from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
For there are certain men who came unto you unnoticed, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore help you remember, though you once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved His people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that did not believe. Likewise these filthy dreamers who defile the flesh, despise authority, and speak evil of God’s messengers. They speak evil of those things, which they do not know: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save them with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Saturday, November 7, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

The Fruit of the (God’s) Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Friday, November 6, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

The Upright

To the upright man God will show Himself upright.
My defense is God, who saves the upright in heart.
Behold the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may in secret shoot at the upright in heart.
God’s countenance looks upon the upright.
Rejoice in the LORD, all who are righteous: for praise is beautiful for the upright.
The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance will be forever.
Behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Gladness is for the upright in heart.
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Unto the upright there arises a Light in the darkness: He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
The upright will dwell in God’s presence.
For the upright will dwell in the land.
The way of the LORD is STRENGTH TO THE UPRIGHT.
The integrity of the upright will guide them.
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted.
The words of the upright will deliver them.
The house of the upright will bloom.
The prayer of the upright brings delight to the LORD.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
The transgressor will be a ransom for the upright.
God directs the way of the upright.
The upright will have good things in their possession.
Those with murderous minds and hearts hate the upright.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Thursday, November 5, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

The Fear (reverence) of the LORD

The Fear of the LORD is THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE.
Behold, the Fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil that is understanding.
The Fear of the LORD is CLEAN, ENDURING FOR EVER.
The Fear of the LORD is THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.
The Fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
The Fear of the LORD prolongs our days.
In the Fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and His children will have a place of hope.
The Fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the hooks of death.
Better is a little with the Fear of the LORD than great treasures and the troubles it brings.
The Fear of the LORD is THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM.
By the Fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
The Fear of the LORD tends TO LIFE: AND HE THAT HAS IT will live satisfied; he will not be visited with evil.
By humility AND THE FEAR OF THE LORD are riches, and honor, and life.
Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the Fear of the LORD all day long.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

A Fool

A fool hides hatred with lying lips.
He that speaks slander is a fool.
It is a game to a fool to do mischief.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.
A fool openly displays his foolishness.
A fool despises his parent’s instruction.
Excellent speech does not become a fool.
Correction enters more into a wise man than an hundred strikes upon a fool’s back.
Is there a price a fool is willing to pay to get wisdom? No, because his heart has no use for it.
Those who give birth to a fool do it with much sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
Even a fool that holds his peace is said to wise.
A fool has no delight in understanding, but rather he delights in sharing his own thoughts.
Better are the poor that walk with integrity, than he that is perverse with his words, and is a fool.
Luxury does not fit a fool.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Wisdom is too much for a fool: he cannot open his mouth at the gate.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fit for a fool.
Answer not a fool according to his foolishness, unless you want to be like him.
Answer a fool according to his foolishness, and he will believe he is wise in his own conceit.
He that sends a message by the hand of a fool will bring pain and damage to himself.
As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool.
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his foolishness.
If you see a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Though you pound a fool in the mortar or grind him with the wheat, he will not let foolishness depart from him.
He that places trusts in his own mind, feelings, and desires is a fool.
A fool speaks his entire mind.
Do you see a man that is quick to respond with his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
As a fool walks through life, his wisdom fails him, and he says of everyone else that they are a fool.
The words of a fool are not gracious and will swallow him up.
As a bird sits on her eggs, and does not hatch them; as a man gains riches, but by deceptive means; he will lose all he owns in the prime of his life, and in the end he will be a fool.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be truly wise.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe.

What the Bible says about:

A Wise Man (person)

A wise man will listen, and will increase his learning.
Correct a wise man and he will love you.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even more wiser.
A wise man fears, and departs from evil.
The anger of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will bring peace to the situation.
Correction enters more into a wise man than an hundred strikes upon a fool’s back.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and destroys the confidence in which they trust.
A wise man is strong.
If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the fool is angry or rejoicing, there is no rest for the wise man.
A wise man keeps what is in his mind until the time is right.
A wise man does not glory in his wisdom.
Therefore whosoever hears the sayings of Jesus, and does them, he will be like a wise man, which built his house upon a solid and unmovable foundation.
A wise man does good works and his works are done with the humbleness of wisdom.

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,

Sunday, November 1, 2009

To my brothers and sisters in Christ and to those yet to believe. We are all born sinners because of the sin of the first man. His name was Adam and God created him to be perfect. God gave him the ability to choose. The ability to use free will. To please God we must believe and trust Him, His Word, and His Spirit. Adam did not believe God. Adam did not trust God. Adam was not faithful to God. Genesis 2:16-17 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may eat freely: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shalt not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die." Adam was flesh and blood first and then God breathed life into him. God breathed his Spirit into man, giving birth to a spiritual man inside of Adam's fleshly body.

Genesis 3:6-7 "And when the woman saw that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons." Adam and his wife died spiritually the moment they ate the fruit of that forbidden tree. Physical death eventually came, but the life God breathed into them was no more. Their spirit was dead and they were now left unclothed, spiritually bare.

We are all born spiritually dead. From the moment we come into this world, we are searching for that missing link in our existence. We are void inside, because the breath of God has not breathed life into us. We try to fill that emptiness with everything else, but only God can fill that emptiness. Only He can breathe life into mankind. Man can not be spiritual without God. God is the creator of our spirit. John 3:3-6 "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saying unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit of God, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit of God is spirit. Do not let the world deceive you; you must accept God's gift, His Son Jesus, to become spiritually alive. You can not feel spiritual, you are or you are not. It is not a feeling or an emotion. It is Truth, it is life changing, it is undeniable, it is True Love created in us.

If you have not done it already, please accept the gift of God. Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

I pray that God blesses you and your family with Love, Prosperity, Compassion, Security, Peace, Contentment, and Joy. Until His return.

God's son and servant,