Psalm 116:1-2 I love the Lord , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
It’s a blessing to hear a redeemed sinner say, “I love the Lord.” How precious it is to love God and know He loves us back. Man may not return our love, but God loved us first, and He loves us forever.
It humbles my heart that The Almighty God of the universe inclines His ear to me. The blessing of heard and answered prayers encourages me to keep praying---to have faith when depression or distress enters the door of my life without knocking.
God specializes in lifting the fallen and strengthening the weak. He gave me salvation and eternal life and He’ll do the same for anyone who believes on Jesus. I can’t count the times He replaced my sorrow with joy.
I can never repay The Lord for His goodness, but by His grace I can give my best. I can strive to live right, to study His Word, to pray, to praise Him, and to love others. I can worship Him. I can dedicate my life to Him.
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Friday, October 2, 2015
Mercy And Grace
It was mercy that held back the wrath of God when Paul was persecuting the church. But it was grace that came to him on the Damascus Road, confronted him about his sins, and saved his soul. He wrote about it to a young preacher named Timothy.
1 Timothy 1:13-14 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
It was God’s mercy that held back His wrath when we wandered in the darkness and deadness of sin. It was His grace that reached out to us in love to confront us and call us to Jesus (Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5). Exceedingly abundant grace will save all those who come to God by faith.
When we consider where Jesus found us, what He did for us, what He is doing in us, and where He is taking us; how can we not praise Him? When we remember Who He is and Who we are, how can we not praise Him?
1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:13-14 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
It was God’s mercy that held back His wrath when we wandered in the darkness and deadness of sin. It was His grace that reached out to us in love to confront us and call us to Jesus (Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5). Exceedingly abundant grace will save all those who come to God by faith.
When we consider where Jesus found us, what He did for us, what He is doing in us, and where He is taking us; how can we not praise Him? When we remember Who He is and Who we are, how can we not praise Him?
1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
People Need The Lord
People who don’t have a personal relationship with God need to know that they are sinners and have no hope of heaven in eternity. They need to hear the Gospel of grace, that Christ died on the cross to redeem them from sin, and that He rose from the grave to save all who believe on Him. There’s hope, love, life and salvation in Jesus Christ.
We need to pray for those who spread the Gospel: the preachers, the teachers, the churches, and the missionaries. We need to witness to people.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
May God give us eyes to see the condition of the lost, ears to hear their cries, and a heart that feels their pain. May He help us see them like He sees them, so that we will develop the kind of burden for them that dwelled in Him. May God make us bold to witness.
We need to pray for those who spread the Gospel: the preachers, the teachers, the churches, and the missionaries. We need to witness to people.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
We Shall Be Like Jesus
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Every siren we hear reminds us that this world is a place of pain, suffering, loss, death and heartache. There’s a better place coming for the Saints of God.
I’m anticipating that "glory which shall be revealed in us". That’s when we will be changed. We shall be like Jesus Christ.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Think about it. I believe this will happen at the Catching Up---the Rapture of the dead and living Saints to meet Jesus "when he shall appear" in the clouds. These frail, weak, dying bodies will be replaced with bodies that are perfect and eternal.
So, while “weeping may endure for a night, ...joy cometh in the morning,” Psalm 30:5. The problems we have in this life aren't worthy to be compared to the glory we will experience in Heaven.
Every siren we hear reminds us that this world is a place of pain, suffering, loss, death and heartache. There’s a better place coming for the Saints of God.
I’m anticipating that "glory which shall be revealed in us". That’s when we will be changed. We shall be like Jesus Christ.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Think about it. I believe this will happen at the Catching Up---the Rapture of the dead and living Saints to meet Jesus "when he shall appear" in the clouds. These frail, weak, dying bodies will be replaced with bodies that are perfect and eternal.
So, while “weeping may endure for a night, ...joy cometh in the morning,” Psalm 30:5. The problems we have in this life aren't worthy to be compared to the glory we will experience in Heaven.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
A Child Of The King
Romans 8:15-16 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
When we believe in Christ our sins are forgiven, and we become a child of the King. We’re free from the bondage of sin and fear. We’ve received the Spirit of Adoption which allows us to call our new Heavenly Father “Abba” which means “Daddy”.
It’s such an intimate relationship. When we hurt we can cry out to “Daddy” like a small helpless child and know He will hear us. He loved us enough to send His beloved Son to die on a cruel cross for our sins, so we know He cares for us in our need.
We respect and reverence our “Daddy”.
When we believe in Christ our sins are forgiven, and we become a child of the King. We’re free from the bondage of sin and fear. We’ve received the Spirit of Adoption which allows us to call our new Heavenly Father “Abba” which means “Daddy”.
It’s such an intimate relationship. When we hurt we can cry out to “Daddy” like a small helpless child and know He will hear us. He loved us enough to send His beloved Son to die on a cruel cross for our sins, so we know He cares for us in our need.
We respect and reverence our “Daddy”.
Once I was clothed in the rags of my sin, Wretched and poor, lost and lonely within.
But with wondrous compassion, the King of all kings, In pity and love,
took me under His wings.
Oh, yes, oh yes, I'm a child of the King; His royal blood now flows in my veins.
And I who was wretched and poor now can sing; Praise God, praise God,
I'm a child of the King.
Bill and Gloria Gaither
Monday, September 28, 2015
In Christ Jesus
Romans 8:1-4 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
When Jesus comes into a believer’s life He changes everything. “In Christ Jesus” the Holy Spirit dwells within us, giving us the ability to stand against sin. This doesn’t suggest that we are perfect---thank God for grace!--- but the Lord makes new creatures of us, and we are no longer condemned.
“In Christ Jesus” we’ve been given the tools we need to live a holy life for His glory. The secret is in using them. Study God’s Word every day. Pray, trust, and obey every day.
“In Christ Jesus” we are His sheep and He is our Shepherd, and I claim this “eternal life” promise.
John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
When Jesus comes into a believer’s life He changes everything. “In Christ Jesus” the Holy Spirit dwells within us, giving us the ability to stand against sin. This doesn’t suggest that we are perfect---thank God for grace!--- but the Lord makes new creatures of us, and we are no longer condemned.
“In Christ Jesus” we’ve been given the tools we need to live a holy life for His glory. The secret is in using them. Study God’s Word every day. Pray, trust, and obey every day.
“In Christ Jesus” we are His sheep and He is our Shepherd, and I claim this “eternal life” promise.
John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Times Of Solitude
It was on the lonely hills of Judea with a flock of sheep for companions, the starry sky for a cathedral, and the vast expanse of nature for his classroom that David learned some of the most valuable and basic lessons of life.
He learned how to be alone with God and with himself. Away from distraction and noise, he learned how to hear the voice of God, how to commune with Him, and how to worship the Lord. No wonder God called him a man after His own heart.
Jesus sought time to be alone with His Father. Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
It’s in the times of solitude---when God shuts us off with Himself---that we learn to hear His voice and walk with Him. God prepares us for greater things during times of solitude.
Make time and take time to be alone with God.
He learned how to be alone with God and with himself. Away from distraction and noise, he learned how to hear the voice of God, how to commune with Him, and how to worship the Lord. No wonder God called him a man after His own heart.
Jesus sought time to be alone with His Father. Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
It’s in the times of solitude---when God shuts us off with Himself---that we learn to hear His voice and walk with Him. God prepares us for greater things during times of solitude.
Make time and take time to be alone with God.
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