YOUR BELOVED

Psalms 60:5 (NKJV) 5 That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
   A woman recently said, "I don't know whats wrong, I am doing things that are not right and I don't know how to stop." Prayer is the relief valve for the soul, like the water heater that over heats a safety valve vents the pressure and temperature away from danger. I asked the woman, "What is the problem," she responded, "I am hearing voices and trying to quiet them, I just do what they say." When we acknowledge God is the only way to resolve conflict, there is a peace that He instills which cannot be worked up in our lives.
   Are you too hearing voices, get alone with God, put the distractions away and in the solitude you will discover, only God can silence the voices. How, simply put, acknowledge you are a sinner, estranged from God, tell Him you want His way not yours, then clearly ask Him to enter your life and lead His Way. Ask God to silence every thing but His voice and listen to Him only, He delivers His beloved, He saves with His right hand, He hears every prayer of Faith.
Heavenly Father, we want to give You praise, we must put You in the place of honor, we acknowledge You are all Power, and Lord, all Glory belongs to You. May we with every breath exalt You. Amen

GRACE AND TRUTH

John 1:17 (NKJV) 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 
    A little girl was singing in her room, her mother approached and asked, "Why are you so happy," she replied, "You and daddy are everything to me." Joy comes from One source that is God, He fills us to overflowing with the knowledge all is well in Him. Looking at our Source of all things we may rest assured that nothing can disturb our relationship with God. Romans  8:37-39.
   John refers to the excellent Law of God received by the man Moses, but the most important part Grace and Truth was revealed to us in person, by Jesus Christ the Son of God. The Law, necessary to point us to God, Grace and Truth, the evidence of transformation through Jesus Christ. We read, "which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ," Colossians 2:17 (NKJV) the Law is a shadow but Christ is the real Body.
   Have you received Grace and Truth into your life, you can He is Jesus Christ.
Heavenly Father we live and breath in You, may all our being be reveal the Truth in us is Jesus, may everything we do bless You, "bless the Lord oh my soul, let everything that is within me bless His Holy Name." Amen
 

REPENTANCE AND REMISSION

Luke 24:47 (NKJV) 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
   Too many have heard the Word from a distorted point of view, Jesus says Repentance and Remission must be preached in His Name to all. What does He mean, first the only way to come to Him is completely broken and in need of salvation, second forgiveness of sin is His responsibility and we must seek it. Thirdly, we must respond to the Word proclaimed as it is preached to everyone.

- I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Luke 13:3 (NKJV)

- But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--..." Matthew 9:6 (NKJV)

- Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 (NKJV)
Heavenly Father help us to see and hear the Truth of your Word, help us to clearly understand our need of You, help us Lord to receive your Truth that others may not be hindered. Amen

DID NOT OUR HEART BURN

Luke 24:32 (NKJV) 32 And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"
   God's presence and His Word always brings a reaction, men cannot ignore the Power of His Spirit when He is near. A child was surprised to see his daddy in school, why, dad had been in Afghanistan for over a year, however, the ability to recognize his father had not diminished, there was much joy and communion with one who was once far away.
   Friend God is close He is waiting, won't you let him speak to you today, let him know you care and want Him to be the center of your life? You too will experience your heart burning with desire for Him.
Heavenly Father help us to know You more intimately, help us to long for You with all our hearts, help us to walk expectantly, help Lord we are in need of your presence. Amen

WATCHING

Luke 23:49 (NKJV) 49 But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
   Our Lords death is for the salvation of those who will trust Him with their whole heart, for cleansing from sin and giving life to death. Those who watched the spectacle that day were convicted and condemned if they rejected The Christ, some acknowledged He is God while others left rejected for their contribution to this brutal murder.
   Then there where those who observed from a distance like that of the soldier who fights for the freedom of his people so Jesus laid down His life that we might experience a Life fee of sin. From a distance we have observed the death of our freedom fighters in our land and others, but always the men and women who fight are doing so for us.
    Won't you pray today for the soldier still fighting and for all the families that have given so much for what we have? Make this weekend a Memorial to remember.
Heavenly Father, our lives are yours to use for your Glory, may we bless You in our desire to be a living sacrifice for the Kingdom. May we not stand watching but actively engage the enemy. Amen

THE WISE

Proverbs 15:24 (NKJV) 24 The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below. 
   A man came home from war, he brought it home with him, while in another land he violated the trust of his wife and spent time with another. Trying to justify his sins he asked, "Will you let another woman live in this house," the truth was out, but the trust was broken. Consider the consequences of sin and flee for your life, the wise will restrain and deny self, the foolish will give in and experience ruin.
   God gives a just warning about the flesh and temptation, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour," 1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV), and while on earth Jesus said, "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Matthew 26:41 (NKJV) Friend be wise and let The Christ (Jesus) enter your heart, that you may be turned away from Hell.
Heavenly Father may we give thanks that pleases You, may our hearts be turned to You and tuned to your Love, may all our ways exalt You. Help us to be vigilant over the flesh and watchful of the enemy. Amen

THEY GATHERED AGAINST

Numbers 16:3 (NKJV) 3 They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?" 
    Men have long thought Holiness is a thing to be grasped by thinking, that it may be pondered over and embraced, that God might be purchased with ideas, or in some way understood by reason. Friend anyone who has taken this path has experienced ruin, Cain, Esau, Balaam, Korah, Judas and Pilate, to name a few, they all considered God one to be trifled with.
    God the Creator is calling men to Holiness through a relationship, with His Son, not the religion of men, He is exalting Jesus not ideas, God the Father has but one way to heaven and it must be followed to the letter, only through the Blood of the Christ. Any other way, is at the expense of your eternal soul. Friend do not stand against God in your thinking, walk with Him from your heart. Romans 10:9
Heavenly Father help us to walk in your Light, help those around us to see You and no other. Let those who are seeking other ways find You in Truth and Spirit. May we lead men to You, and never cause another to stumble. Amen