Love is more than a Conqueror!

 Do you believe in miracles? Prayer? Perfect love?

When you think about it, the awe-inspiring fact how God is Spirit and He is love begins to wash away many questions we may have in our hearts. Since He is a Spirit and Love, we are to allow His Holy Spirit to dominate our heart, mind, soul, and strength. This is why Jesus kept saying, “Love one another.” When we respond to His Spirit of love that is given to us, God teaches us how to be united with faith when we pray. His Spirit is linked with ours and we really can do all things in Him that strengthens us! God’s love, faith, truth, and Spirit bring power. And, to think His Spirit of Love is inside of us!

What am I talking about, you might ask? Ask yourself when you pray if you are praying in love and faith? Are we praying in the Holy Spirit and motivated by His love that is inside of us?  Or, when we pray is it just a bunch of words that come out that we do not think about?

Too many decisions are based upon fear instead of faith and love. I have done it and if you think about it, you have too.  If you lose a friend because of the honesty you spoke, chances are they weren’t really your friend in the first place. One of the truths you can count upon in your life is that your words of honesty, truth and love will all be tested. God’s word never returns void.  When someone says, “I love you,” those words will be tested time and again by the giver and the receiver.  We don’t think about it at the time, but sooner or later our words will go through the fire to see exactly what they are made of, steel or stubble? If you are a student of the Bible, you will grow into knowing every time you are tested. Remember one thing during this writing, the enemy will always lie to us because the truth is not in him to give. He cannot give something that he doesn’t have. No one can. I have learned that if I wait just a little bit longer, my answer will come. If I drive around that mountain just a little bit further, I will find my destination. And, if I persevere and have the patience needed to get through my first line of defense, I will make it. God requires us to trust in Him and have patience because it works with His love. This isn’t an easy task because while He is telling us to wait, our fleshly desires seem to be on fire to go and do it all for ourselves. The last time I looked we still had McDonalds, Wendy’s, and KFC along with so many others. Like a spoiled child, we want it all now. Isn’t it interesting that anything we eat that was cooked in deep fat isn’t good for us. Weren’t we raised with this? Why now? What is happening to us now? I believe it must be sanctification [holiness].  You must admit we learn the most when we are in the valleys.

I believe that our Father uses the “suddenlies” in our lives to wake us up from our apathetic slumbers at times.

I woke up this morning with these words on my mouth, “Truth is.” I thought, what is truth? I am laying there thinking about how wonderful God’s truth is. Then after asking God these words started to come to me. Truth is the application of God’s principles given by the Holy Spirit within His perfect and pure love of Jesus. Truth is a privileged gift to us. Truth is a gift of grace to those of us who believe. Jesus is in me as I am in Him because the Kingdom of God is within me. It is the explicit and pure will of God that connects us to the process of holiness.  If God’s will be involved in your prayers, though the mountains may shake and the oceans roar, illness could come, and your love for Him be mightily tested; there is nothing on earth to be compared to the power of truth. Truth presented in His powerful Agape love, heals because He is the healer.

“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in Spirit and in Truth.” John 4:23-24 NIV

Many of us have trouble worshiping God in Spirit and Truth because God is a Spirit, and He is love. We are told to love one another. When we are truly walking in the Spirit, we are walking in His Agape love. When we are truly walking in love [Spirit], we are walking in His power. Love and faith are coupled inside of God’s Spirit and truth. This is why Jesus kept saying “Love one another.”  He knew there was power in those words. Every person that Jesus healed when He walked on the earth was through the power of love, [God’s Spirit]. And the only way any of us can worship Him in Spirit and Truth is to allow His Agape Love inside of us to takeover.

Today, more than any other time in my lifetime The Holy Spirit is aligning the consciences of believers to be holy and sensitive to His voice. If you begin to ignore your conscience it begins to look like a rabbit ear on the top of the corner of your page. Each time you ignore what your conscience is saying that rabbit ear becomes a little bit less secure and worn being bent over until one day, too weak to hold on, it just drops off the page. This is how our conscience becomes dulled and deadened. No longer do you hear what God is saying and it is all because of sin. When we do not love, we sin.

God is calling His people to respond to repentance.

Rd. Romans 2:1-4. The goodness of God leadeth to repentance.” Ro. 2:4

 I picture God’s Army strong in Him. They are a people who refuse to give into overblown vain imaginations. They are those who can discern but refuse to judge. I ask you, should you judge another without understanding? Have you gone to him/her and asked for an explanation? Wrote a letter? And didn’t Jesus Himself tell us not to judge? Because if we do, it will come back to us in the same measure. And, when we speak heresy about a brother or sister, cannot you see that we are speaking a prophetic utterance against ourselves? Why do we not fear the God of the universes? Over and over, I see this happen in the Bible. Those who are jealous, for want of control or power begin to speak against God’s anointed then, what they spoke begins to fall upon their own heads. I think about the Israelites in the desert, Korah and his men, the Book of Esther and so many more! Surely, this is why I see so many denominations, so many church buildings in a block and so many declaring they have the truth. Remember the truth is always linked with God’s Spirit [love].  There are disagreements, they break off and split and before you know it, another church has sprung up. Church! This is what the world sees in us, and it is not love! No wonder the body of Christ doesn’t have many healings, it is because they have little love.

“Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little. The Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” Lu.7:47-48 NIV

We can skirt around the different verses we do not want to accept, but they won’t go away. We can change them to fit our flesh, but that doesn’t work either. And if we do not understand something that our brother or sister does; pray about it and love them anyway. Jesus never asked us to do something we couldn’t do.

“Life and death are still in the power of the tongue.” and “For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.” Ro. 14:10 b

Let’s pray:

Heavenly Father,

You are our great and marvelous teacher, and we thank You for giving us insight into your healings and power and Into Your Spirit and Truth. You never leave us, thank You Father. Forgive our shortsightedness, lack of faith and even taking Your word for granted. Forgive us for skipping over the verses we do not understand or even saying it was for back then, but not for today. Forgive us for not accepting what your words tell us.  Forgive us for judging those we do not understand or assuming that we know when we do not. Forgive us for not accepting others in their beliefs. Give us an open heart and bring unity to your Body of Christ. Father, Your word says that no one can come to You but through Jesus Christ. We accept this and stand upon it. We ask that You saturate our souls, minds, hearts, and strength with Your love; for You have taught us when we love others we are healed in Spirit and Truth in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Irresistible love

 

 

Today, I see God’s hand everywhere in my life.  Growing up good examples of a father were not there. My series of stepfathers were either alcoholic, violent, cruel, and abusive or liars and more. Why would I ever want to get married and have children? In fact, what did relationships in adulthood show me except unhappiness and destruction? But I did have loving grandparents and 3 outstanding Uncles. My grandparents had a farm in the center of Michigan, and I lived there on and off while growing up.  I cherished learning from my grandmother and helping my grandpa with the chores, or I thought I was helping when we called in the cows for milking. He was the best grandfather a child could ever want, and I gladly went everywhere with him. Being deaf and behind the wheel of his Ford Mercury we’d race down those old country roads and into the small village of Shepherd. He was so beloved that everyone knew he was speeding, and they always turned a blind eye.  Later, back home after his chores were through for the day, he would sit in his rocking chair and take me upon his lap and begin to rock me as I would rest my head upon his chest that was filled with all the smells of the barn that I loved, I’d fall asleep. My world was complete, I had peace, and all was well. Back then, most children didn’t hear things like “I love you.”  Though I never heard it, without question I knew I was loved!

 

I was around 6-7 years old, and we were in the kitchen one day, grandfather had finished up his lunch and I can remember talking back and sassing my grandmother. I cannot recall what I said or why, but my grandfather quickly grabbed me and threw me over his knees and spanked me. Though the spanking stung, my heart was broken that I had let my hero down.  That was the first and last time I ever talked back, and he never spanked me again.  I look back as a grandmother myself and can see the love that went into that correction. He loved both me and grandmother, not to allow me to become a spoiled brat and he demanded respect from me towards my grandmother. My grandmother did not deserve the disrespect I had given to her. He was protecting both of us. Grandfather did not stop loving me! In fact, if he had let the sassiness slide it would have been a sign of not caring enough to correct the rebellion.

I can remember my mother reading Dr. Spock’s book about how to raise a child and parents believed what he wrote, and a world of permissiveness was born. Before Dr. Spock came along, parents understood the work involved shaping a character:

1.       Children were taught never to lie.

2.       Children learned not to sass their elders.

3.       Children were not allowed to run through a store but stayed with the parent nor run through another’s house when visiting unless they could go to a playmates room or outside to play. They never stayed with the adults to listen to what they would say.  

4.       Children asked permission to leave the table.

5.       Children were taught to eat everything on their plate, or they couldn’t have dessert.

6.       Children were taught not to waste anything.

7.       Children were taught how to hold a fork and other eating utensils and to close their mouths when they chewed.

8.       Children were taught how to hold a pencil properly.

9.       Children were taught responsibilities. Life meant to always help others.

10.   Children were taught to respect things that belonged to others and to be thankful for what you had.

11.   Children were taught manners. In the south, it was and still is; “yes maam, and no maam.” In the north it was “yes mom or no mom.”

As a child grew, they learned if they rebelled against any rules their parents had set, there would be consequences. If they lied about anything, they hoped it would never be found out. The child learned right from wrong. If they were raised in a godly home, they learned about God, the Bible, prayed and went to church.

Thoughts that rebellious children are only in our nation are false, the lie of permissiveness has seduced the world. Today we cannot compare which nation is worse as few of us are on the same page. We have all been exposed by the corruption of the permissive works of darkness whose lies keep them chained to an unwanted bondage and whose sins keep them blinded to the truth.  The truth is, before we are born-again, [John 3:3] we ignorantly work at destroying ourselves.

Love from God and those who love Him will take the time to correct the child from going in the wrong direction. Grandpa loved me enough to nip the back talk in the bud before it got out of control. He was not going to allow me to get away with it. Once a child sees he can get away with anything, he will do it again and again and each time will scale upon a higher and more serious level. Love cares enough to say no and follows through on that decision. How many parents ask permission from their children if it is alright for them to eat their vegetables? If it is alright for them to stop hitting their sister? If it is alright for them to take a bath or take a nap? A child does not know what is good for him. Why are you asking permission from your child to do what is right? Who is the parent? We cannot talk to our 2-year-old as if he is an adult. Are you fearful that he will hate you occasionally? Chances are, if you are a good parent, he will hate you from time to time, but when he gets older and becomes a thinker, and begins to look around at his peers who were raised in permissiveness, who became spoiled and became the most disliked students in school, he will thank you for caring enough.  

Growth will allow him to see the dangers your corrections had prevented in his life.  Do not allow fear to rule your household. Many have been brainwashed into believing that if you correct your child, he will grow up with many hangups. The truth is the child will grow up wondering why you didn’t care enough to stop him from messing up his life. If you do not stop him, you will enable him to go in the wrong direction. When he leaves home and begins school, his teacher will have the chore to control his unruly behavior in his classroom. If he continues to rebel, he won’t be able to keep a job. Finally, down the road he will be stopped when he is picked up by the Police and put in jail. If he still hasn’t learned his lesson, he will be placed in prison where he will be disciplined and put on a strict schedule to be rehabilitated and sometimes this takes years.  I have seen it. I have also seen a “perfect family” raise their children right yet produce adults with many problems. Why? Because we are imperfect people. In some of the most loving godly homes, there will still be hang-ups the children develop. Do they not learn from our “perfectly imperfect” examples? If I was forced to overeat a rich chocolate sundae 3 times a day, wouldn’t I gain unwanted weight, become slothful or throw it up? The world is watching believers and asking, “Are you real?”

What is pride but a compromised reaction for honesty?

I have also seen some of the most respectful and best children come from the home of alcoholic parents. They had little chance to understand what real love was and yet, I saw a rare depth of humbleness, kindness and respect given towards me from their sons than those who were “more privileged.”  Those kids learned early that if they wanted a good life, it would be up to them and they understood their neighbors’ struggle, because of what they were going through, that life was real and not a piece of cake.

Yet, hard times do not have to be a negative when you can see through the lens of Jesus.

I have seen mothers defend their child when notified by the teacher or law that their “Johnny” would never do something like that! Parents, listen to the teacher or that one who has come to you about the problem. Every time we don’t listen, we are crippling them to repeat their wrong. They learn, “mom will protect me.” Children will do wrong because it is in their fleshly nature. Only in Christ is this old nature broken, and through growth.

When I lived with my mother, I went in the wrong direction because I did not have any boundaries. When I asked permission to do something I always heard the words, “I don’t care.” I grew up believing that she didn’t really care, and I learned not to care either. I was given money to pacify the lack of her presence in my life. Parents, money will never cover a multitude of sins nor substitute the intimacy a child needs, only God’s love can do this that can work inside of you.

This is much like the way our Holy Father works in our lives. If you believe in God then, you must understand that there will be times when He will take the time to correct our behavior and get our attention. This does happen! He knows how to slow us down, to be still and to listen to what He says.  

This is very true for many of us. It happened to me, and God got my attention.

When I found love in Jesus Christ and the realization that we have a huge, Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresence Holy God who gave His only begotten Son to be sacrificed upon the cross for you and me, I believed. In my early beginnings I was yet to see or understand the depth of God’s grace. After all, who was this God whom I called Father, to love me before I even knew Him? What kind of love would give their only begotten Son to be a pure sacrifice for the world so they could have forgiveness for their sins? Later I was to see the futility of anyone to bring our Holy Father God down to our level, thus limiting His ways for them to grasp further insight. This doesn’t work.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

 Is.55:8-9 niv

The Holy Spirit gives us faith to reach out in belief right where we are at the time to accept Jesus as truth, Lord, and our Savior. We are given the gift of grace [undeserved favor]. As weak as we are, we learn that our strength is in Him who lives within us.  

It is impossible to please Him without faith because believers are called to a life of love and faith.

Growing, doing, speaking, and working, we still see through the glass darkly.

“Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”

1 Co.13:12 niv

The surest thing in my life was that I had entered the all-consuming holy power of agape love inside of me. I was a sinner and forgiven. I experienced the new birth.  I was set free from every sin I’d committed in my life. I had good reason to rejoice and give all my praises to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I had been taken out of a mirey pit of clay and had my feet placed upon a rock. Now I had the Kingdom of God within me. I knew I would never be the same.

I ask you a few questions:

Do you think that no one can possibly understand what you have gone through in your childhood, in your marriage or at work?

Listen, there are many of us who have been abused, misused, lied to, rejected, ignored, and even abandoned. Never think you are alone for even a minute. If you have struggled, so have we.

When you look at your life, can you see a way out of the darkness?

Trust me, fear of man blinds and binds, there is a way out and it is the same door we have walked through. His name is Jesus.

Have you lost all hope in your life?

The greatest thing that blocks fear is hope and that comes through the love of God. No matter what you have gone through, where you have come from, what you look like or what you have done, God’s love is so much greater, and He will forgive you and change your life. Can you believe this? This is why Jesus came, to set you free from the chains that has bound you. The deeper the pit, the higher the love.

There is a reason why you have read these words, it is not a coincidence.

Our time on this earth is so short. Everyone of us have many stories to tell about our yesterdays and when we look back, we are amazed that we lived through it and then realize it was only by the grace of God’s hand that we are still here.

My life changed when I held my 3^rd baby in my arms and began to read The Book of John. I had never read about such amazing love before. God loved me first before I even knew Him. Was this the Father God I had met when I was placed in an orphanage when I was 5 years of age? Yes, He was the same God and indeed, He was my true Father. Then I learned there was only one way to forgiveness and that was through His Son Jesus. The words leaped out to me, “You must be born-again” to see the Kingdom of God.” I knew this was time and knelt by my bed and confessed my sins and asked Jesus to come into my life and my heart. I believed that Jesus is Lord and I returned to the God of my childhood.

Right now, you too can accept Jesus Christ as your Savoir and allow God’s Holy Spirit to begin in your life changing journey.

I write these things because of all the experiences I have been brought through in prayer. Though we have been failed by others, we have a God who will never fail you. Our God is faithful.

Listen to what Jesus said:

“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whosoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of Him who sent me. And this is the will of Him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that He has given me,  but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:35-40 niv

There is no time, like the best time and that best time for you, is now.

Please pray this small prayer from your heart.  

Heavenly Father,

You have seen my broken heart and how I haven’t been able to trust anyone in my life. It seems like nothing works for me at times. I need Your love, I need Your truth, I need Your help.  Your word says that You love me and that If I believe in Your Son Jesus my life will be changed. You have given me hope. I believe that Your Son went to the cross and was a sacrifice so I would be forgiven. Please forgive me for all my sins. [Name those you can remember],________.  I repent and ask that Your Holy Spirit fill me up and be my strength, talk to me and teach me how to follow through with this prayer. Be my strength.  I ask to be born-again. In Jesus name I ask, for I understand this is your will in my life.

If you have prayed this prayer by faith and with a sincere heart, you are born again. Now you must begin to study the Bible to learn about Jesus’ love. Find a good Bible believing church and make new friends. They will help you with your walk and will pray with you when you need it. Congratulations and welcome into the family of Christ!

 

 

We can do this! [Short and sweet]

 

Believers Challenges

We can do this! I have already started dropping things from my life.

As I see it, America's biggest temptation has been overwhelmingly trusting in its riches in so many ways instead of trusting in God Himself. Is it no wonder many cannot hear His voice? If you eat too much candy everyone knows it will make you sick. Extravagence can have a high price at times. While I was writing this am, I felt this come to me: "Everytime we let something go from the world, we not only become free, but we are releasing His Holy Spirit to continue to transform our heart and mind into His will." Our will gives clutter, but His will takes all the chains of fear away."

Pray with me

 Please pray and agree with me.

Father, Your word teaches us how people judge others and cause those same judgements to be commissioned to be upon their own heads. And this is what we agree for, we agree that what they scheme against Your righteous people [specifically former President Trump], will fall upon them. What they speak and lie against Mr Trump to fall upon them, and when they think of evil to destroy in the darkest of nights, we openly declare will be exposed and known even all over the world. We ask for accountability to come back into our land. We ask for justice. Thank You for your principles of sowing and reaping Father. We put all our trust in You Father and we all know that You have never failed us. You are our love, our only God and We give You all praise for Your Son Jesus for rescuing us out of where we once were and into Your perfect light. We rejoice in You Father! And Your word says "life and death is in the power of the tongue" and we speak life for those who love you! We speak, in His mighty name as we ask You to release Mr. Trump and set him completely free in You, so that he will give you all praise, glory and honor through Your Holy Spirit. We ask that the entire world would see Your powerful hand upon our nation. Your grace! Your mercy! And the power of Your love! We all ask and agree for godly and honest elections and we stand upon this and speak it in faith and give you all thanks ahead of time. In Jesus name, Amen.

CCP rewrites John 8

 

CHILLING BLASPHEMY: CCP REWRITES THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 8, SO JESUS STONES THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY

Mark Ellis : Aug 28, 2023  God Reports

The textbook was published by the government-run University of Electronic Science and Technology Press, according to Aleteia.

[GodReports.com] In a textbook aimed at teaching ethics and law to high school students, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) changed John 8, egregiously altering the meaning of a famous scene demonstrating the mercy of Jesus Christ. (Image: Screengrab via God Reports)

Instead of Jesus saving the adulterous woman from being stoned to death—the CCP's version has Christ killing the woman Himself, while calling himself a "sinner."

The textbook was published by the government-run University of Electronic Science and Technology Press, according to Aleteia.

In the CCP account, Jesus forgave the sins of a woman who committed adultery. The crowd wanted to stone the woman to death as per the law. But Jesus said, ‘Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone.' Hearing this, they slipped away one by one.

Then the Biblical narrative changes dramatically.

When the crowd disappeared, Jesus stoned the sinner to death Himself saying, "I too am a sinner. But if the law could only be executed by men without blemish, the law would be dead." ... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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#2 The Language of Faith

 

#2 The Language of Faith

 

Everything the Israelites had murmured and complained about was God’s judgement upon themselves. Nu. 14:28 Their discontent, lack of faith and lack of fear of God brought about murmuring and complaining against God as they approached Moses and Aaron [God’s anointed].  They spoke their own judgements by the power of their own words.  

Isn’t it true that when we accuse another, we end up having little room for God’s love in our hearts? And, when we accuse another how can we be in His will?

Were they judging God? We know they were tempting God. Not because Moses and Aaron were “gods” but because they were God’s called to bring the Israelites into their promise land.

Not to judge another begins within us. When we do this, it doesn’t really matter what the other person says about you, no matter how the words may burn. If we judge ourselves, we won’t be judged. David wrote in the Psalms about judging and confessing his sins and always asked forgiveness.  This is a good habit to develop for all those who believe in the blood of the Lamb and the mercies and grace of God.  

I am not talking about judging righteously. If we didn’t judge righteously our country would be in an extreme case of lawlessness, which seems to be the case where we are today. Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites. They would say one thing and do another.

The Israelites sinned when they spoke against God’s anointed and, God dealt with them, but He never stopped forgiving and loving them. Their spoken judgements were commissioned by God to land upon their own heads.

Moving ahead a couple of thousand years, consider the man whose name was Saul, a well-known Pharisee in the New Testament. He thought he was doing God’s will as he persecuted the Christians and put many to death.  On the way to Damascus a light [some say it was lightning] surrounded him from heaven, and he fell to the ground, and he heard a voice asking him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord? Jesus said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.” Rd Acts 9:3-5

How could he be persecuting Jesus when he was persecuting The Body of Christ? Because Jesus’s prayer in John 17 has come to pass. All those who believe are one in Christ, just as He is one with the Father. His Holy Spirit lives within us, the righteousness of Jesus Christ and that is the Kingdom of God.

I have said this many times before, but it is always worth repeating, Saul had to be blinded to see the truth. He repented and confessed Jesus as his Messiah and was born again and became known as St. Paul. When he was persecuting the Christians, he was persecuting Jesus Himself. Remember Jesus asked him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” Paul was forgiven and used mightily in God’s work. He discovered the true love of God through Jesus. Then, he discovered that he was chosen to be an example of longsuffering:

“But mercy was shown me in order that in me as the foremost of sinners Christ Jesus might display the fulness of His long-suffering patience as an example to encourage those who would afterwards be resting their faith on Him with a view to the Life of the Ages.” 1Tim. 1:16 Berean.

 

Just as the Israelites had blindly spoken against God’s anointed, they were complaining against God Himself [tempting God] and wanted to see them stoned.  Saul strived to persecute as many Christians as possible. Not only was he blinded spiritually but also physically so much so that God used His experience to be able to see the truth.

When we go through our trials, God uses all things involved and touches many areas of our lives and others too.

There are some of us who carry our faults around just being who we are, and they can be hard to love, but I believe if we allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, He will always expose to us what we need to clean up within ourselves before we blame others for our faults. Are we sensitive to His voice?

Remember Jesus’s words:

“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and behold a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam that is in thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” Mt.7:1-5 KJV

This is a command from Jesus giving us God’s simple process of sowing and reaping. I can tell you firsthand early in my Christian walk I found out something about another believer and was appalled over what she did within the thoughts of my heart. I did not speak it but thought it. Later, I walked through the very thing I judged her over. God did not stop loving her or me, but this is one of His ways of teaching us not to judge others. Perhaps at the time I must have felt “I would never do that.”  Oh, really? The only goodness any of us have inside of us is Jesus Christ through His Holy Spirit.  We have a good Father who will not allow us to get away with any self-righteousness nor any judgement towards another. And no one is exempt. As a very young believer I listened to the different ministers sitting in my living room, judge my past.  I later discovered they all ended up walking through the very same judgements they spoke upon me before I was born-again.

I call it tough love. God loves us so much we are shown where we are in this walk of love and faith then, gives us room in our lives to plow through it. No one ever said it would be an easy row to plow, but the Bible gives us plenty of promises to stand upon and pray while we are here.

Too many times, believers become Job’s friends when as he was suffering had told him how God felt about him and giving him advice. Oh, they even knew why he was so sick. Read it for yourselves. Their “friendly advice” angered God.

It is too easy for us to misuse our tongues. How many of us speak before we take the time to think first? Not one of us is innocent of this problem. The consequences can be heavy. If we keep thinking about how wrong another believer is in his ministry, sooner or later we will speak it. I ask you, why do we feel the necessity to speak it? If a brother or sister has headed the wrong way and you are convinced, they are in the wrong, why not go to them in faith, love and talk to them? If you cannot go to them, why not write them a letter? Ask yourself what motivates you to speak against anyone in the Body of Christ?

 Jesus said we would know His sheep by their fruit.  If those whom you judge are in the wrong, I guarantee you that God will take care of it, in His time and in His way.

Our words do count because they are either life or death, fear and doubt or faith and love and our language comes from what we have stored up in our heart. If this were not true, the Bible would not have been written and used by the Holy Spirit to change many lives. Can the holiness of God’s truth live in a heart of unbelief and doubt?  The Israelites ate the fruit they had stored in their hearts and from their unbelief in what God promised, they reaped His judgement from the very words they spoke. They judged God’s anointed.

I ask you, is there anything too great for our God? Nothing is too great or too small, but you must believe that He is and will do it if you ask in faith. And, this is your language of faith, one of love.

Let’s pray:

Heavenly Father,

I know I have judged others in the past and I ask that You forgive my reckless words. I ask You remind me to guard what I put inside of my heart and cause me to think before I speak. Remind me Father that everyone I see is going through a trial in their lives. Let me be one of empathy and kindness that would reflect your Son’s love in all I do. I ask that Your Holy Spirit stir up a zeal inside of me that would be rid of all lukewarmness and any pride and replaced by The Language of faith and love. Teach me to listen to Your voice and not one of the flesh. Help me see through Your lens the goodness inside of those You love. Teach me to not be so quick to speak and when I do, to give You all praise, honor, and glory and those who have an excellent spirit to return their love in all sincerity.    Thank You Father and it is Your Son’s name; Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.  

 

For those who haven’t accepted Jesus the Christ as their Savior and would like to invite Him into their lives today. Your heart must be willing, repentant and full of belief that He was the complete sacrifice for your sins. Pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

I come to You with a heavy heart and fully admit I have been doing things my way and they just have not worked out. I need Your help Father. I believe You love me, I don’t understand why You gave your love for me but I need it. I know I have sinned. Please forgive me, [name your sins]______. Teach me Your ways and give me insight into Your love. Guide me and direct my life into this new path. I pray in faith and love through Your Son Jesus amen.

 

If you prayed that prayer with the faith of a small mustard seed, you have been born-again. Buy yourself a Bible and begin reading the book of John. Begin to attend a good Bible believing church. Your new friends have been where you are today and will help you get through the rocky times, in love, prayer and faith. Welcome to the family! You are loved!

It was ALL GOD!

 I remember talking to my husband about almost a month ago on the porch and saying: "I'd like to see a miracle." I further added that I realized that anyone who has been born-again is indeed a walking miracle because how the Holy Spirit cleans up their lives and begins to teach them in the way to grow. I did not realize at the time that I would be called thousands of miles from home to an emergency with my youngest son Scott. Scott was a health guru and studied about the best herbs and minerals to take and easily examined every label on an item before he bought it. He bought organic everything and juiced everyday and he was a weightlifter. He also avoided Drs like the plague, he just didn't trust them.  About a few months ago he started to have chest pains and couldn't breathe. I suggested that he go to the Dr and find out what was causing his problem. Instead he fasted, thinking he could take care of himself. Believe me, self-diagnosing yourself is not worth it. He went to a Rapid care that told him to go to the ER. By this time, his face, head, neck and chest were swollen to the point of being unrecognized. The minute he walked into the ER the battle began. He had a team of over 20 Drs and nurses working on him. He was "led" to a world class hospital in Ca. They knew he couldn't breathe, so the first thing they did was put Childs tube down his throat, scanned him and one Dr was 100% sure what it was and time was a huge factor. He went into cardiac arrest and was revived twice. My other 2 sons were there with him. I had flown in late and came to the hospital the next morning. I cannot explain exactly all of the procedures and the steps they took but they had to "think outside of the box to save him." They gave him radiation. They put 1 tube in each thigh that each went up and by-passed his heart so he could breathe and then on the ECMO machine. There were tubes everywhere. I mean everywhere. He was diagnosed as having non-hodgkins T-cell 1 lymphoma. He had a tumor the size of a large cantelope pushing against his heart and wrapping around his air passages. He only had a small pin hole left to breathe through. I talked to many Drs and they all gave me hope. One Dr said, "We caught it in time!" Another one said, " The good news is that it is treatable and it is curable!!" There were many people praying for Scott even all over the world and also the Drs and the nurses while all this was going on. God heard our prayers. Everyday has brought significant improvement.  He had one set of chemo and will have to follow through with more treatments when he leaves the hospital. The swelling has all gone down, almost all of his tubes have been taken out, he can walk, talk and is eating solid food. The Drs and nurses come in to check on him with tears in their eyes and cannot believe how well he is doing. He is a changed man in more ways than one. As is his brothers and myself. If I thought I was close to the Lord before, it is nothing to how I am so much more closer now. If I thought I had faith before, it is nothing compared to how I feel now. One thing for sure, I will never wish to see a miracle again. I do not need that to believe. We have a God who hears our hearts sincerest cries. He listens to everything and the love He pours out cannot be described because it is a Holy Love. He will take care of you, but you must believe that He will.  Bless you all!  

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