Note to self ..and others if ya'd like to listen in:
Give you over to, yup, surrender yourself totally to the Lord and choose to live in the will of God according to His word. Repeat daily. Golden keys in that: humbly asking, believing, hearing, and then wise application.
And He's been compassionately looking for you too (knowin' exactly where you are.. and knowin' all you've been through).
“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” 1 John 5:14-15
Ask, ask specifically...as much as you can. Ask, over and over again if you need to. Pray through, to your best Friend and Lord, pray candidly.
“He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe..” 1 John 5:10-13
Got JOY and LIFE in Him?
“We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. We write these things so that our JOY may be complete.” 1 John 1:3
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you ..if that's what they need done.. and if it's righteous for you to do this. Sure, let the Lord.. via His truth, and agape lov..e lead you. Be filled and empowered by his Spirit for such.
You know you can't get into heaven by doing the Golden Rule. True, we need Christ.
The Golden Rule doesn't take into account that their needs might be different than my needs. And the Platinum Rule trump's the Golden Rule ..kind of how it kind of like how it goes with your cards. Here it is: doing the others as they would like to have you do unto them.. if it's righteous for you to do it for them.
Cuz people often have different needs. Let every one of us look after the others interests. Let's not be selfishly seeking our own.
Pray and then work hard and smart. Act like men.. men. No excuses -- those are a dime a dozen.
“When men work, they work. But when men pray, God works." ~ Angus Buchan
"The wicked man’s fears will all come true and so will the good man’s hopes." Proverbs 10:24
Listen, there is a fear that is unhealthy, and a fear that is good to have.
There's nothing wrong with being somewhat scared of that computer, that bottle, that iPhone, that joint or place where you used to gladly fall down, that close party-animal friend who always loves your company. Bad company corrupts good morals!
Learn to love righteousness and to hate sin like ..and to the same degree as.. the Lord does. He loves you!
Yeah, choose to fear God too (live in respectful awe of your pure first love - your dear Friend Christ).
1 Peter 3:15 said — But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear..
Rev. 11:11 — Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
"I have discovered who the enemy is and it be me." ~ Pogo (From a comic strip. Good idea, stop being your own enemy. Don't obey all your feelings or your fleshly nature. See Romans 7:24)
Don't even join your real enemies ever.. believer. Live in victory and witness to them with the Gospel -- win them to Christ.
Who are they, the real enemies of your soul? Well. This world system is, I don't mean the earth or all those in the world. Your fleshly nature is, the devil and the other fallen angels are. But God loves you and is on your side.
Ya can't cast out the flesh as many so-called churches and Christians try to do. The fleshly nature inside just doesn't go away like that. You have to crucify it.
Two natures within me they keep battling it out so to speak, the new nature and the old nature, but the one I feed the most seems to be winning.
Yeah, good idea: Don't feed your fleshly nature - starve it to death. Choose life now and daily (instead of doin' that which tears you down even if you feel like doing that). Sow the Spirit, believer, and not to the flesh or to the world and you'll not be suffering the hard consequences, but will reap abundant life.
When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily; but with honest, sensible leaders there is stability. Proverbs 28:2
“You only get Communism and this type of hard concrete authority when society has completely broken down. It just doesn't come in to the picture when there's moral stability in a nation.” ~ Liney
Lord, when we're swimming in lies and deception and it's hard to know what current leader to trust in the USA, so may more of us turn to the light of Your Word for Truth and guidance. Help us know the Truth and may He who is the Truth, the Way, the Life set us free.. all to Your glory.
We're well aware of the spiritual illnesses, the contamination, and various horrible pollutions in our world gone astray.
Spiritual pollution is far worse than any other kind! No spiritual compromise, no stride from the Master's side, no excuses.
We serve a living unpolluted Savior who has conquered sin and death! Plan to join us in inviting others to Christ and to a well Bible teaching church. Let's remember the sacrifice of our pure and living Lord Jesus Christ and celebrate His glorious resurrection!
Rev. 19:5 — Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”
Rev. 14:7 — saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
1 Peter 3:15 — But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear..
1 Peter 2:17 — Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Don't have any world fear.
2Ti 1:7 — For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Really, sometimes it’s you, not it. It’s interior more so than exterior.
Watch what goes into your ear and eye gates. Typically, what’s most on the heart, will be most often on the lips. What’s been on your mind, what have you allowed into your heart?
Watch over your heart and inner human spirit, cuz sometimes. “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?” – Jack Sparrow
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23
Lord, help me grow and live pure in your will. I seek you will all my heart. Please use and keep me. Amen.
So we can’t look back, why do it. That’d be lame.
Many people have been lookin’ for heaven on earth. True. And one day heaven will come down to earth.
They have a longing for Home.. I'm talking about for heaven where they can be happy and really feel at home.
Heaven is beyond words. The Bible says that God has set eternity in our hearts. Have you been homesick for heaven lately?
God makes all things new. No more old, painful, diseased or lame! Yes, God loves new too. He can make each of us new inside.
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.“ John 3:14-18
Heaven is beyond words. Heaven is mentioned 532 times in the Bible, and more than 10% of those mentions are in Revelation. Did you know God loves new too! He said, “Behold, I make all things new.” After the millennial reign of Christ, we enter into “eternal timelessness.”
In this New Earth, we will have a new city. The New Earth and New Jerusalem are prepared places for prepared people. Jerusalem is the nerve center of the world geographically. The salvation center of the world spiritually. The storm center of the world prophetically.
- Jerusalem is the city of the past.
- Jerusalem is the city of the present.
- Jerusalem is the city of the future.
There’ll be a rapture up into the 3rd heaven (beyond the blue sky and 2nd one.. space). There is real place called Heaven -- it’s a place of real love where you and I will feel right at home. More so than here even. Anywhere here on earth. No more awkward, or pain, or tears of sorrow. Heaven will come down to earth and both will become one and we can be there with Jesus. You were meant to have an unending relationship with God the Father through Him.
Seek, find, and keep on seeking the Lord.
Today a good day to find Jesus. Here and now. Now is good to come to Him as you are.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” ~ Jesus, Matthew 11:28-30
