Hate me Hate my brother

Hello Good day to you all. Blogging is in my blood again! I have been struggling lately, having a crisis of faith lets say. I have been letting my old self trick the new me into bad thoughts and mischevious actions! Which brings me to the title, I feel i have not been respecting my-self In Christ, therefore disrespecting my brother who needs to see Christ at work in and through me. Hate and Love are at opposite ends of one another I do believe, and if I am commanded to Love God with all my being and love my neighbor as myself, which I am (Mark 12 28-31 One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' "The second is this, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' There is no other commandment greater than these." ) then I should not hate myself, my new self my Identified, consecrated self In Christ. I thank the Lord I have is Light to guide me in my times of darness!

(1John 2 10-11 The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.)

Hope this is as much an outlet for you the reader as it is me the writer

God is with us, talk to Him <><

Seek The Lord

Gal 1:10

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. 2Cr 5:9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. Col 3:23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, Col 3: 1Th 2:4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

Reconciliation

Good morning campers, God is good! I have'nt done this in a while so bare with me :) I am awake right now on this Saturday morning about to go to the Methodist church to give away food. I had no idea what to write about this morning so I prayed and then I asked a dear sweet friend what her favorite verse was and so I am gonna go with it.I truly love the verse she told me, Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Reconciliation beautiful I mean here we are enemis of God, and we are reconciled. There are 2 definitions of reconcile 1 is To compose or settle, as Jesus does my soul on a daily, moment by moment basis. When i step out of the way of course

2 is to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent as Jesus has done for me with God through the spilling of his blood on Calvary.

Wow now i have been settled and am in harmony with Godthrough the death of Jesus, awesome; oh oh wait it gets better look it says since i am now reconciled i will be saved by the life of Jesus! Not only am I settled and in agreement with God, the creator of the universe I can now live, abide with Him for eternity! Awesomeness. Beautiful, thank you becca. I love you! I want to leave out with afew more verses i was led to while writing this. 2 Corinthians 5:18-22

Now all {these} things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin {to be} sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Awesomeness :)

Lovin is what I got! God is with us and for us, talk to HIm. Pray for me and I'll pray for you, nah lol I will pray for you no matter what! ><> Peace!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy holidays - now the politically correct greeting, replacing the Merry Christmas which has become so offensive in our wonderful day of enlightenment. It mirrors the obvious, subtle attack on a Christmas that still offers a Saviour.

Christ in a manger is quite acceptable; the truth is this babe, as the son of God, grew to manhood and gave His life as God's gift of everlasting life. No gift is ours until we receive it. "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift."

Mankind continues to run to and fro hoping to at last have earned his salvation. "Not by works of righteousness, but according to His mercy He saved us." All the charitable deeds in the world cannot save one sinner. Christ is the only Saviour. "There is none other name under Heaven by which we must be saved."

Despite the ever popular opinion polls, sin is still man's tragedy; and Jesus Christ is still God's panacea for this predicament. Material abundance, culture and education all fail to produce peace of mind. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee."
Those of us who have received Jesus Christ can truly and with loving gratitude sing the carols of Christmas.

"Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!" Is He yours?

Heart Check

Hey hey hey, I am up early and getting ready to go workout, so I thought I would blog again! Just to think of these perceptions of mine escaping to the world! Haha, right. Anywho on to the title; HEART check. First I want to start with a few Bible verses.

Romans 12:3-17 (New American Standard Bible)

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3For through ^(A)the grace given to me I say to everyone among you ^(B)not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to ^(C)each a measure of faith.

4For ^(D)just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function,

5so we, ^(E)who are many, are ^(F)one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

6Since we have gifts that ^(G)differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if ^(H)prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

7if ^(I)service, in his serving; or he who ^(J)teaches, in his teaching;

8or he who ^(K)exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with ^[a](L)liberality; ^(M)he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with ^(N)cheerfulness.

9Let ^(O)love be without hypocrisy ^(P)Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

10Be ^(Q)devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another ^(R)in honor;

11not lagging behind in diligence, ^(S)fervent in spirit, ^(T)serving the Lord;

12^(U)rejoicing in hope, ^(V)persevering in tribulation, ^(W)devoted to prayer,

13^(X)contributing to the needs of the saints, ^(Y)practicing hospitality.

14^(Z)Bless those who persecute ^[b]you; bless and do not curse.

15^(AA)Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

16^(AB)Be of the same mind toward one another; ^(AC)do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly ^(AD)Do not be wise in your own estimation.

17^(AE)Never pay back evil for evil to anyone ^(AF)Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

That up above is the special instructions for the HEART check which is just a neat lil 'ol acrostic that one can do daily or moment by moment at times to see where they stand.

Am I:Hurting

Am I:Exhausted

Am I:Angry

Am I:Resentful

Am I:Tense

So have a blessed day IN Christ. God is with us. talk to Him<><

DID GOD CREATE EVERYTHING

A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?"

A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"

"God created everything?" The professor asked.

"Yes sir, he certainly did," the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything; then God created evil. And, since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are, then we can assume God is evil."

The student became quiet and did not answer the professor's hypothetical definition. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "May I ask you a question, professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The other students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 F) is the total absence of heat; and all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, as I have already said. We see it everyday. It is in the daily examples of man's Inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat, or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.


The student's name - Albert Einstein

Back Front Side to Side

Well hi. Man I have neglected the blog for some time now!! Sorry to all you faithful readers HAHA! Anywho, I feel like Doogie Howser when I start doing this! So, it is the eve of Christmas eve and all the hustle and bustle is still goin on. The day we celebrate our Lord and Saviours birth on seems to get furhter and further away from just that each year. I mean it is the same to me and even more special each year to me, but it just seems that "The World" is making it another Columbus day or something or El Cid day or something. Anyway I am bored sitting here Sunday night and thought I'd type something. This has been a rocky year for me, lots of adjusting with much more to come.

Stewardship

Hi folks good morning. I went to a mens conference at Woodstock FBC a couple years ago and we had these class called breakout groups and one of the breakout groups I went to was called STEWARDSHIP. I was thoroughly disappointed in the way the group was handled. The leader of the group asked what was the first thing you think of when you hear the word stewardship?, and me not having been around "Church Lingo" that much innocently and confidently said "Management" and the group leader shot me down and then one after the other the other men in the group started saying money, money, finances, money... I got really discouraged with such a narrow view of such a wonderfully all encompassing huge word. "STEWARDSHIP"
I read once somewhere that the word steward comes from 2 words: Sty, yes like a pig sty; and ward, like the keeper or watcher of something. This was a very important position in ancient Irsish or scottish villages since a sty is where your pig or future porkchops was housed. The ward of the sty! Steward is no less important today! We are to be stewards in every aspect of life. personally I define stewardship as the management of the resources God has endowed us with, another definition I like reads like this: care for and give of the physical and spiritual resources God has provided you. To condense this immensely and make it short I will say that stewardship is the recognition that my body, my material goods, time, my abilities, and Spiritual gifts have been graciously given to me by God and God is to be Glorified in how I use these!
Have a nice day! God is with us, talk to Him <><

gentle Restoration Brethren

Galations 5:22-26, 6:1-3 - Galatians But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Galatians gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Galatians ¶ If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Galatians Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. Galatians Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; {each one} looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. Galatians Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

You know I have been hanging out with a friend of mine a lot lately and she has ben through it, just as a lot of us have. She is striving to better herself and I am striving to be a good friend. I just find it hard and daunting to be a friend when everyone has prejudged her due to her past. I am not going to name names but a lot of people have just chewed the girl up and spit her out. I tell these same people that I have done a lot of the same stuff and they say "well we see that you are trying." What in the hell is that supposed to mean? Shouldn't we help someone no matter what, I literally truly genuinely honestly despise that ludacris statement "God helps those who help themselves" PROPOSTROUS!!!!! God does not help anyone! He does not help people get saved, He saves them. I mean sure He is a Helper in time of need and all, but the context of that word help is kind of like stand beside as you walk through something, the knowing of God being with me always is a great help! I wish you people could go through what I go through in a day. I am analyzed to a T. Accountablilty is one thing but instead of reflecting what you see wrong in yourself onto me look in the mirror and let yourself see you! "God helps those who help themselves" ha, God kills the self the I and joins the new I with Christ, this all the help I will ever need!
God is with us, let's talk to Him <><

Depressed

You know fathers day just passed and it was a good time. I celebrated Sunday with my family and Saturday with another. It was fun. I did let it get to though and I have been carrying this burden for quite some time. I think I was meant to be a dad, but God knows I haven't been ready to be one. I have been involved with a couple of abortions and they were not my children, but I am sick to my stomach for being involved. It has really been getting to me lately. Count it all joy though. I had a thing happen to my when I was 17 yrs old called testicular torsion right before my senior year of high school. Testicular torsion is a medical emergency that needs immediate treatment. Death of the testicle can occur in a few hours. I have never gone back for a follow up and I do not know why but I think that because of this that I am not be able to have kids. Hopefully I am totally wrong, but as soon as I get insurance I will find out. I have been spending a lot more time with a friend of mine lately and to see her spend times with her kids and to see her family love those children is just precious, anyway I just wanted to write this today. Sunday was an emotional day for me, I had many ranging emotions going through my body that were confusing me and hurting me emotionally of course. i got into the Bible later on that evening and was reading the Bible and as usual God's everlasting word soothed me and calmed me and peace was obtained. I read Zechariah 4 & 5 and also Acts 9. I do not know why I just shared all this I just felt led to do so today. Thank you for reading and taking an interest and have a nice cool day. God is with us talk to Him. Pray for me please. <><

God or Satan

Hello! If you live in my area you have probably heard of World Redemption Outreach Center and of the Apostle Ron Carpenter, I wonder who appointed that title?? We had a recent storm and their church was flooded and I heard a member say it was the devil trying to keep them down and that they weren't going to let the devil win! I immediately thought of New Orleans and its devastation and how I heard numerous Christian leaders say that God brought that forth on that sinful place and it made me wonder just who may have flooded the World Redemption Outreach Center with the "Apostle" Ron Carpenter. Now here goes my church lady routine from SNL hmmmmmm maybe it was ummmmm let's see... SATAN! How can a church say that the devil is not going to win when the devil has already been beaten 2,000 years ago?
We are more than Conquerors, that fight has been won for us without us having to do anything. Grace baby grace!

Things to Avoid

James 4

Things to Avoid

1What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"? 6But He gives a greater grace Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE." 7Submit therefore to God Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. 11Do not speak against one another, brethren He who speaks against a brother orjudges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. 12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but⁾who are you who judge your neighbor? 13Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." 14Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." 16But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. 17Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Orbital

Hello, here I am; to blog again. My birthday is wednesday and I'll be 34. Am I happy? Am I sad? Am I mad or am I glad? Am I satisfied or am I just lackadaisically content? To see my thought, oh the idea of it; an orb as big as a dot this one little thought. A perfect little sphere, this one little thought. See my thought just a dot. To see my choice a trillion gazillion lines running from my dot. Which one do I take? Who cares? Will anyone lead?
Must I follow?
To see my life a connection of dots, an orb; a perfect little sphere black in a gray background.

Eternal Security/Suicide

Ok, let's shake those Monday mornin blues out of our body and give a big 'ol stretch and shout, breathe in and out; now SING a song. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh. Well, this morning at work we got on the topic of suicide and also eternal security. I think I was the only one in that group who believed in Eternal Salvation and I believe I was also the only one that believed you wouldn't go to hell for killing yourself. I think suicide was an accepted thing in the early church, but when numbers started getting low they started saying you would go to hell for it, but I digress. All I can say about eternal security is what various Bible verses say : (NASB): Matthew 28:20 - teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (NASB): John 3:36 - "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." (NASB): John 6:37 - "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. (NASB): John 10:29 - "My Father, who has given {them} to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch {them} out of the Father's hand. (NASB): Romans 8:38-39 - For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NASB): Hebrews 13:5 - {Make sure that} your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,"
Now about suicide, I believe that the only thing on this planet that will send you to hell is not accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Then there is the argument that if a person is saved he wouldn't commit suicide, and to me that is like saying a person who is saved wouldn't commit sin. (NASB): Romans 7:23-25 - but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. Now there are only 2 places I can recall off the top of my head where we read of suicide : (NASB): Judges 16:29-31 - Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life. Then his brothers and all his father's household came down, took him, brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. Thus he had judged Israel twenty years. and in (NASB): Matthew 27:5 - And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. After reading these look in your Bibles at the surrounding verses and let me know how Holy Spirit leads you to perceive it. This all I have foe today, you all have a nice one. God is with us, let's talk to Him. <><

The Church part 3

Hello! I didn't get much sleep yesterday and I am winding down from working third all night so excuse me in advance for any typos or babbles :). I was reading yesterday what I had written and I noticed I use a lot of I's and I would like to iterate or re-iterate that the I being referred to is the new creation In Christ, led by the Holy Spirit. Even though I am a new creation I still must check my motives, assure the strength being called upon mine or His-ours. For example if I go to typing in this blog without prayer and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty then I might as well be beating a dead horse. My intentions may be right on, but they will always miss the mark in my own strength apart from Jesus. You know the road to hell is paved with the best of intentions. Now some randoms on the Church :
1. When a church allows God's presence and activity to be expressed, a watching world will be drawn to Him. ( Experiencing God )
2. The Church, the Body of Christ must keep the focus on God and ask the right questions from a God centerdness.
3. The Church together must submit to the head, Jesus Christ to transform the world.
4. God wants His people to be holy and pure. (1 Peter 1:15-16 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, " YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.") ( Ephesians 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.)
5. God wants His people to display unity. (John 17:22-23 "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.) ( Colossians 3:14 - Beyond all these things {put on} love, which is the perfect bond of unity.)
6. God wants His people to love each other ( Romans 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.) ( 1Peter 1:22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,)
Ok that is all for today I hope weare informed and I pray we apply as well. Have a great day, and if you live in my area drink plenty of liquids, it's gonna be a hot one. God is with us, let's talk to Him. <><

The Church part 2

Hi :) Good day to you all. I am now continuing what I started on the church. Here is what I put in part 1: A local church, living out together the life of Christ is God's strategy to change the world. Christ created, built His church : Matt 16:18 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Christ uses truthful Spirit led shepherds/pastors Eph. 4:11-13 And He gave some {as} apostles, and some {as} prophets, and some {as} evangelists, and some {as} pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Christ arranges each member in each church according to His will 1 Cor. 12:18 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.

Here is part 2: (NASB): 1 Corinthians 12:27 - ¶ Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it. The church is a living body of Christ with many members. The church is not a building or organization, it is a group of people built up into a living body. (NASB): Ephesians 1:22 - And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,The church is uniquely related to Christ as Head of the body. (NASB): Ephesians 4:15-16 - but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all {aspects} into Him who is the head, {even} Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. All matters of the church are to come under Christ's Lordship. In 1 Corinthians 12 we see that members of a church are also uniquely related to each other. All members are interdependent of each other and all members need each other! (NASB): Matthew 28:18-20 - And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." The church is on mission with Christ in the world to carry out God the Father's redemptive purpose. (NASB): 1 Corinthians 3:9 - For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

Part 3 is tomorrow Have a great day! God is with us, talk to Him <><

Child Faith

Hi there campers. What beautiful weather we have been having. I love the warm weather or hot as some call it, I guess I am a boy of summer. I know I said I was doing a series on the church and what I believe God says about it through the Bible, but I was struck by the thought of childlike faith this morning. I was remembering of when I was a child and how I always wanted to be doing what my Daddy was doing. I mean I couldn't wait to cut grass or wash the car or fix something in the workshop or clean the pool or whatever. It was what I was consumed with, it was like I couldn't wait to be like my father.
Matthew 18:3 - and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
This brings me to child faith wanting every moment of every day to be like my Father to be focused on what He is doing. Can I do it, no; not in my own strength, but His!
1 Corinthians 14:20 - ¶ Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Have a wonderful day! God is with us, let's talk to Him. <><

God and Golf

Hey there! Good weekend to everyone! Everyone take a moment please right now and pray for the Locke Family in Florida during gay day! Gay people are very confused I believe, VERY ! I am sure Michael and his family will reflect Christ to all that come in contact with them. I am not on the church this morning, even though I wanted to; but I learned a neat lesson yesterday while golfing. You see the Haven of Rest had its annual golf tourney at Southern Oaks in Easly and I attempted to play in it. Praise God for whoever came up with captains choice rules! My team mates where Dow Welsh pastor of Northside Christian and Quincy Waters and an Engineer named Jeff Gilreath. Jeff was my cart-mate and they all ended up giving me lots of pointers on the game of golf. All I can say is, is that I was very consistent with drives putts lobs and pitches they where all pretty much off the mark. During one of the drives to the ball Jeff was explaining to me the physics of hitting down to make the ball go up and that got us onto how we have to die to self to truly live! It was great. God is good, all the time and all the time God is good! He has His examples out there all around us if we look with His eyes I believe. Another thing Mr. Gilreath and I talked about was how when Jesus was on the cross and the thieves on either side of Him had their legs broken so that they would hurry up and die, but Jesus was already dead and didn't have to have His broken. We talked about how God has to break our legs so that we die to self. I was very tired, having a 1:00 tee-time and coming straight off the night shift to the tourney, but I wouldn't have missed it for the world! I would like to ask all the readers to pray for the Haven of Rest and especially pray for the lives God is changing through the Haven of Rest and all of its ministries.

That is all I wanted to say today, I'll be back on the church series next blog. Have a great day. God is with us, talk to Him! <><

The Church part 1

Hello and good day to ya! I am going to do a series on a Biblical view of the church. I am not by any means pointing any fingers at any church, I am just going to be stating the Word of God and how the Spirit has led me to perceive it.
A local church, living out together the life of Christ is God's strategy to change the world. Christ created, built His church : Matt 16:18 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Christ uses truthful Spirit led shepherds/pastors Eph. 4:11-13 And He gave some {as} apostles, and some {as} prophets, and some {as} evangelists, and some {as} pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Christ arranges each member in each church according to His will 1 Cor. 12:18 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.

Guess what part 2 will be tomorrow hope you are informed and maybe enlightened by God's everlasting ever fresh ever new unchanging Word!

Have a great day! God is with us, talk to Him!

Pentecost X 3

This past Sunday in church my pastor said the words 1st Pentecost and that sparked me into finding the other Pentecosts. Here they are!

Acts 2:4-5 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
Now here we are seeing Jews, in a group; being baptized by the Holy Spirit. This is always done in a group and not an individual experience.
Acts 8:14-17 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
Now here we are seeing Samaratins, in a group; being baptized by the Holy Spirit. The Samaratins had to have the same experience as the Jews so the Jews could identify them as Christian Brethren.
Acts 10:44-47 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter answered, "Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"
Now here we are seeing Gentiles, that would have been me back then; being baptized by the Holy Spirit. As the Samaratins, the Gentiles had to have the same experience so that the Jews could identify them as Christian Brethren.

All of these Pentecosts happened in groups of people and happened once.

Have a great day! God is with us, talk to Him! <><

Just something I think we should know

WHOLE Bible verses deleted in the NIV

The following WHOLE verses have been removed in the NIV--whether in the text or footnotes...over 40 IN ALL!!!

Matthew 12:47 -- removed in the footnotes

Matthew 17:21 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."

Matthew 18:11 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."

Matthew 21:44 -- removed in the footnotes

Matthew 23:14 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation."

Mark 7:16 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."

Mark 9:44 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

Mark 9:46 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

Mark 11:26 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Mark 15:28 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors."

Mark 16:9-20 (all 12 verses) -- There is a line separating the last 12 verses of Mark from the main text. Right under the line it says: [The two most reliable early manuscripts do not have Mark 16:9-20] (NIV, 1978 ed.) The Jehovah's Witness "Bible" also places the last 12 verses of Mark as an appendix of sorts.

Luke 17:36 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."

Luke 22:44 -- removed in the footnotes

Luke 22:43 -- removed in the footnotes

Luke 23:17 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)"

John 5:4 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had."

John 7:53-8:11 -- removed in the footnotes

Acts 8:37 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. It's deletion makes one think that people can be baptized and saved without believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Sounds Catholic. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."

Acts 15:34 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still."

Acts 24:7 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,"

Acts 28:29 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves."

Romans 16:24 -- COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. What are you NIV readers missing?
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."

I John 5:7 -- Vitally important phrase COMPLETELY removed [also deleted from the Jehovah's Witness "Bible"]. In the NIV it says,

"For there are three that testify:"

Compare the NIV reading with the following Jehovah's Witness reading--

"For there are three witness bearers,"

What are you NIV readers missing? What does the real Bible say?

"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."

This is one of the GREATEST verses testifying of the trinity. That is why the Jehovah's Witnesses leave it out. They do not believe in the trinity and they do not believe that Jesus is God. Why does the NIV leave it out...? Whole books have been written on the manuscript evidence that supports inclusion of this verse in the Bible. Reader, do you believe in the triunity of God? If so, then this deletion should offend you. People are playing around with the Bible and it ain't funny.

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Community

James 5:16- Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

In my Sunday school class we are doing this book and it is all about growing more like Christ and becoming more acquainted with each other in doing so. Whenever I think about this, it always reminds me of this verse. One of our teachers, Erin Finnel mentioned in class the other day that when you see a therefore at the beginning of a verse that you look back and see what it is there for! Therefore is always the conclusion of a thought or command, anyway I suggest everyone read the whole chapter even the whole book, it's not that long. The book of James jumps all over me when I read it. James 5:16 speaks to me so much because I live in shame and I believe others do too, because we live these double lives or we have these secret sins that no one else knows about. I used to hate the fact of small town living because everyone knows your business, and in some ways I still do not like it, but it is good when others know your business or sins or faults or whatever and through Christ or Christ through them, they stand by you and overcome that sin with you, our freedom In Christ is His service, through us; to one another.
Thank You and Good Bye, lets get real, I will if you will, haha!
It's a hard step to let others in. God is with us, let's talk to Him! <><

hohum

staring at my wall
i don't know what to write
looking out the window
my world moves so slow
feelings i keep inside
wanting to be heard
my eye and thought distracted
death hits the bird
lying in the yard
outside the window
sped to dead
is how it is

Right and wrong

Good saturday mornin to ya! You know I was at work this morning and this thought landed in my mind. It was about being right or wrong. I may have written on it before and if I wrote something different before then I have grown from that to this: There is no right or wrong for those of us In Christ only love and forgiveness. I guess in Heavenly terms it is called Grace and Mercy. I hopefully will wake up later and expound on this.
Have a good day. God is with us, talk to Him. <><

Complete In Christ

Hi, I am still stuck on perfection! Here are a few thoughts on it! I will never know what it means to be Complete In Christ until I know I need to know it!

“Progress is only advancing in the knowledge, the spiritual knowledge, of what we really possess at the outset. It is like ascending a ladder. The ladder is grace. The first step is, we believe that the Lord Jesus was sent of God; second, that in the fullness of His work we are justified; third, we make His acquaintance; fourth, we come to see Him in heaven; we know our association with Him there, and His power here; fifth, we learn the mystery, the great things we are entitled to because of being His body; sixth, that we are seated in heavenly places in Christ; seventh, lost in wonder and in praise in the knowledge of Himself” (J. B. Stoney).

1.By God's amazing grace I am IN Christ, the rest of my days here on earth is experiencing Christ in me. I pray that the Lord open my heart as a communicator to know the Truth. Colossians 1:27 - to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Christ is in me to do the Father's will. Since I am a new creation In Christ then I need to prove it. Ask, am I calling God a liar with disobedience?
2.God doesn't want me to be happy with God, but to be Holy in God. Happy comes from happenings and circumstances, joy is a fruit of the Spirit. there is therefore now no condemnation to those... who do not walk according to the flesh (SARX), but according to the Spirit (PNEUMOS)... for the mind of the flesh (SARX) is death; but the mind of the Spirit (PHRONEMA TOU PNEUMATOS) is life and peace; because of this the mind of the flesh (SARX) is enmity towards God... those in the flesh (SARX) are not able to please God... if anyone has not the Spirit (PNEUMOS) of Christ, this one is not His... for as many as are led by the Spirit (PNEUMOS) of God, these are sons of God." -Romans 8 (Interlinear Bible) Pneumos is translated breath and in Scripture is translated Breath Of GOD, or Spirit of God. Awesome even God's Breath brings perfect life!
3.I need to get educated out of my intelligence. Be transformed into Jesus, talk like Jesus, walk like Jesus. Jesus never reacted, but instead He responded with His Father. His focus was always on His Father, GOD!
4.I am the canvas Christ is painting on and He is the perfect Artist! Who gets the Glory- the picture or the artist? Am I surrendered to a blessing from God or God? I need to be thankful for the bad things God kept me from yesterday, heck this morning even, 1 second ago even. Attitude of gratitude!

Have a grrrrrreat weekend everyone. GOd is with us, talk to Him! go to Church on Sunday! <><

More On Perfection

For some reason it is still circling my mind. I am just going to share what the Bible says here. Colossians 2:6-14 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, {so} walk in Him, having been firmly rooted {and now} being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, {and} overflowing with gratitude. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Death has been nailed to the cross with all that was wrong with our lives. 2000 years ago I died on a cross with Christ! Amen Amen! You know I hear the phrase "You're only human it's ok" and that phrase is beginning to IRK me!

Perfect

Well hello, thank you for dropping in! I was reading a daily devotion this morning online and one of the summarizes read like this : You are imperfect – Living with an imperfect person requires patience. You, my friend, are an imperfect person, and there are some people who require patience to live with you! (Think about who they are and thank them today.) When I read this it made me want to give up. I am not imperfect, I am a new creation In Christ! My condition was imperfection, but my position today is perfect before God. God looks at me and sees Jesus. There are some verses I want to share and when you read them you can hopefully see where I am coming from when I say that the statement I read in the devotion is a defeated attitude and wrong! Here are the verses : Colossians 1:25 - 28 Of {this church} I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the {preaching of} the word of God, {that is,} the mystery which has been hidden from the {past} ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.
The hope of Glory; Jesus Christ is in me!
James 1:2-4 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
That statement I read was speaking of being patient with imperfection, I read this and patience is part of perfection.
There are many more verses I could give, but I think these last two will get the point across I believe the Holy Spirit helped me to understand and they are : Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. and Matthew 5:43-48 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on {the} evil and {the} good, and sends rain on {the} righteous and {the} unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? "If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing {than others?} Do not even the Gentiles do the same? "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
The main verse there I have in red and that is Matt 5:48, this verse looks kind of like a commandment to me. I mean it is telling me, Kyle Payne; to be perfect like God and I believe in Galatians 5:16 it tells me how, let the Holy Spirit do it. I hope this makes since to you like it does me or if you feel I am totally off base then please tell me and let me know why. Have a great day! God is with us, talk to Him! <><

Luke 9:23, 1Thes. 5:17, 2 Cor. 13:5

Hi there. It is Tuesday and I got great news this morning. It seems that 1st is in my future. This may not thrill any of you, but to me it is like climbing that first big hill on the Scream Machine before you blast off!
You know I was thinking again this morning, and I was wandering on some ways still I could implement into my daily walk with Christ so that I could maybe walk to a higher ground so to speak with Christ and as I was thinking on this while hustling and bustling about on my job 3 passages went BAM through my mind and you probably already guessed that they are Luke 9:23, 1 Thes. 5:17, and 2 Cor. 13:5.

1. Luke 9:23 And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
This is such a powerful verse, it is in a basic since telling me to reckon myself dead with Christ and to put Him first in all things.

2. 1Thes. 5:17 pray without ceasing
I used to wonder how does one pray continuously? This may be wrong but Christ has indwelled me and is praying for me, I also need to keep a continuing continuous contact with GOD. If or when I mess up and sin I know it because the Holy Spirit lets me know and when I i feel that conviction then prayer is the way to confess it and recieve forgiveness.

3. 2 Cor. 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test?
This verse tells me that I am going to do things my way and in my will and not through Faith.

Now these 3 verses I am writing down on 3 separate 3x5 cards and I am going to implement them throughout my day. I may even write them on cards for home and some for work and some to carry around with me. If anyone else does this too get back with me here in a month or so and let us see what has come of it.

God is with us, Talk to Him. <><



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Make it Happen

Hello everyone, if there are any religious readers of this blog I am sorry for not posting this week. This work schedule and my own head has had me messed up! Praise God through His merciful love He sent His Spirit to renew me. You know often when I fall short and miss the mark I ask myself what made this happen, why did I do this habitual sin again, why did I know I was going to do and not try to stop myself from doing it? How do I put in action the tools necessary for me to grow and continue no longer in certain dominating sins? This past week God has been taking me camping in the books of Peter. You see I was at work the other morning and things were slow so I was reading my Bible. I didn't know what I should read so I read some Psalms and Proverbs, then I went to 1Peter, then I said you know I ought to read the Bible by the chart in the back so I flipped to that days date May 1 or 2 and it had 2Samuel 13 & 14 and 1Peter 1. I read 1Peter a few times over the next few days and then yesterday I read 2Peter. Then God told me through His everlasting fresh and new Word how to use my tools. 2 Peter 1:3-11 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of {the} divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in {your} moral excellence, knowledge, and in {your} knowledge, self-control, and in {your} self-control, perseverance, and in {your} perseverance, godliness, and in {your} godliness, brotherly kindness, and in {your} brotherly kindness, love. For if these {qualities} are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these {qualities} is blind {or} short-sighted, having forgotten {his} purification from his former sins. Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
I do not think I can put it any better than what I read online about these verses so here is the link if you wanna check it out: http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/2pet1511.htm

Have a wonderful weekend, Kiss your Mom Hug your Dad love your kids say nice thing to your brothers and sisters and go to church on Sunday. God is with us, talk to Him! <><

Stained Glass Masquerade

Stained Glass Masquerade Lyrics
Artist(Band):Casting Crowns
Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin’ so small
Cause when I take a look around
Everybody seems so strong
I know they’ll soon discover
That I don’t belong
So I tuck it all away, like everything’s okay
If I make them all believe it, maybe I’ll believe it too
So with a painted grin, I play the part again
So everyone will see me the way that I see them
*Chorus*
Are we happy plastic people
Under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness
And smiles to hide our pain
But if the invitation’s open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade
Is there anyone who’s been there
Are there any hands to raise
Am I the only one who’s traded
In the altar for a stage
The performance is convincing
And we know every line by heart
Only when no one is watching
Can we really fall apart
But would it set me free
If I dared to let you see
The truth behind the person
That you imagine me to be
Would your arms be open
Or would you walk away
Would the love of Jesus
Be enough to make you stay
Chorus x2
Well if the invitation’s open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade
Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin’ so small

I heard this song the other day for the very first time and I had to share it here. I do not know about you, but there is a lot of me in these words.
God is with us, let's talk to Him! <><

Polished Up

Hi there folks, hope all is well with whoever you are reading this! Norman Vincent Peale is a great author. I just want to put that in here. :) To touch on what I read in another blog about Melissa yesterday, she fought and fought and she was ready to meet her Father.

Ok folks I am about to let y'all in on one of my thought processes and it may seem weird, but to me it's natural; so now, here comes the madness. I am at work this morning you see and I was looking at my leg and how one of my many scars has been kind of erased by me getting bigger. Then I got to thinking that if I lose weight then I'll look and feel better but that ugly scar will probably show back up. Stick with me here b/c I am getting somewhere with this. Then my brain automatically switched to how when I used give my car a good wash and wax and polish job how it made all the dents, dings and scratches stick out more. Then my brain jumped to how when the Holy Spirit started working on me and how I started changing and acting different, and how now Spiritually I am polished up and the Holy Wax of the Holy Spirit is making my personal dents and dings and scratches stand way out for me to notice easier and allow God to repair and replace. Well that is all I got this morning.
God is with us, talk to Him <>< In order for something to live, something has to die. Have a good day.

The Mind of Christ

In this young Christian life of mine I have had to look at things as black or white, right or wrong, but I am learning that the mind of Christ is open to all things, to understand them and heal them and reconcile them. What may be right for this world may be wrong wrong in this Spiritual world, or what may be right for some may be wrong for others: Romans 14:14 - I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Romans 15:7 - ¶ Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.
I have and you all have probably heard the saying "No news is good news." The devil works in our minds, he also uses people like carriers, like carrier pigeons; to talk about and spread news or gossip. Just read 1 kings ch.21 and see how Jezebel did this. The only news I should even be considering talking about is the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ and Him resurrected and ascended and living in me and He wants that for us all. This is the only news I am commanded to talk about: Matthew 28:18 - And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Matthew 28:19 - "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:20 - teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Let us look to 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. Consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, unless we become tired and faint in our minds. The Spirit of Christ in me is my right mind! My right right!
Philippians 2:5 - Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
Romans 15:6 - so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Corinthians 2:16 - For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.
Timothy 1:7 - For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
Isaiah 51:1 - "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, Who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn And to the quarry from which you were dug.
Have a great day! God is with us, talk to him! <><

Feelings

Woohoo it'd Friday. Good day to y'all.

I was at work this morning and a thought was circling my mind about how some of the churches I have been to and some I have seen on the tube, even here in our own area have these services that make you feel good and entertain you. Correct me if I am wrong but, I think this is the wrong way. I don't go to church to feel good, or "To get the blessing" the blessing has already been given, it is up to me to appropriate it IN Christ. I see these people talk about did you see what he did this week or so and so was fired up today the spirit was really working. The Spirit is always working! Maybe it's a mote note, but we as True Christian Disciples of Christ need to sacrifice, I do not do it like I should either. There is this song out called "So Long Self" by Mercy Me that is so true. Say goodbye to the old self, that man is dead his flesh wants to be entertained, to be gratified, but the new man the Christ Man wants to do only what He sees His Father doing. The Father being God , of course. I am sorry if anyone disagrees with me and correct me if I am wrong again but it's not about the entertainment or the feeling. If I wanted to be entertained and let my flesh feel something I'll go to the dope mans house and take a hit of crack! Who in there RIGHT mind would do that? The answer is no one, only an insane confused lost person would! Believe me, I know. Well, I am through now, Have a wonderful weekend!
God is with us, talk to Him <><

Glorious Light

Goooood Morning to ya! The weather is getting right again, and I love it. The week is coming to an end and I just continue to be amazed day after day, if I allow myself to be. I work 3rd shift now, and a wonderful thing happened this morning. You see towards the end of the shift I have a buggy or yarn waste that I have to take through the mill to this area where the waste is bailed and recycled I guess. Every morning there is this guy sitting there on the forklift eating his breakfast waiting for his shift to start. We always speak and give each other the usual have a nice day bit, but this morning I had emptied my buggy and said have a nice day and pushed my buggy out of the room. I was about 5 or 6 steps out of the room when I was stopped dead in my tracks, and all I could think about was I need to turn around and talk with this man about Jesus Christ and that is what happened. I was led back into the room and we talked about church and salvation and Christ and his family. This man is not saved yet, but a seed has been planted and God willing if he is there in the morning some fertilizer is going to be put on that seed.
Now to the title GLORIOUS LIGHT. I have for a while been amazed by Genesis 1 where it talks about God said " Let there be Light " and it was the first day and then on the fourth day he made the stars and moons. I have wondered and pondered just exactly what was that light in Genesis 1:3 on that first ever day in time. Then, a couple of days ago; I was reading in Habakkuk and saw ch.3:4. And it goes a lil something like this: Habakkuk 3:4 - {His} radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays {flashing} from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.
When I read it, I thought back to Genesis and it just clicked to me. So this is how it clicked: Genesis 1:3 - Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. Genesis 1:4 - God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:5 - God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. Habakkuk 3:4 - {His} radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays {flashing} from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power. Genesis 1:14 - ¶ Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; Genesis 1:15 - and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. Genesis 1:16 - God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; {He made} the stars also. Genesis 1:17 - God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, Genesis 1:18 - and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:19 - There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

Have a wonderful day, tell someone about Christ. God is with us, talk to Him <><

Self Defense, Justified

Good day mates! This post may a bit choppy and I hope it makes sense. The verses I post I hope you will look up and read the chapters the are in to get and see the whole context in which they are stated.

(NASB): Romans 4:10 - How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised;
This verse here when I read it is telling me that Abraham, chosen father of all nations; was accepted by faith not the law of circumcision. We know How Abraham and Sarah had that child too, very very late in life. (NASB): Romans 4:18 - In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE." FAITH!

I am jumping down to vs 21 through Romans 5:1
(NASB): Romans 4:21-25, Romans 5:1-2 - Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,- and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, {He} who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification. Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
I have been justified (declared righteous through/be the blood of Christ) and I, this part of the Body of Christ; am at one with God ( the source of present blessings) reconciled to Him through/by Christ. The only defense I have for my sins now or future is Christ! So when I or satan or others point out my sin/sins, all I can do is agree with them and point to the cross,to Jesus risen and ascended as my defense and Praise GOD for the renewing and regenerating Holy Spirit in me, bringing me to repentance.

P.S You will see how in the beginning of the post I used by faith and the rest of it was through/by faith. I put it this way because of a new-old covenant context.

Thank You Jesus, Thank You God!

Hello there nice people. It is Monday morning here, time to jump-start the day and face the work week! You know those people at work we wish we could avoid because they un-nerve us? Let us, just for today; un-nerve them with genuine kindness if you think you can't do it then pray my friend pray. Give it to God. :)

I was reading this morning in Luke ch. 24 and my eyes were opened. I love how God's word is fresh and new every time I read it. What struck me when I was reading was in verses 25-27 how he told Cleopus and Simon, (I know Cleopus was there but, I am not sure if Simon was w/ Cleopus.) Also one of the Mary's at the cross was Mary the wife of Cleopus maybe it is the same Cleopus. I digress though. Luke 24:25 - And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Luke 24:26 - "Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"
You see earlier in verse 17 Jesus noticed they were sad and walking with their heads held low. Luke 24:17 - And He said to them, "What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?" And they stood still, looking sad. Now Jesus knew why they were sad but, wanted them to explain it so He could one more time show them how it has all been leading to this and that it was necessary and not a sad occasion but a need one. Christ even walked them through the Old Testament starting with Moses through all the prophets. Luke 24:27 - Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. Now that would have been a great Bible lesson to have been at! As I was reading all this I was thinking at how when I watch the movie "The Passion of Christ" how I get all teary eyed and sad at the way we treated our King and I believe that emotion or feeling of sadness and or anger is just a cover for me. I should really be out letting Him live through me. Doing this i believe will cause me to suffer as He did, maybe not as bad; one never knows though, but it will be all right because it will do nothing but allow me to enter into His Glory with Him. So let us turn that sad frown upside down and face the world with a smile knowing the reason we have hope,.....Jesus Christ!
Have a wonderful day, Tell someone the reason for your Hope, God is with us, talk to Him. <><