King James Bible Daily Devotion –
Learning Scripture One
Day At A Time
Date:
Saturday,
November 07, 2015
Chapters:
John 13-15
Message
Title: The
Blessings In The Devils Temptations
Hello My Friend,
I don't normally talk
about what's going on in my life, but I have to say that this has
been one trying week. From people trying to scam me to my baby nephew
being rushed to the hospital, all I have to say is that the devil is
working overtime to try and keep me from doing the work that God has
called me to do. It seems like the closer you get to God the more
trouble you get from the devil, and while we may hate it and count it
as a curse, it's actually a blessing. If the devil is not messing
with us than we are not reaching people for Christ, and while God
will allow him to mess with us, He can't destroy us because we belong
to Christ. Praise God! It's not fun being targeted by the devil, but
with Christ by our side we can defeat him, we already got the
greatest victory when we accepted Christ as our Saviour, the rest
comes as we get up each day doing what God has called us to do. “But
thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” - 1 Corinthians
15:57,58.
As we read through the Gospels it's interesting
how each man tells the story, oh, they are all similar, but each one
reveals something new about their experience with Jesus. John often
referred to himself as the disciple that Jesus loved, he thought it
necessary (well God did) to go further into detail of their last
supper together. After they ate, Jesus did something that no one
expected, He began washing their feet. Now, most of them just let Him
do it without even questioning what He was doing, but Peter wanted to
know why, and why only his feet.
“Simon
Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and
my head. Jesus saith to him, He that
is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit:
and ye are clean, but not all. For
he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye
are not all clean. So after he had
washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down
again, he said unto them, Know ye
what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well;
for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet;
ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an
example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I
say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he
that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things,
happy are ye if ye do them.”
- John 13:9-17.
“He that is
washed needeth not save to wash his feet” The second we
believe in and receive the Lord Jesus as our Saviour, we are washed
clean, cleansed of every sin that we have committed and will in the
future. However, we are not sinless, we sin every day, and while we
do not lose our salvation, we do need to wash our feet from where we
have been walking, meaning we need to go to God and confess all those
wicked thoughts, words, and deeds that soiled us. We must remember
that we can do nothing to lose our salvation, and we only need to ask
Him to save us once, it's what we do after we are saved that counts
with God, including confession and a daily washing of our feet. “If
we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in
the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
- 1 John 1:6-8.
“If we say that we
have fellowship with him,” It's one thing to do or say
something once in a while that is not pleasing to God, we've are all
work in progress, and have bad days like everyone else. It's another
to say that you know and walk with Christ and there is no proof
whatsoever that you do. Now, once again, our works do not save us,
but they do count after we are saved, normal feet washing sin does
not cause a problem, but daily, sinful living does, the devil is very
good at convincing people that what they are doing is just fine with
God. True fellowship with Christ not only convicts us, it also
cleanses us, and reveals God through each and every one of us. Now,
as Jesus was speaking about what was to come all the disciples began
asking Him questions about it, Philip probably had the strangest
statement of the night.
“Philip
saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus
saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath
seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the
Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in
me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the
Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am
in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very
works' sake. Judas saith unto him,
not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto
us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If
a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him,
and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that
loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is
not mine, but the Father's which sent me.” - John
14:8-11,22-24.
“how is it that
thou wilt manifest thyself unto us,” Since Jesus is not here
in the flesh, He needs willing vessels to show Him to the world.
Every person who accepts Him as their Saviour receives the Holy
Spirit in them, that means we are His and He is ours, and abides in
us through the Holy Spirit. As we allow the Holy Spirit to guide and
direct us, He shows us the things of God, teaches us how to
understand His Word, and how to live our lives through it. The
result, Jesus is manifested, clearly visible through us and seen in
the world. Believers you never knew know Christ in You, unbelievers
with convictions know Christ in you, and those with open hearts not
only see Christ in You, but receive Him as well. The more we walk
with Him, the more we know of Him, the more we know of Him, the more
He uses us. Jesus gives a command to all that He uses.
“As
the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my
love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as
I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These
things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and
that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one
another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if
ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called
you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have
made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,
and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father
in my name, he may give it you.” - John 15:9-16.
“Ye
have not chosen me, but I have chosen you” Thousands of
people may get saved every day, but sadly few are used of Christ to
manifest Himself to others. It's not that He can't use us, He tells
us that the harvest is plenteous, but the laborer are few, but He
will only use those He knows can be used. The first time I ever saw a
woman bow her head and trust Christ as her Saviour was the greatest
feeling I ever had, and that is the true joy of the Lord that remains
with us. It took a year of soul winning for me to see that woman bow
her head, but I know there were others and I know Jesus is still
using me today because the devil is still trying to stop me. Never
underestimate the power of the Holy Spirit in you, He can and does
make us vessels to be used for God's glory. “For
God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in
our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of
us.” - 2 Corinthians 4:6,7.
Today's
Prayer: God, Your grace is sufficient to meet all my needs
in the midst of any trouble that the devil has placed upon me. I am
truly more than a conqueror because of Your love for me! I choose to
believe Your Word and apply its wondrous truths to my life. I reject
the devil's lies that seek to convince me that I am an exception to
Your redemptive power or that my troubles can never be repaired by
Your almighty hand. Your power is greater than any that the devil
uses, and You are forever merciful to those who call upon You. I’m
so grateful that You have chosen me to be Your vessel to Your Son.
Thank you for washing my feet day by day and cleansing me from all my
sin, and thank you for using me and working a great work in me I love
You Lord ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless
You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Saturday, November 7, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
Tried, But Not Forsaken
King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Friday, November 06, 2015
Chapters: John 11-12 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-310.html
Message Title: Tried, But Not Forsaken
Hello My Friend,
As we approach the holiday season we see all kinds of things to catch the eyes of the little and big ones, many portray this as the time of year where miracles happen, people act a little nicer, give a little more, and may even try to get along with each other. What they seem to ignore is the fact that miracles happen every day, and it's not by chance, luck, or karma, it's by the mercies and grace of God. While we who know Christ believe and trust that He is the one any only living God without seeing Him face to face, the world does not see Him, that is why we who are the light must show the Light not only through this holiday season, but all year long because the seeing a saved soul whose life has changed under the Light is believing. “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.” - Ephesians 5:8-10.
While we do believe in Christ and trust Him as our Saviour, God wants us to trust Him through every mountain, valley, and road of life we take. God challenges our belief quite often with sickness either upon ourselves or loved ones, we must understand that sickness does not come from God, it is the devil who afflicts us, God just allows him to. If we can believe in Him through the hard times, He will bless us greatly. Jesus was about to do something that He had not done before, something that we know will only happen when He returns. He decided to use the death of his friend Lazarus to show a miracle that only God/He can do. His sister Martha calls for Him to come and heal him, but Jesus waited until he was already dead and in the tomb before He came to them. First, He is approached by Martha. “Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.” - John 11:21-27.
“Believest thou this?” When we are in the midst of sorrows we can forget that Jesus, while He may seem distant knows all about us and is never too far. He uses the distance to increase our faith in Him, and also reminds us of His promise, that even if His decision is to take away the pain by taking them out of their body, they are still alive with Him. “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:9,10.
Did you ever tire of having to explain yourself over and over again? You wish everyone trusted your judgment and stopped asking so many questions. The truth is, people are so consumed with their needs or sorrows that they forget they already have the answers. When Jesus got close here comes Mary with the same statement as Martha. “Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” - John 11:32-40.
“Jesus wept.” This verse often gets thrown out of context, they believe like the Jews did, that He was crying over the death of His friend. What brought tears to His eyes was their unbelief. They were fussing that He was not there to heal him. How many people get mad and curse God when someone dies? How many people walk away from God when they are hurt or things aren't going the way they like? We must remember that God's will in not always ours and we never know the hour in which we choose to walk in someone else's. Once again, God does not allow bad things to happen, it's the devil, but God will use every situation to prove that He is the miracle and can heal all who believe in Him, even through the most difficult times. “On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” - Job 23:9,10.
Date: Friday, November 06, 2015
Chapters: John 11-12 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-310.html
Message Title: Tried, But Not Forsaken
Hello My Friend,
As we approach the holiday season we see all kinds of things to catch the eyes of the little and big ones, many portray this as the time of year where miracles happen, people act a little nicer, give a little more, and may even try to get along with each other. What they seem to ignore is the fact that miracles happen every day, and it's not by chance, luck, or karma, it's by the mercies and grace of God. While we who know Christ believe and trust that He is the one any only living God without seeing Him face to face, the world does not see Him, that is why we who are the light must show the Light not only through this holiday season, but all year long because the seeing a saved soul whose life has changed under the Light is believing. “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.” - Ephesians 5:8-10.
While we do believe in Christ and trust Him as our Saviour, God wants us to trust Him through every mountain, valley, and road of life we take. God challenges our belief quite often with sickness either upon ourselves or loved ones, we must understand that sickness does not come from God, it is the devil who afflicts us, God just allows him to. If we can believe in Him through the hard times, He will bless us greatly. Jesus was about to do something that He had not done before, something that we know will only happen when He returns. He decided to use the death of his friend Lazarus to show a miracle that only God/He can do. His sister Martha calls for Him to come and heal him, but Jesus waited until he was already dead and in the tomb before He came to them. First, He is approached by Martha. “Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.” - John 11:21-27.
“Believest thou this?” When we are in the midst of sorrows we can forget that Jesus, while He may seem distant knows all about us and is never too far. He uses the distance to increase our faith in Him, and also reminds us of His promise, that even if His decision is to take away the pain by taking them out of their body, they are still alive with Him. “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:9,10.
Did you ever tire of having to explain yourself over and over again? You wish everyone trusted your judgment and stopped asking so many questions. The truth is, people are so consumed with their needs or sorrows that they forget they already have the answers. When Jesus got close here comes Mary with the same statement as Martha. “Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” - John 11:32-40.
“Jesus wept.” This verse often gets thrown out of context, they believe like the Jews did, that He was crying over the death of His friend. What brought tears to His eyes was their unbelief. They were fussing that He was not there to heal him. How many people get mad and curse God when someone dies? How many people walk away from God when they are hurt or things aren't going the way they like? We must remember that God's will in not always ours and we never know the hour in which we choose to walk in someone else's. Once again, God does not allow bad things to happen, it's the devil, but God will use every situation to prove that He is the miracle and can heal all who believe in Him, even through the most difficult times. “On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” - Job 23:9,10.
“when he hath tried me,” Yes, God does try us sometimes, He isn't trying to tempt us to do something against His will, but He does try us to see if we will be faithful to Him. The news of Lazarus resurrecting from the dead had people talking, many believed and were saved, including some of the Pharisees, but those they hid their faith because they were out to kill Jesus and knew anyone siding with Him would be persecuted too.
“Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.” - John 12:9-11,17,18,37,42,43.
“For they loved the praise of men” How sad is it that we, and we are all guilty of this, do things to get recognition from people rather than God. I read a quote, “My life may not be what I planned, but it's what God planned.” It got me thinking, God may have our characteristics down, and we can't choose which family we are born into, but we all have the free will to choose which plan we take. I believe (from the Word of God) that He calls certain people to do things from the time of conception, but we all have a choice in whether or not we follow the plan, and what we are currently doing may not be part of His plan. There are so many people that believe they are in some dark situation because it's God's will. Now, God will turn any situation around to be used in His plan, but we have the choice to be where we are, and if it is truly God's will you will see His hand directing it, not yours. “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:27,28.
Today's Prayer: God, I thank You for giving me life and the life You have given me, I may not understand some of the things I go through, but do understand that it's my choice in how I handle them and many times it's my plan that goes forward. I want to live my life in Your will, I want to glorify You in all that I do, and I do believe that You put people and things in my life to get me in You will, to try, and to get the glory for having been the one directing me. Lord, lead me and guide me, show me the path You want me on and how to walk it. Keep me looking straight toward You, and not question Your ways when they seem so strange to me. I see Your hand in my life, and know that You are working a great work in me as well as those who know me, let me not forget Your promises, and give me the patience and strength I need to see them unfold. I love You Lord, and ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
Blind With Sin, Sight With Christ
King James Bible Daily Devotion –
Learning Scripture One
Day At A Time
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2015
Chapters: John 8-10 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-309.html
Message Title: Blind With Sin, Sight With Christ
Hello My Friend,
Record, to write or enter in a book or on paper, for the purpose of preserving authentic or correct evidence of a thing. The Bible is an authentic copy of the words of God transcribed by men He inspired through the Holy Spirit. Not one word is misspelled, not one event missing, and not one person is left out that He did not want to be in there. Of course, many, many men and women in history can give an account for their testimonies of God, and Jesus for that matter, but they were simply not meant to be in the Word of God. Why? It's His Book, He will have what He wants in it. “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” - 2 Peter 1:20,21.
Now, that Jesus (who is the Word of God in the flesh) was teaching the Law, the Jews had a hard time believing that He was the one that all the Scriptures talked about, in fact, they did not want to hear anyone even agreeing with Him. Jesus confronts the Pharisees who questioned His accountability. “The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” - John 8:13-18,47.
“because ye are not of God” Those who truly believe in God believe in the Son, if they do not than they are not of God. Who knows anyone better than themselves? God. He created us, of course, He is the only other one who truly knows everything about us. Think about it? People who knew you BC (Before Christ) see you as what they saw before Christ came into your life. They have no idea who you are now, and that scares them to death. To those who live in the world, we may look like hypocrites or prudes, but God knows who we are, and whether or not we believe in His Son, He can't deny Himself, and it is Jesus will account for us. “It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.” - 2 Timothy 2:11-14.
As you get in God's Word you see just how much He does love you, He doesn't want to see us in needless pain or suffering, He just wants us to believe in Him and trust Him. We may not realize it, but every one of our health problems or infirmities has a purpose, it's not all because of sin, sometimes it's just to prove our faith in Him. As Jesus saw a blind man sitting in the street and He cured him from his blindness. As the man went through town, telling people what Jesus did it caused an uproar, many believed, but were afraid to admit it, and the ones who didn't believe accused him of being a liar, even questioning his parents.
“His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.”- John 9:20-25.
“whereas I was blind, now I see.” Before we know Christ we are spiritually blind from seeing God, but once we hear of Him and believe our eyes are opened and we can see the Saviour for who He truly is, our Saviour from our sins, death, hell, and the life we lived. Those who refuse to accept Christ because they are blinded in their sins, but they can't force those who do believe to deny Him, He does way too much in our lives to ever say that He has not literally opened our eyes to the world and our need for His power to overcome it. “For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” - 2 Peter 1:8-11.
The sheepfold is a holding place where the shepherd houses the sheep for the night, it was a place for protection from predators. When the shepherd would open the gate, he would hold out his rod, and count the sheep as they passed under the rod. This assured him that every one of his sheep were accounted for. God often refers to His people as sheep without a sheep without a shepherd. Now, Jesus explains that He is the Shepherd to His lost sheep.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.” - John 10:1,6-12.
“I am the door of the sheep” Christ is our Shepherd and the only door that leads to God and heaven. If any person tries to enter in by any other way other then going through Christ, he is a thief and a robber, and will be denied entrance into the Kingdom of God. When we enter into His sheepfold we are protected, not only from the devil, but from every predator out to get us. Yes, we will still targeted, but He will protect us one way or another. This is simple and easy to be understood by those who hear the Shepherd calling them and follow His voice. Not everyone that says they are God's are His, and while our works have nothing to do with our salvation, they have everything to do with showing the world that we are His.“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” - Titus 1:15,16.
Today's Prayer: God, It's amazing that all we have to do is look to Your Son and be free from not only the punishment of sin, but the bondage of it as well. While we can never be sin free we can be set free as we abide in Christ and let Him continue to do a great work in us. Lord, lead us and guide us, give us Your power to stand by our faith and overcome all who try to discredit us and mock us for standing by Your truths. Put your head of protection upon us, and let all those who bully us see the error of their ways. Let our faithfulness be a witness they may need to believe in and accept Your Son too. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Thursday, November 05, 2015
Chapters: John 8-10 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-309.html
Message Title: Blind With Sin, Sight With Christ
Hello My Friend,
Record, to write or enter in a book or on paper, for the purpose of preserving authentic or correct evidence of a thing. The Bible is an authentic copy of the words of God transcribed by men He inspired through the Holy Spirit. Not one word is misspelled, not one event missing, and not one person is left out that He did not want to be in there. Of course, many, many men and women in history can give an account for their testimonies of God, and Jesus for that matter, but they were simply not meant to be in the Word of God. Why? It's His Book, He will have what He wants in it. “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” - 2 Peter 1:20,21.
Now, that Jesus (who is the Word of God in the flesh) was teaching the Law, the Jews had a hard time believing that He was the one that all the Scriptures talked about, in fact, they did not want to hear anyone even agreeing with Him. Jesus confronts the Pharisees who questioned His accountability. “The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” - John 8:13-18,47.
“because ye are not of God” Those who truly believe in God believe in the Son, if they do not than they are not of God. Who knows anyone better than themselves? God. He created us, of course, He is the only other one who truly knows everything about us. Think about it? People who knew you BC (Before Christ) see you as what they saw before Christ came into your life. They have no idea who you are now, and that scares them to death. To those who live in the world, we may look like hypocrites or prudes, but God knows who we are, and whether or not we believe in His Son, He can't deny Himself, and it is Jesus will account for us. “It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.” - 2 Timothy 2:11-14.
As you get in God's Word you see just how much He does love you, He doesn't want to see us in needless pain or suffering, He just wants us to believe in Him and trust Him. We may not realize it, but every one of our health problems or infirmities has a purpose, it's not all because of sin, sometimes it's just to prove our faith in Him. As Jesus saw a blind man sitting in the street and He cured him from his blindness. As the man went through town, telling people what Jesus did it caused an uproar, many believed, but were afraid to admit it, and the ones who didn't believe accused him of being a liar, even questioning his parents.
“His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.”- John 9:20-25.
“whereas I was blind, now I see.” Before we know Christ we are spiritually blind from seeing God, but once we hear of Him and believe our eyes are opened and we can see the Saviour for who He truly is, our Saviour from our sins, death, hell, and the life we lived. Those who refuse to accept Christ because they are blinded in their sins, but they can't force those who do believe to deny Him, He does way too much in our lives to ever say that He has not literally opened our eyes to the world and our need for His power to overcome it. “For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” - 2 Peter 1:8-11.
The sheepfold is a holding place where the shepherd houses the sheep for the night, it was a place for protection from predators. When the shepherd would open the gate, he would hold out his rod, and count the sheep as they passed under the rod. This assured him that every one of his sheep were accounted for. God often refers to His people as sheep without a sheep without a shepherd. Now, Jesus explains that He is the Shepherd to His lost sheep.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.” - John 10:1,6-12.
“I am the door of the sheep” Christ is our Shepherd and the only door that leads to God and heaven. If any person tries to enter in by any other way other then going through Christ, he is a thief and a robber, and will be denied entrance into the Kingdom of God. When we enter into His sheepfold we are protected, not only from the devil, but from every predator out to get us. Yes, we will still targeted, but He will protect us one way or another. This is simple and easy to be understood by those who hear the Shepherd calling them and follow His voice. Not everyone that says they are God's are His, and while our works have nothing to do with our salvation, they have everything to do with showing the world that we are His.“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” - Titus 1:15,16.
Today's Prayer: God, It's amazing that all we have to do is look to Your Son and be free from not only the punishment of sin, but the bondage of it as well. While we can never be sin free we can be set free as we abide in Christ and let Him continue to do a great work in us. Lord, lead us and guide us, give us Your power to stand by our faith and overcome all who try to discredit us and mock us for standing by Your truths. Put your head of protection upon us, and let all those who bully us see the error of their ways. Let our faithfulness be a witness they may need to believe in and accept Your Son too. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
God Will Catch You
King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Chapters: John 6-7 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-308.html
Message Title: God Will Catch You
Hello My Friend,
I love rice, I make a meal out of it with meat and vegetables. Quite often on Tuesday or Saturday I will make a large batch so I don't have to cook on church days. It amazes me every time I cook it because just a tiny bit makes enough to feed an army. Rice reminds me of how plentiful God is, He never stops filling us with the things we need, even when we get discouraged or lack in our faith, He still provides, even if we backslide He's always there to catch us from falling. “O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.” - Psalms 31:23,24.
“all ye that hope in the LORD.” Believe it or not, God knows our hearts, He knows those who truly have hope in Him, He also knows those who pretend to believe, and are only trying to see what they can get out of Him. As Jesus walks from town to town His gathers became many, quite often they followed Him only because He did something amazing wherever He went, including feeding five thousand of them with two fish and five loaves of bread. Jesus needed to get away for a while, so, He went up to a mountain to pray and sent the disciples away. The next day, the people knowing that Jesus was not with the disciples questioned how He got there, they got an answer they did not expect.
“After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.” - John 6:1.2.14,15,24-27.
“because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled” These people were not believers, they just knew that He took care of His believers, and they too would be fed. Did you ever wonder why God places His people in the midst of those who are in the world? He does it so that people learn of and believe in His Son. You may not realize it, but a company or anything else that is managed or employed by Christians is very prosperous, whether or not everyone there is a Christian. Many will befriend or even hire Christians because of this, but have no intentions of receiving Christ themselves. Sooner or later, if God sees that His servant is no longer effective in reaching anyone there, He will take His servant away. “Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;” -1 Corinthians 3:18-21.
“The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise,” The wise, those who walk by sight and not faith, those who take things as literal to their own reasoning. The wise have a hard time believing that God is the Creator of all things because they believe that you must see the Creator. The Jews, these were probably Pharisees, question Jesus and want to know what they have to do to get eternal life. He responds by telling them that He is the bread of life.
“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life.” - John 6:32,33,41-48.
“Every man therefore that hath heard” In order to come to the Father we need the Son, those who hear this and believe are taught the things of God, they feed off the only bread that can satisfy a hungry soul. Everything about God is spiritual, that is why we must worship Him in spirit, human reasoning can never comprehend the amazing and incredible things of God, that is why we walk by faith and not our reasoning. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” - Hebrews 11:6.
With Jesus in town you could imagine the talking that was going around, Jesus secretly watching them hears their conversations, but none of them wanted to openly talk about Him for fear that they would be persecuted by the Jews. “Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?” - John 7:11-13,16-19.
“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine” God's Word was, is, and always will be the same, people can try to change or justify the law themselves, but God will never change. He will never get us to do something that will contradict His Word. If you are saved and living in the will of God you will know if the doctrine you hear is of God or man. We must not judge anyone by their outward appearance, but by their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Word of God. “Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” - John 7:22-24.
“Judge not according to the appearance,” The majority of the time people spout don't judge me when they are living sinful lives and trying to justify their actions. This is not what Jesus means, we cannot judge a person by the way they look, but we can judge them by their actions. Are they doing the things of God? If you are saved and study the Bible long enough you will be able to tell if someone is teaching the things of God or of man. It is the Holy Spirit inside of every saved, born again child of God that teaches us the things of God as we get in His Word. Yes, some people have backslidden away from God, and where they should be eating the meat of His Word, they must be fed milk. The point to all this is that God never gives up on His children, yes, He knows we have this flesh, He is going to let us do what we want in it, but that does not mean He will not be chastised for what we are doing. We are all a mess, if we have faith in God, He will catch us when we fall, and keep us from going off the edge. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” - 1 Corinthians 10:13.
Today's Prayer: Jesus, Thank You again for the sacrifice You made for me, I do not have eternal life based on any thing that I have done, but my faith and trust in what You have done. Lord, lead me and guide me, help me to live not by man's word, but by Your Word, I know it's the only way I can truly live in Your will and be satisfied. While people may come and go in my life You will never leave nor forsake me no matter how many times I mess up. Thank You for Your grace, mercy and never ending love. In pray in Your name Jesus, Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Chapters: John 6-7 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-308.html
Message Title: God Will Catch You
Hello My Friend,
I love rice, I make a meal out of it with meat and vegetables. Quite often on Tuesday or Saturday I will make a large batch so I don't have to cook on church days. It amazes me every time I cook it because just a tiny bit makes enough to feed an army. Rice reminds me of how plentiful God is, He never stops filling us with the things we need, even when we get discouraged or lack in our faith, He still provides, even if we backslide He's always there to catch us from falling. “O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.” - Psalms 31:23,24.
“all ye that hope in the LORD.” Believe it or not, God knows our hearts, He knows those who truly have hope in Him, He also knows those who pretend to believe, and are only trying to see what they can get out of Him. As Jesus walks from town to town His gathers became many, quite often they followed Him only because He did something amazing wherever He went, including feeding five thousand of them with two fish and five loaves of bread. Jesus needed to get away for a while, so, He went up to a mountain to pray and sent the disciples away. The next day, the people knowing that Jesus was not with the disciples questioned how He got there, they got an answer they did not expect.
“After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.” - John 6:1.2.14,15,24-27.
“because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled” These people were not believers, they just knew that He took care of His believers, and they too would be fed. Did you ever wonder why God places His people in the midst of those who are in the world? He does it so that people learn of and believe in His Son. You may not realize it, but a company or anything else that is managed or employed by Christians is very prosperous, whether or not everyone there is a Christian. Many will befriend or even hire Christians because of this, but have no intentions of receiving Christ themselves. Sooner or later, if God sees that His servant is no longer effective in reaching anyone there, He will take His servant away. “Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;” -1 Corinthians 3:18-21.
“The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise,” The wise, those who walk by sight and not faith, those who take things as literal to their own reasoning. The wise have a hard time believing that God is the Creator of all things because they believe that you must see the Creator. The Jews, these were probably Pharisees, question Jesus and want to know what they have to do to get eternal life. He responds by telling them that He is the bread of life.
“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life.” - John 6:32,33,41-48.
“Every man therefore that hath heard” In order to come to the Father we need the Son, those who hear this and believe are taught the things of God, they feed off the only bread that can satisfy a hungry soul. Everything about God is spiritual, that is why we must worship Him in spirit, human reasoning can never comprehend the amazing and incredible things of God, that is why we walk by faith and not our reasoning. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” - Hebrews 11:6.
With Jesus in town you could imagine the talking that was going around, Jesus secretly watching them hears their conversations, but none of them wanted to openly talk about Him for fear that they would be persecuted by the Jews. “Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?” - John 7:11-13,16-19.
“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine” God's Word was, is, and always will be the same, people can try to change or justify the law themselves, but God will never change. He will never get us to do something that will contradict His Word. If you are saved and living in the will of God you will know if the doctrine you hear is of God or man. We must not judge anyone by their outward appearance, but by their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Word of God. “Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” - John 7:22-24.
“Judge not according to the appearance,” The majority of the time people spout don't judge me when they are living sinful lives and trying to justify their actions. This is not what Jesus means, we cannot judge a person by the way they look, but we can judge them by their actions. Are they doing the things of God? If you are saved and study the Bible long enough you will be able to tell if someone is teaching the things of God or of man. It is the Holy Spirit inside of every saved, born again child of God that teaches us the things of God as we get in His Word. Yes, some people have backslidden away from God, and where they should be eating the meat of His Word, they must be fed milk. The point to all this is that God never gives up on His children, yes, He knows we have this flesh, He is going to let us do what we want in it, but that does not mean He will not be chastised for what we are doing. We are all a mess, if we have faith in God, He will catch us when we fall, and keep us from going off the edge. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” - 1 Corinthians 10:13.
Today's Prayer: Jesus, Thank You again for the sacrifice You made for me, I do not have eternal life based on any thing that I have done, but my faith and trust in what You have done. Lord, lead me and guide me, help me to live not by man's word, but by Your Word, I know it's the only way I can truly live in Your will and be satisfied. While people may come and go in my life You will never leave nor forsake me no matter how many times I mess up. Thank You for Your grace, mercy and never ending love. In pray in Your name Jesus, Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Dream Big In The Will Of God
King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Chapters: John 3-5 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-307.html
Message Title: Dream Big In The Will Of God
Hello My Friend,
Believe, having faith in something so much that you know it must be true and right. Everyone believes in something, but not everything we believe in is true. Some people believe in something so much, even when it's not true that they make up their own fantasy land. The problem with fantasies is that they are just that, make believe, and no matter how much we try to make fantasies realities, they are just not going to happen. Now, for the good news, we can dream, and we can dream big, and if we believe that all things are possible with God than those dreams will become realities. “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” - 1 John 5:14,15.
“according to his will, he heareth us” Here lies the key to every single thing that we ask of God, according to His will, He hears us, if what we are asking is in His will for us, than we will get it. How do we know if we are asking for something in the will of God. Just think about it, does it line up with His Word? First are far most if we desire anything from God, we must be saved. God will not hear us if we are not saved. The Gospel of John fills in all the all the blanks left behind from the other three, one of them is John's, he preached the same message as Jesus, but man did not want to hear that message. John the Baptist sums it all up, believe in the Son. “He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” - John 3:31-36.
“He that cometh from above is above all” We must believe that Jesus has the upper hand in everything, if we are His, than we are sealed anything we ask in His will we will get. Many times, God will give us challenges to see if we are going to stick it out or walk away and move on to something else. If we are living a pretty godly life and walking with Jesus than we can expect some challenges, we need to be sure of two things, is God's hand in it, and is it something we really want. If we can answer yes to both of those questions than we are on our way to receiving what we are asking. Keep in mind also that what every we ask God wants the glory. “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:19.
Now, we may be saved and living a pretty godly life, but something still seems off key with God. We see our dreams, they are right there in the distance, but we can't reach them, we try everything, but we can't seem to get close enough to grab on to it. What do we do? We tell people about Jesus. Remember, faith without works is dead, but it's God's work that we may be lacking in, most of all telling the lost about His Son. The Gospel of John also introduces the entire world to Jesus, not just the Jews, the Romans, or the Greeks, but all people. As Jesus was passing through Samaria, he ran into a woman at a well. She had heard of Jesus, but discovered that He was right there in front of her. Not only did she get saved, she ran in to town and told everyone else about Him.
“The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.” - John 4:28-30.39-42.
“Now we believe, not because of thy saying” Let me tell you, we can get saved, but it can be years before we realize exactly what it means to fully receive Christ as our Saviour. I can always relate to the woman at the well because she had a past and it didn't matter, Jesus accepted her anyway. If we are going to dream big we need to make sure that Christ is the center of it, most of all that we are telling others about Him. You know, we don't have to quote a bunch of Scripture, just let Christ shine through you and when He does they will see Him and then they will believe in the Scriptures. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” - Romans 10:17.
Speaking of Scripture, not everyone believes or they choose what they believe and try to ignore the rest. Perhaps part of the reason that we do not see our dreams coming true is that we are not following Scripture. Okay, we see Jesus separating Himself apart from the Jews once again, yes, He descended through the flesh of David's as man, making Him through mans eyes a Jew, but He was technically now a Jew. Jesus speaking to the unbelievers, reminds them that He's in all the Scriptures.
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?” - John 5:39-47.
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life” It drives me crazy when people tell me that not everything in the Bible is for us, that we are to only follow certain parts of it. Okay, do they not realize that the New Testament mirrors the Old? Everything that was said after Jesus came, died, was buried, arose, and ascended up to heaven was already said before He came here. While we are not subject to the laws of Moses, as we are saved by faith, but the same blood still applies. All Scripture is to be used for us to truly know God's ways and what He wants for us. As we study the Scriptures we learn His will, as we learn His will we can ask anything in the name of Jesus and it will be done in His time. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” - 2 Timothy 3:16,17.
Today's Prayer: God, I know it can be hard at times to see the path of my dreams coming true with the clutter of my doubts, fears, and questions. Lord, You are the Light that banishes the clutter, shine Your Light on me, lead me and guide me in Your will and Your ways, help me to see Your Light through all the clutter and chaos that is constantly trying to keep me in the dark, and keep me on that path to Your will and seeing my dreams come true. I love You Lord and ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Chapters: John 3-5 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-307.html
Message Title: Dream Big In The Will Of God
Hello My Friend,
Believe, having faith in something so much that you know it must be true and right. Everyone believes in something, but not everything we believe in is true. Some people believe in something so much, even when it's not true that they make up their own fantasy land. The problem with fantasies is that they are just that, make believe, and no matter how much we try to make fantasies realities, they are just not going to happen. Now, for the good news, we can dream, and we can dream big, and if we believe that all things are possible with God than those dreams will become realities. “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” - 1 John 5:14,15.
“according to his will, he heareth us” Here lies the key to every single thing that we ask of God, according to His will, He hears us, if what we are asking is in His will for us, than we will get it. How do we know if we are asking for something in the will of God. Just think about it, does it line up with His Word? First are far most if we desire anything from God, we must be saved. God will not hear us if we are not saved. The Gospel of John fills in all the all the blanks left behind from the other three, one of them is John's, he preached the same message as Jesus, but man did not want to hear that message. John the Baptist sums it all up, believe in the Son. “He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” - John 3:31-36.
“He that cometh from above is above all” We must believe that Jesus has the upper hand in everything, if we are His, than we are sealed anything we ask in His will we will get. Many times, God will give us challenges to see if we are going to stick it out or walk away and move on to something else. If we are living a pretty godly life and walking with Jesus than we can expect some challenges, we need to be sure of two things, is God's hand in it, and is it something we really want. If we can answer yes to both of those questions than we are on our way to receiving what we are asking. Keep in mind also that what every we ask God wants the glory. “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:19.
Now, we may be saved and living a pretty godly life, but something still seems off key with God. We see our dreams, they are right there in the distance, but we can't reach them, we try everything, but we can't seem to get close enough to grab on to it. What do we do? We tell people about Jesus. Remember, faith without works is dead, but it's God's work that we may be lacking in, most of all telling the lost about His Son. The Gospel of John also introduces the entire world to Jesus, not just the Jews, the Romans, or the Greeks, but all people. As Jesus was passing through Samaria, he ran into a woman at a well. She had heard of Jesus, but discovered that He was right there in front of her. Not only did she get saved, she ran in to town and told everyone else about Him.
“The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.” - John 4:28-30.39-42.
“Now we believe, not because of thy saying” Let me tell you, we can get saved, but it can be years before we realize exactly what it means to fully receive Christ as our Saviour. I can always relate to the woman at the well because she had a past and it didn't matter, Jesus accepted her anyway. If we are going to dream big we need to make sure that Christ is the center of it, most of all that we are telling others about Him. You know, we don't have to quote a bunch of Scripture, just let Christ shine through you and when He does they will see Him and then they will believe in the Scriptures. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” - Romans 10:17.
Speaking of Scripture, not everyone believes or they choose what they believe and try to ignore the rest. Perhaps part of the reason that we do not see our dreams coming true is that we are not following Scripture. Okay, we see Jesus separating Himself apart from the Jews once again, yes, He descended through the flesh of David's as man, making Him through mans eyes a Jew, but He was technically now a Jew. Jesus speaking to the unbelievers, reminds them that He's in all the Scriptures.
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?” - John 5:39-47.
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life” It drives me crazy when people tell me that not everything in the Bible is for us, that we are to only follow certain parts of it. Okay, do they not realize that the New Testament mirrors the Old? Everything that was said after Jesus came, died, was buried, arose, and ascended up to heaven was already said before He came here. While we are not subject to the laws of Moses, as we are saved by faith, but the same blood still applies. All Scripture is to be used for us to truly know God's ways and what He wants for us. As we study the Scriptures we learn His will, as we learn His will we can ask anything in the name of Jesus and it will be done in His time. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” - 2 Timothy 3:16,17.
Today's Prayer: God, I know it can be hard at times to see the path of my dreams coming true with the clutter of my doubts, fears, and questions. Lord, You are the Light that banishes the clutter, shine Your Light on me, lead me and guide me in Your will and Your ways, help me to see Your Light through all the clutter and chaos that is constantly trying to keep me in the dark, and keep me on that path to Your will and seeing my dreams come true. I love You Lord and ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Monday, November 2, 2015
Becoming A Child of God
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James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Monday, November 02, 2015
Chapters: John 1-2 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-306.html
Message Title: Becoming A Child of God
Hello My Friend,
The Book of John is the forty-third book of the Bible, the forth book of the Gospel of Christ and of the New Testament, and contains twenty-one chapters. The author of the book is John, a disciple of Jesus (not John the Baptist), and it was written to All believers, to whom John portrays Jesus as the Son of God. The timeline for these events took place approximately between 30 and 34AD. The purpose of the book was to show All that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and only way to eternal life. What we are to learn from the book is Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour, and Son of the only living God, who is also God and the only source to everlasting life. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6.
Through the eyes of man, John the Baptist would have been six months older than Jesus, as his mother, Elisabeth gave birth to him six months before her cousin Mary, gave birth to Him. Through the eyes of the sons of God, Jesus was, is, and always will be, not only the begotten Son of God, but God Himself in the flesh. John was inspired by God to reveal to us that Jesus has always been, and we are not born into the family of God by natural conception, but by believing in the Son of God.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” - John 1:1,4,9-14.
“But as many as received him” The
only way we can become a son or child of God is by believing in and
receiving the Son of God. “And the Word was
made flesh,” God is three individual persons, but still one
and only one living God. He has three different and specific roles,
God the Father, Creator of all things, but Father to all who believe
in the Son, Jesus the Son (the Word), who became the atoning
sacrifice needed to redeem a soul bound for hell, and the Holy
Spirit, who, lives in each believer and becomes their conscious. Each
person serves a specific purpose, but He is still one God. “For
whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that
overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of
God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not
by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that
beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three
that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.” - 1 John 5:4-7.Date: Monday, November 02, 2015
Chapters: John 1-2 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-306.html
Message Title: Becoming A Child of God
Hello My Friend,
The Book of John is the forty-third book of the Bible, the forth book of the Gospel of Christ and of the New Testament, and contains twenty-one chapters. The author of the book is John, a disciple of Jesus (not John the Baptist), and it was written to All believers, to whom John portrays Jesus as the Son of God. The timeline for these events took place approximately between 30 and 34AD. The purpose of the book was to show All that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and only way to eternal life. What we are to learn from the book is Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour, and Son of the only living God, who is also God and the only source to everlasting life. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6.
Through the eyes of man, John the Baptist would have been six months older than Jesus, as his mother, Elisabeth gave birth to him six months before her cousin Mary, gave birth to Him. Through the eyes of the sons of God, Jesus was, is, and always will be, not only the begotten Son of God, but God Himself in the flesh. John was inspired by God to reveal to us that Jesus has always been, and we are not born into the family of God by natural conception, but by believing in the Son of God.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” - John 1:1,4,9-14.
The nature of true sons of God is following Jesus, devoting ourselves to Him, and walking in His steps. Most of the Jews denied Jesus as the Messiah, but those who did believe followed Him and He accepted all who followed Him, including a man named Nathanael, who became one of His disciples. “Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.” - John 1:47-51.
“in whom is no guile!” Guile, trickery or deceit, Jesus allows all to willingly follow Him, but He also knows those who truly believe or are just tricking or deceiving others. Many churches claim to believe and teach Christ, but they refuse to believe He is God, and that always has been. If we are going to be a child of God we must come to Him through the Son. The animal sacrifices that came under the Law of Moses to redeem a soul was not the actual blood that would provide permanent redemption, it was merely a visage to hide sin. Jesus does more than hide sin, He completely and utterly removes it once we receive Him. “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” - Hebrews 10:4,19,20,22.
Yes Jesus may have had thousands of people following Him, but He knew the true believers and this was revealed when the Jews (here it is revealed that Jesus is not really a Jew) questioned Him about the temple. “Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.” - John 2:18-25.
“because he knew all men” Man, those who harden their hearts to the truths of God. Jesus knows all, and He knew exactly what they were trying to do. The sons of man have no problem using Jesus as a vice to make themselves rich, hence false religion, but sooner or later all who use Him for their own glory will have a huge awakening. Just because they talk about Jesus that does not mean they believe who He is, we must believe to become a son or child of God. “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” - 1 John 5:9-13.
Today's Prayer: God, It is often said that seeing is believing, well, I for one know that to be true, but not as the world would see, but as You would see. I may not have seen Your Son in person the day I believed in Him, but I have seen what Your Son has done in my life since making Him a part of it. Just like the miracle of birth, You created another miracle in my spiritual birth, and while I may not always understand Your ways, I do understand that You love us so much, that Your only option to save us was to give Your own through Your Son. Today, I do not want to ask You for anything, I just to thank You and praise You for being my God, my Father, and my Saviour. In Jesus' name, Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
A Continual Burning Heart For Christ
King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Sunday, November 01, 2015
Chapters: Luke 23-24 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-305.html
Message Title: A Continual Burning Heart For Christ
Hello My Friend,
Of all the years since I have dedicated my life to my Lord, Jesus Christ I have not seen God working in me more than this one. I look at all the directions I can go, and honestly, I don't want to go anywhere in which I am not led by Christ. I have been tempted, tried, and even got to the edge of the cliff, but He mercy and grace endured. I admit that the reason I was struggling this year was because I was dealing with a lot of setbacks, no matter what I tried to do I seemed to keep going in circles. This got me thinking, as Christians, how often do we trusting Him with out lives? If it seems like you are facing one set back after another, even while Christ is in your life, perhaps it's time to reexamine what you are putting you're trusting in. Are you trusting Christ or your circumstances? “In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.” - Psalms 62:7,8.
“Trust in him at all times” Most God fearing, walking with Christ Christians do not like charity, they don't want to beg for things, they want to work for them, and will do anything within the morals of God to do it. Believe it or not, God wants us to be strong and do the work needed to get things done, but He wants to be a part of it, He wants our dependence upon Him for everything. Selah, that is really one powerful word, stop and meditate on what is being said. Trust in Him at all times, meaning good, bad, ugly, and sad. We must realize that God loves us more than we can ever imagine, and proved that by sending His Son to die for us. Now, every Gospel tells a different side to Jesus being captured and tried, this one reflects on both Pilate and Herod.
“And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.” - Luke 23:1-8.
“For he was desirous to see him of a long
season,” So many times we go through things and do not see
Jesus, for we desire His presence, but He seems to be gone for a
while? Can I tell you that Jesus is always with us, if you are saved,
He's right there with You, and hasn't gone anywhere. The reason we do
not see Him is because we are wanting a different outcome than what
we see. God will never put us in a position where it's going to take
us away from Him so, He's gonna fight for us because He has much
better things in store for us. “For my
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith
the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For
as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not
thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall
my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto
me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” - Isaiah
55:8-11.Date: Sunday, November 01, 2015
Chapters: Luke 23-24 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-305.html
Message Title: A Continual Burning Heart For Christ
Hello My Friend,
Of all the years since I have dedicated my life to my Lord, Jesus Christ I have not seen God working in me more than this one. I look at all the directions I can go, and honestly, I don't want to go anywhere in which I am not led by Christ. I have been tempted, tried, and even got to the edge of the cliff, but He mercy and grace endured. I admit that the reason I was struggling this year was because I was dealing with a lot of setbacks, no matter what I tried to do I seemed to keep going in circles. This got me thinking, as Christians, how often do we trusting Him with out lives? If it seems like you are facing one set back after another, even while Christ is in your life, perhaps it's time to reexamine what you are putting you're trusting in. Are you trusting Christ or your circumstances? “In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.” - Psalms 62:7,8.
“Trust in him at all times” Most God fearing, walking with Christ Christians do not like charity, they don't want to beg for things, they want to work for them, and will do anything within the morals of God to do it. Believe it or not, God wants us to be strong and do the work needed to get things done, but He wants to be a part of it, He wants our dependence upon Him for everything. Selah, that is really one powerful word, stop and meditate on what is being said. Trust in Him at all times, meaning good, bad, ugly, and sad. We must realize that God loves us more than we can ever imagine, and proved that by sending His Son to die for us. Now, every Gospel tells a different side to Jesus being captured and tried, this one reflects on both Pilate and Herod.
“And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.” - Luke 23:1-8.
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth” Whatever God says, it will happen. While Pilate wanted nothing to do with Jesus being out to death, He handed Him over where He was led to Calvary, crucified, and died for everyone's sins. “And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.” - Luke 23:32-34,44-48.
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Sometimes we just don't know what we are doing, we can harden our hearts to the point that we resort to ungodly things. The sad thing is, every time we do something through a hardened heart, whether it's through anger, sadness, or loneliness, we crucify Him all over again. Thankfully we are forgiven, we are always forgiven, and He never forsakes us for our sometimes terrible actions, no matter how bad they have been. “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.” - Hebrews 6:4-9.
“But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you” God doesn't want us living a mediocre, take it as it is life, He wants us to live a blessed, prosperous life with Him guiding us. We must never forget that even though Jesus died for us that He also arose for us, giving all who believe in Him victory over any mess we make of ourselves. No matter how strong our faith, we can forget God's promises and as some ladies arrive at the tomb of Jesus three days later to prepare His body as they would have any other, they find something shocking.
“Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his words, And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.” - Luke 24:1-9.
“remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee” We must never forget that no matter what we have done, no matter how rough things get, and no matter how many setbacks we get that God always follows through with what He says. We merely need to get in His Word to remember what He said. We are not alone, even the Apostles had forgotten what Jesus said. In fact, He spent an entire day with them giving Scripture after Scripture about His death, burial, and resurrection before they realized He was right there with them.
“Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.” - Luke 24:25-34.
“Did not our heart burn within us” The problem is that when our heart hurts it doesn't always burn for Christ, we forget that He is right there with us. He gives us all kinds of signs, but because we are hurting, we don't realize He's right in front of us. This is when something happens to get our attention, something simple and not even through affliction. Then He's gonna fuss at us for our slowness of our heart, and when we need to focus on what our lives are really about, to please God and nothing more. “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.” - Psalms 51:10-13.
Today's Prayer: God You know the desires of my heart, and while I know that all things are possible with You, I often let my circumstances blind me from that truth. Lord, increase my trust in You, let me no longer be blinded from seeing that You are right there with me. Give me Your power to overcome all my emotions, the pains, the sorrows, and the obstacles I create in the midst of my circumstances. Give me Your grace to keep going, even when I do not see You, trusting that with You all things are possible. And let me not ask You for anything that is not in Your will for me. Keep me in Your Word and will to know what You want for my life. In Jesus' name, Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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