Will You Live Once and Die Twice? Or Die Once and Live Twice?

No doubt Jesus is returning a 2nd time to this earth, but what is the real power of His second coming for those who believe in Him? 

This verse sums it up: " But as it is, Jesus Christ has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him."

Seek with ALL Your Heart

The Answer, The Solution, The Difference, The Remedy, The Cure, The Power, The Strength, The Change, The Encouragement, The Joy, The Love, The Peace, The Hope, The Way, The Truth, The Life:

"That it's divine power in our individual hearts is too little experienced we must confess. But this is because of our unbelief. If it were not for this unbelief, the mere thought of being ransomed and cleansed by the blood of God's own Son would cause our souls to leap for joy and to overflow with love. Would not every exercise of faith in the blood cause the sense of the favor and nearness of God and the glory of deliverance from the curse and dominion of sin to flow through the soul? But, alas! We may hear and think and sing about the blood, while it exercises almost no influence over us. Even the very thought that the blood always manifests such wonderful divine power seems strange and unreel to many, and so no wonderful work is done in us because of unbelief. Our faith must be quickened to expect the all conquering power of the blood of Jesus. Even if a change in our feelings does not come at once, or any sensation of new blessing, let us commence in perfect quietness to fix our hearts on these truths of God. When the blood becomes effective through the Holy Spirit, it operates with the divine power either for reconciliation or union with God or sanctification. Let us believe and still believe and ever keep on believing in the infinite power of the blood. Such faith will not be in vain. Although it may not be in the way, nor at the time we expected, we shall be brought into a new in deeper experience of salvation through faith in the blood. Let us but seek with our whole heart to hold fast the truth: what the blood does, it does with a divine power." Andrew Murray

She Bound the Scarlet Line in the Window - Joshua 2:21

"Have you implicitly trusted in the precious blood of Jesus? Have you tied the scarlet cord, as with a Gordian knot in your window, so that your trust can never be removed? Or can you look out towards the Dead Sea of your sins, or the Jerusalem of your hopes, without seeing the blood, and seeing all things in connection with its blessed power? The passer-by can see a cord so conspicuous a color, if it hangs from the window: it will be well for you if your life makes the efficacy of the atonement conspicuous to all onlookers. What is there to be ashamed of? Let you or devils gaze if they will, the blood is your boast and your song. Soul, there is One who will see that scarlet line, even when from weakness of faith you cannot see it yourself; Jehovah, the Avenger, will see it and pass over you. Jericho's walls fell flat: Rahab's house was on the wall, and yet it stood unmoved; your nature is built into the wall of humanity, and yet when destruction smites the race, you shall be secure. Soul, tie the scarlet thread in the window afresh, and rest in peace." Spurgeon

BE PARDONED! BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST TODAY!

"We wrestle not against flesh and blood...." 

Taunts and manifestations of evil can be intimidating and may appear to have the upper hand because of the "might" that is behind them, but it is foolish to think that God has not or cannot deal with the evil in a Righteous and Just way. Most assuredly the might of evil is something to be concerned about because it literally manifests and impact people's lives in our world and in the spiritual realm. People can be harassed by demons and other evil spiritual powers and rulers. People can be threatened by world leaders and even killed because of evil. People are lusted after in the minds of other people without their knowing. Innocent children are murdered because somebody doesn't think it's a big deal. People steal and lie and the list goes on endlessly about what people do that are blatantly evil.  People may think that sexual activities kept for a man and woman within marriage alone is lame and boring, but at the same time they don't realize how much evil is outside of those protective boundaries for not only the couple but also for society. People think a little white lie is not that powerful, but they don't realize the deep division it creates between people. It is so important to realize and believe that the "might" of evil is the Law of Sin and Death which is described in 1 Corinthians 15:6 (For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power). This law of sin and death is both within people as their nature, and outside of them in principalities and rulers of the air (Eph 6). The reality is that Sin and Death impacts everyone the same. Sin has no prejudice, nor is it partial to a specific kind of person or race of people. EVERYONE past, present and future has a sinful nature, because Man fell into disobedience and rebellion from the beginning. In the grip of sin, the one who has killed one or millions is no different then the one who has not, but only lied once. They have the same eternal fate.  In the clutches of sin, the one who has lusted after another in the mind just once, and the one who lived a daily sexually explicit life will have the same fate. Sin is so potent that one incidence of it in the life of a person brings death to them. When God's law is broken just once then his whole law has been broken and we become guilty of breaking the whole of it. When sin takes its full effect it gives birth to death. This is a hard truth to accept, since we are all under the law of sin and death the one responsible for dropping a nuclear bomb on a city and kills hundreds of thousands will have the same fate as those "innocent" people they just murdered. Sin doesn't care how bad you have been treated or unjustly. It robs people of life.  To God all sin is known, and he understands its far reaching influence on our world. And he is a perfect Judge. God does not want anybody to perish due to the wage of their sin. But he knows that sin has everyone ensnared. He realizes that the most "innocent" of people are not free of sin, and that their souls and spirits will stand before Him after they die in their bodies. 

This perspective is important to understand: real death is not dying in the body! Real death follows bodily death and is called the second death, and it is the most fearful verdict of them all. After one dies in the body they will face a Just God who is all knowing and is not able to do wrong. If God does not see the perfect innocent blood of his Son Jesus Christ covering and washing your sin away by your faith in him He will not be able to transfer your sins onto Christ and pardon you. You have a big choice to make. You can stand before God with Jesus as your Savior, or you can stand before God without Jesus, alone. With Jesus you will be pardoned, without Jesus you will be judged by the law which you are guilty of breaking. The good news is that God has already defeated the real power of sin. "If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9. You will be Born Again. You will be pardoned. The power of the Word of God is this: "because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death!!" That is Romans 8:2! Through one manifestation of love, sacrificing his only Son on the cross, God provided the only way for you to be PARDONED and FORGIVEN of the sting of your sin which is eternal death. Jesus is a solid rock to put our faith in and live for now, because he shattered the darkness for us. On this side of the judgment, whether life is terrorized by hell, shakes in the storm or cruises through the wind the fact that Jesus destroyed sin and death forever is a powerful reality. The Bible is a Good book. It tells us the truth and destroys lies that keep us from experiencing the best God has for us which is Jesus Christ His Loving Son. After we die in the body we will fully and automatically know the weight of Authority that has been given to Jesus Christ whether we know him as Lord or not. I pray you will humble yourself today and receive the awesome love Jesus has for you. 

The truth is out there to be sought after and found by you. Jesus said if you seek Him and seek Him with ALL your heart you will find him. He is the Word of God...the Bible. Read the Bible.

Please listen to this message entitled "Free" by Jim Cymbala. He faithfully shares what being free in Christ really means!

Free- By Jim Cymbala

Also, here is a song that proclaims the power that is in the blood of Jesus Christ for you.

Finally, please read the message below in the photograph. It tells us about how far Jesus went to save us all and satisfy God's righteous requirements for us.

God bless you to childlike faith in Jesus Christ today!!

Singing About Jesus Leads To Encouragement

Dad's Resurrection Song

My dad and I were sitting together outside on Resurrection Sunday talking and singing about Jesus. He and I don't get to see one another as much any more since we live in different states, but my dad has always been an encouragement to me whenever we share time together. When we are together we talk about Jesus often and for that I am grateful! He has written many songs, and each one has his unique touch. He is one of those guys who truly ministers through heartfelt song. He was playing a number of songs out on the patio, and there was one that said it all. I asked him if I could record it, and this is the result. I hope you will be uplifted by it in your spirit toward Jesus Christ. 

Preparing for the Road Ahead

Do you have enough oil for the journey ahead? Praying that if you don't have oil that you will get it, and praying that those who have it are prepared so they don't run out!! There comes a point on this road where each person will have only enough for themselves. Now is the time to get it. The oil is the Spirit of God. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God and believing it. That can't happen if you don't read it for yourself. The Word of God is contrary to the customs, and patterns of this world. The world says not to take seriously what the Bible says to have urgency towards. Jesus is a faithful Groom cleansing, loving, and purifying His Bride. A faithful Bride remains watchful for her Husband to be and prepares for Him. 

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. (Matthew 25:1-13 ESV)

There is Power in the Blood of Christ

"What title does the believer have for being blessed... for enjoying the presence of God...the fellowship of the Holy Spirit? Is it because he lives righteously? Is it because he serves without mixed motives? "Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven" the Psalmist says...."whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit." In other words, it isn't the perfect person..it's the person who is open before God....trusting in the blood of Christ and it's efficacy. The blood of Christ cleanses us from sin. The blood of Christ gives our advocate all the evidence he needs to plead our case before the Father. He is our propitiation. He satisfies every demand of God for righteousness and holiness. The blood of Christ cleanses us from sin.  How deeply? He cleanses us even to the conscience. He cleanses us in a way that no offering other then the blood of Christ could do. He makes us perfect for all time the Scriptures are saying. He's ransomed us not with perishable things like silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ. It doesn't say He makes us ransomable...he's ransomed us. He doesn't make us cleansible...He cleanses us. He doesn't make us forgivable....He forgives us...." Dr. Rick Horne

"After any act of obedience or devotion, look to Christ for he is the cause. After any moral failure, look to Christ for he is the cure. " Paul Washer

A Mighty Rushing Wind

When you pray sometimes things come to mind from scripture that you have heard over and over again that are for people in need. The Holy Spirit is a person, and is alive and well. In thinking and praying for those children, women and men who have been kidnapped by ISIS, you wonder what their fate will be. Well the phrase that is coming to mind for them for prayer is "a mighty rushing wind." I'm certain these people are praying for God's intercession. Think about what 10,000,000 people could do to influence these situations around the world who believe in prayer through the name of Jesus...let alone 1! Prayer in Jesus' name gets things before the Father. It's where powerful intervention begins and ends. 

"And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting." (Acts 2:2 ESV)

Let's pray a mighty rushing wind comes over those in harms way in Jesus' name. 

The Importance of Being Born Again, The Shemitah, and the Lateness ofthe Hour

There are many who are speaking to the heart of the matter, and whose words and encouragement are focused on the main thing that matters. They are aware of and know the lateness of the hour and faithfully are warning and calling people to respond to the call of salvation in Jesus Christ. They are exposing the layers of lies and deception, and are shining the light in the darkness. I'm thankful for them. They are piercing the darkness. I've read the Bible and it speaks to the finger prints of God and His orderliness, and his faithfulness to bring us always into the light.  People are born into the dark, but they are not to remain in the dark...we are to be born again into light and then we are to be light in the dark. Yes, the end of all things is at hand. And If you are in the dark ( not born again or compromised living in sin without repentance) you most likely do not realize this or even believe that shaking is at hand. Judgement is at hand. How do we know? Apathy and deception in leadership, murdering of babies in the womb by the millions, drug, porn, alcohol addictions, no fear of God or faith in the hearts of men for this One God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, disrespect and dishonor toward boundaries within marriage, family and relationships of all kinds, hatred and anger within people groups toward other people groups, Man made religions, Bible Prophecy, Biblical warnings, signs in the heavens etc. I think of all the people who have come across my path in life: Wife and children, Family, friends, co-workers, teachers, coaches, and all the acquaintances, and simultaneously realizing what only God can reveal, that all that matters in those relationships is their soul's status with the Living God Jesus Christ. I think of my status with this most amazing God equally every day. I know the fight against my sin nature falling, getting back up again in repentance and trusting in Jesus alone to have the power to restore. Everyone has their own soul and life but the ultimate question is Are we Born Again? Are we right with God today? Am I and Are those I have not seen in years...are they in Christ and if so are they fighting the good fight of repentance and faith? Will all I know and care about be in the safety of Jesus when the door finally shuts and it is too late to believe in him? I pray humbly for us all and those even reading this whom I don't know but care about, because I know who I am and we are ( sinners saved by the grace of God and washed clean by the blood of Jesus) and I know who God is ( The Loving and Just Father, Son and Holy Spirit---Three in One Creator)  I don't know if we all realize who this God is equally. I pray that the miracle of being born again and being restored to a right relationship with Jesus Christ will happen today for all of us. It's His work to save us all. You can be saved and born into the light of Christ today in Jesus Name!! 

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” (John 3:1-21 ESV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1 Peter 1:3 ESV)

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; (1 Peter 1:23 ESV)

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV)

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:5-10 ESV)

Dialogue with Doug Hagmann and Jonathan Cahn

"If this was your last message, your last public address what would you tell to those who are listening. What would you say?" Doug Hagmann

"There have been several key foreshadows that have happened at the beginning of this current Shemitah. I have warned for a long time that if America does not turn back to God then the American age, as we know it, will come to an end. That's what the warning of the Shemitah is. The rise and fall of Nations is geared toward the coming of the Shemitah. And here we are in one now. The American age began in 1871 and became the strongest economic power on earth. The current Shemitah began at the very end of September 2014, and within first two weeks of the Shemitah beginning, the American age as we know it, has come to an end. America is no longer the strongest economic power on earth. That age is over. It's been supplanted by China. The crown has passed to China. The crown as the head of nations is beginning to pass. I believe this is going to open up the scenario of end time prophecy, because America is not the head of nations at the end. Now what do we do? There are people listening in America, and there are people listening all over the world. This has to do with everybody, because these things are going to touch the whole world. First of all I believe this-everything that can be shaken will be shaken- so what do we do? First of all, if you are not Born Again the message to you is this- if you're saying, "I want to be safe, how do I get safe....should I build a shelter...what do I do?" Well I would tell you this- in Hebrew the word for "safety" is Yeshua. And Yeshua is the name of Jesus. The safety, the only safety is in him. Outside of him there is no safety. Inside of him there needs to be no fear. So if you are not in Jesus, if your life is not in him, doesn't matter what your religion is, if you are not in him, If you are not Born Again you need to get Born Again. Secondly, if you are in him but there are things in your life, look at your life, if there are things in your life that are not in the will of God, that are outside of God's will the time is to get them out of your life now. Don't say tomorrow, the time is late. Whatever is outside the will of God is under judgment. And so do not share in judgment. Get those things out of your life now. Whatever God is calling you to get into your life the time to do that is now. Do it today- even before you go to bed. Start it now, take the first step, because the time is late. If we are watching the dark getting darker which is what is happening. If the dark is getting darker, then it's time for the light to get brighter. These are the days of Elijah. Well, we have to be the Elijahs of the day. Because the days of Elijah were days of apostasy and persecution. But Elijah stood strong. God is not looking for the many who are lukewarm now, but he is looking for the few who are on fire for God. You be that person, you who are listening- you be that person. You be that church. You be that people. And God will raise you up, and God will keep you. God will anoint you for such a time as this. These are prophetic times, and we must be prophetic people, and so if the people of God- the Church- had been the salt of the earth they were supposed to be to America it could never have gotten as rotten as it is.  If we had been the light to America it could have never gotten as dark, but God is now calling us to be great. You see these are the times that produce the greatest believers. So God is calling us to be great. To be great, you have to be bold, you have to get compromise out of your life, be uncompromised. Don't be intimidated by the darkness. Be stronger than ever. Be a light, and God will use you. The light that shines in the middle of the day, you know it's easy to shine, but you can't really see it. But the light that shines at night, you know it's harder to shine, because it goes against the grain, but it can light up the night. And God has called us to light up the night. So is there hope? Yes, as long as there is God there is hope. I don't believe that revival can happen without shaking now. I believe that revival can happen through shaking, but we have to be the leaders of revival, and that's why it says, "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven, Forgive their sin, and heal their land." We have to be that people. We need to pray for revival, but not just revival, but we need to start living in revival. Not just praying for it but living it. Start the revival now, and God and you, a remnant, who are listening can change the world." Jonathan Cahn - Hagmann and Hagmann Report 2/18/15

The Veil is Removed by the True Light of Jesus Christ

But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭16-18‬ ESV)

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭1-6‬ ESV)

NOTES: With Christ in the School of Prayer - Andrew Murray

Power for Praying and Working:

Truly, truly,  I say unto you, he that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall you do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever you ask in my name, That will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. John 14:12-14

- whoever wants to do the works of Jesus must pray his name. Whoever prays in his name must work in his name.

- In prayer the power for work is obtained.

- This is reality......With the resurrection, the powers of the eternal life were to take possession of the human body and obtain supremacy over human life. With his ascension, Christ was to receive the power to communicate the Holy Spirit completely to his body. The union-the oneness between himself on the throne and those on earth-was to be so intensely and divinely perfect that he meant it has the literal truth: "greater works than these shall he do, because I go on to my Father. "

- as we believe and ask in Jesus's name, the power comes and takes possession of us also to do the greater works.

- The one reason there is little or nothing to be seen of the power to do anything like Christ's work, not to mention anything greater is this: the belief in him and believe in prayer and his name are absent.

- Every child of God must learn this lesson: prayer in the name of Jesus is the only way to share in the mighty power that Jesus has received from the Father for his people. It is in this power alone that the believer can do greater works.

- If you want to do the work of Jesus, believe and become linked to him, the Almighty One.

- Effective working first needs effective praying.

- The second lesson that every child of God must learn is: whoever prays must work.

- It is for power to work that Prayer has such great promises. Power for the effective prayer of faith is gained through working. Our Lord repeats no less than six times those unlimited prayer promises that evoke anxious questions as to their real meaning: "whatsoever, ""anything, ""what you will,""ask and you shall receive," John 14:13-14; 15:7,16; 16:23-24.  Many a believer has read these promises with joy and hope, and indeed earnestness of soul has attempted to plead them for his own need, and has come out disappointed. The simple reason was that he separated the promise from its context.

- The Lord gave the wonderful promise of the free use of his name with the Father in conjunction with doing his works. The disciple who lives only for Jesus' work in the kingdom, for his will and honor, will be given the power to appropriate the promise. Anyone grasping the promise only when he wants something very special for himself will be disappointed, because he is making Jesus the servant of his own comfort. But whoever wants to pray the effective prayer of faith because he needs it for the work of the Lord Jesus Christ will learn it, because he has made himself the servant of his Lord's interests. Prayer not only teaches and strengthens the one for work, work teaches and strengthens one for prayer.

- Let us give ourselves to the master for his work!

- Believer in Jesus! You are called-you are appointed-to do the works of Jesus, and even greater works. He has gone to the Father to get the power to do them in and through you. Give yourself and live to do the works of Christ, and you will learn how to obtain wonderful answers to prayer. You will learn to do not only what he did, but much more. With disciples full of faith in Jesus, boldly asking great things in prayer, Christ can conquer the world.

PRAYER:
Oh my Lord, once again, I am hearing you say things that are beyond my comprehension. I can do nothing but except them and keep them in simple, childlike faith as your gift to me. You have said that because of your going to be with the Father, anyone who believes in you can do not only the things you have done, but greater things as well. Lord, I worship you as the Glorified One and eagerly await the fulfillment of your promise. May my whole life be one of continued believing in you. Purify and sanctify my heart. Make it so tenderly susceptible to yourself and your love that believing in you will become its very breath. You have said that because you went to the Father, you will do whatever we ask you to do. You want your people to share your power. From your throne, you want to work through them, as members of your body, in response to their believing prayer in your name. You have promised us power in our prayers to you and power in our work here on earth. Blessed Lord, forgive us for not believing you and your promise more. Because of our lack of faith, we have failed to demonstrate how you were faithful to fulfill that promise. Please forgive us for so little honoring your all-prevailing name in heaven or on earth. Lord, teach us to pray so that we can prove your name is all-powerful with God, with men, and with devils. Teach us to work and to pray in a way that glorifies you, and do your great works through us. In Your powerful name Lord Jesus, Amen!

The Reality of Christ is More Real and Powerful

Jesus Christ is more real than what we experience of him on a daily basis, or have experienced in the past 10-20-30...90 years of our lives. Or if you have never experienced him at all, he is calling you to know him. There is more of him to be known today. To those who have died in the body they now understand the magnitude of this. For those who were Born Again as scripture teaches and died in Christ, their eyes and ears are experiencing what "no eye nor ear has heard or seen" on this side of heaven. No doubt it is glorious!  I believe it is possible to experience more of Jesus on this side of heaven in ways that are so glorious it is hard to describe. And don't we want this? Our flesh does not, but the Holy Spirit does! The Word of God promises that He will reveal himself to those who seek him diligently, and surrender their whole lives to Jesus in trust of his life, death and resurrection for them. These are the ones who love Jesus. I know there are people in this world who have known Christ and experienced him in ways that others have not. By the Holy Spirit's power to reveal, people can know the God who created them in a personal loving relationship! There is one true God wanting to be known, who is wanting to pour out his loving kindness on us. The monotony, the danger, the pain, the uncertainty, the fear, the disappointment and death that this world gives fails and fades when faith in the absolute promise of Christ takes 1st place in the soul and mind of a person.  The hope in realizing this is that we would want to know more of Christ ..........now..........wherever we are in life. In whatever sin is consuming, blinding, seizing and binding us now. In whatever chaos, fear, anxiety or loss that is confounding us now......MAY THE REALITY OF CHRIST shine forth and break the power of sin and death! The promise is that not, on this side of heaven, that these things are going to go away, BUT the Word of God says that we are to be sanctified or continually changing more and more into the image of Christ. We are to become more like him in the way he thinks and acts. We are to become acquainted with his sufferings. That means becoming Born Again. You are Born Again when you trust that Jesus suffered and died for you personally in order to remove sin and death from you. You are Born Again when you believe that Jesus alone is the only one who can save you from sin and death, because you trust he is God in a human body. And you are Born Again when you know confidently that Jesus rose from his grave, and that he will raise you to life with him after you die in the body. When we are Born Again we expect to experience loss, pain, and hardships and at the same time remain unbroken in faith, hope and love. Amidst the world's chaotic ways we can have peace that passes understanding. As we witness Satan's power to wield evil influence, IN CHRIST, we can resist and confidently and boldly respond in ways that take that evil and work it out for good. To know Christ Jesus today means a realization that the full weight of evil is being held back. Remove the Holy Spirit from this world? Remove the people who possess the Holy Spirit of God.........and what do you think will happen? Scripture teaches that this world is ruled by Satan. He governs the governments. He has demons who masquerade as gods of violence, lust and vanity, and there are people who follow them. Those who are Born Again stop being violent, they fight daily against the onslaught of lust and sexual immoralities (they repent of it all).  Don't you remember when Satan himself came to Jesus who was hungry, tired and seemingly at his "weakest", and told him that if he would just bow down to him, that he would give all the kingdoms of the world to Jesus. PRAISE JESUS that he renounced Satan's temptations with the living Words of God. Food and Power were not more important to Jesus then his Father's will. Jesus overcame temptation because he knew the reality of his Father. He knew the glory and weight of the promises found in obedience. He loved his Dad! The reality of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit can be known through obedience. And through more and more obedience increase in sanctification happens. We are at that point in the age of times where shaking is about to happen. Whatever and whoever is not found rooted in Jesus Christ will fall, will be deceived, will take the mark of the beast, will renounce Jesus in order to "live." May the true REALITY of a BORN AGAIN RELATIONSHIP with JESUS CHRIST fueled by the HOLY SPIRIT come upon you! In Jesus name I pray! Read the Bible tonight in the Book of John and 1st, 2nd and 3rd John my friend. Be thoroughly blessed!

Bridging the Divide

If there's a song, a sound rhythm with message; a movie clip or image cache without question; that's seared onto the mind, and within the depth of the heart; that won't get out, or leave alone; that is vile, impure, unlovely, not praiseworthy and quietly-subtly steals innocence........ it can be renounced in the Spirit of Christ. The childlike innocence within us ( yes, it can be restored and even protected no matter the age!), though it be trod upon by decades of vanity, impurity, uncleanness, violence and/or gore---by one's own choice or the result of other's; that innocence can be restored in the Spirit of Truth who is Jesus Christ. The One who is Good is worth sacrificing for; the Good has bridged the divide that so separated us. The Good united the divided.

This song is older but is a good reminder of the power of Christ to heal what's been lost in us, and protect us from the onslaught.  It proclaims the power of God to remove the sin and replace it with everlasting life.  

http://youtu.be/KVv4bj2MiL8

NOTES II: The Bait of Satan- Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense- John Bevere

"For as many are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons (huios) of God." Romans 8:14

It does NOT say, "for as many as react to difficult situations, these are sons of God."

Greek--TEKNON = Son = One who is a son by mere fact of birth = baby or immature son = John 1:12

Greek -- HUIOS = Son = One who can be identified as a son because he displays the character or characteristics of his parents = mature son = Romans 8:14

It is the mature sons who are led by the Spirit of God. 

Immature Christians are less likely to follow the leading of the Spirit of God. Most often they react or respond emotionally or intellectually to circumstances the face. They have not yet learned to act only on the Spirit of God's leading.

We grow in character through obeying the council of the word of God in the midst of suffering. 

"Though He (Jesus) was a son ( huios), yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered" Hebrews 5:8

Physical growth is a function of time. No two-year-old child has it ever been 6 feet tall. Intellectual growth is a function of learning. Spiritual growth is a function of neither time nor learning, but it is a function of a obedience. 

"Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin." 1 Peter 4:1

A person who has ceased from sin is a perfectly obedient child of God. He is mature. He chooses God's ways, not his own. Just as Jesus learned obedience by the things he suffered, we learn obedience by the difficult circumstances we face. When we obey the word of God that is spoken by the Holy Spirit, we will grow and mature in the times of conflict and suffering. Our knowledge of Scripture is not the key. Obedience is. 

Disobedience is one reason why we have people in the church who have been Christians for 20 years, and who can quote verses and chapters of the Bible, and have heard 1000 sermons, and have read many books, but still wear spiritual diapers.

When we meet with a difficult situation, rather than responding by the Spirit of God, we seek to protect ourselves in our own way....we will be "always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." 2 Timothy 3:7. We will never come to the knowledge of the truth because we do not apply it.

Truth must be allowed to have its way in our lives if we are going to grow and mature. It is not enough to give mental assent to obeying it. Even though we continue to learn, we never mature because of disobedience.

A common excuse for self preservation through disobedience is offense. There is a false sense of self protection in harboring an offense. It keeps you away from seeing your own character flaws because the blame is deferred to another. You never have to face your role, your immaturity, or your sin because you see only the faults of the offender. Therefore, God's attempt to develop character in you by this opposition is now abandoned. The offended person will avoid the source of the offense and eventually flee, becoming a spiritual vagabond.

If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.

Many times God will allow people to run from situations he desires them to face if they are set on running from them in their hearts.

God knew Elijah was set on escaping the difficult situation. So he allowed it, though it is obvious from his question that it wasn't his original plan. 1 Kings 18 -19

If we are so set in our hearts not to face difficult situations, God will actually release us even though it is not his perfect will....he will allow us to do what we want even when it is against his original plan-even when it is not in our best interest.

Often God's plan causes us to face hurts and attitudes we don't want to face. We run from the very thing that will bring strength to our lives. Refusing to deal with an offense will not free us from the problem. It will only give us a temporary relief. The root of the problem remains untouched.

It is impossible to establish a healthy relationship with a person who has left another relationship better and offended. Healing must take place. 

Love forgets wrongs so that there is hope for the future. If we have truly overcome an offense, we earnestly seek to make peace. The time may not be right immediately, but in our hearts we will watch for an opportunity for restoration.

It is the path of humility and self-denial that leads to healing and spiritual maturity. It is the decision to make another's well-being more important than your own, even when that person has brought you great sorrow. Pride cannot travel this path, but only those who desire peace at the risk of rejection. It is a trail that leads to humiliation and abasement. It is the road that leads to life. 

What we learn in the presence of God cannot be learned in the presence of man.

NOTES I: The Bait of Satan- Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense -John Bevere

- "And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the agape or unconditional love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. Matthew 24:10-13"

- Agape love is the love God sheds abroad in the hearts of his children. It is the same love Jesus gives freely to us. 

-Agape love is a love that gives even when rejected. 

- "the many" Jesus refers to are Christians whose agape has grown cold. 

- When you sow the love of God, you will reap the love of God. You need to develop faith in this spiritual law even though you may not harvest it from the field in which you sowed, or as quickly as you would like. 

- For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:8-9 ESV)

- Jesus continued, "In my greatest hour of need, my closest friends deserted me. Judas betrayed me, Peter denied me, and the rest fled for their lives. Only John followed from afar. I had cared for them for over three years, feeding them and teaching them. Yet as I died for the sins of the world, I forgave. I released all of them---from my friends who had deserted me to the Roman guards who had crucified me. They didn't ask for forgiveness, yet I freely gave it. I had faith in My Father's love. I knew that because I had given love, I would reap love from many sons and daughters in the kingdom. Because of my sacrifice of love, they would love me. "

- But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? (Matthew 5:44-47 ESV)

- I realized that the love I was giving was being done to the Spirit, and eventually I would reap those seeds of love. I didn't know from where, but I knew the harvest would come. No longer did I see it as a failure when love wasn't returned from the person I was giving it to. It freed me to love that person even more. If more Christians recognized this, they wouldn't give up and become offended. Usually this is not the type of love we walk in. We walk in selfish love that is easily disappointed when our expectations are not met. 

- If we don't risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love...agape love gives others the right to hurt us. 

- Love does not seek its own, but hurt people become more and more self-seeking and self-contained. In this climate the love of God waxes cold. 

- Life cannot be sustained if held on to. It must be given freely. 

- An offended Christian is one who takes in life, but because of fear, cannot release life. As a result, even the life that does come in becomes stagnant within the wall or prison of offense. The New Testament describes these walls as strongholds. "For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.  (2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV) "

- The knowledge of God's Word without love is a destructive force because it puffs up with pride and legalism (1 Corinthians 8:1-3). This causes us to justify ourselves rather then repent of the unforgiveness. 

- Knowledge without the love of God will lead to deception. 

- A minister or a Christian is what he lives, not what he preaches. 

- "But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people." (2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV)

- "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths." (2 Timothy 4:3-4 ESV)

- Deceived men and women would have a zeal for knowledge but remain unchanged since they never apply it in truth.  "They will be always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." 2 Timothy 3:7

-If we are offended and in unforgiveness and refuse to repent of this sin, we have not come to the knowledge of the truth. We are deceived, and will confuse others with our hypocritical lifestyle. No matter what the revelation, what we actually do will tell the real story. We'll become a spring spewing out bitter waters that will bring deception, not truth. 

-"And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another." Matthew 24:10

- An offense leads to betrayal, and betrayal leads to hatred. 

- When Jesus was wronged, He did not wrong in return but committed his soul to God the Father, who judges righteously. We are admonished to follow his steps: "For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. (1 Peter 2:21-23 ESV)"

- We must come to the place where we trust God and not the flesh. 

- Now you see how serious the sin of offense is. If it is not dealt with, offense will eventually lead to death. But when you resist the temptation to be offended, God brings great victory. 

Theme of 2015

In times that I feel uncertain, afraid, and weak I cry out to God asking him to make the  difference. Take charge God of everything that means something that can be lost...people, marriages, families, friendships. His reply is, "What can be shaken will be shaken. Give thanks, Get into my love and give my love, because it will endure forever. It can not be shaken." His answer is always the same to me. The theme of 2015 is to spur one another on to LOVE and to do LOVING things.

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (‭Psalm‬ ‭107‬:‭8‬ ESV)

The Answer is Outside of Our Man Made Religions

Incitement of and violence itself is the acting out of the rage and bitterness within the human heart caused by a myriad of reasons. It's the byproduct of hatred in the human heart which is the result of sin. There is a remedy for violence! It is forgiveness. One must tap into the source of forgiveness for its power to be unleashed however.  Forgiveness is God's business and power. We can't muster it up. Vengeance is also God's business. God asks us to forgive one another while he asks us to let him deal with the justice that's involved in vengeance. While there is a time and purpose under heaven for war to take place, it is for one specific reason. It is to stop evil when it just won't back off, and we pray for God's guidance and timing in such campaigns. BUT regarding which side one is on we all ought to heed the Word of God for it says woe to those who call evil good and good evil, and blessed are those who call good, good and evil, evil, because there is no confusion, there is no deceit, there is no lying in the latter. There is truth when you call things what they are. We must pray for leadership who fear God and listen to God with surrendered lives who are commissioned for such war in its time and place. Regarding the individual souls, God is interested in healing and reconciling relationships between people of every race, and nationality. Getting to know who God is is the first step in healing the sin within. Believing his Word changes everything.  Even when people and or powers in high places encourage hatred or violence towards others, people can rise above that and respond in forgiveness. Forgiveness will go a very long way in sacrificing itself for the good of other people. Consider the heart of God: that while we were yet sinning ( thinking murder or hating our brothers and sisters, and acting out murder) he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for us. He was redeeming us who are unredeemable. God scourged his son with the punishment we deserve to pay for all the violent acts of humanity. God poured the full weight of his wrath on his own son so that people could be saved from his anger toward sin. Do you see how important it is to see the Triune God for who He is? God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is the only one who can change the human heart from hate to loving forgiveness. The One Triune God DEMONSTRATES this forgiveness to us all. Jesus is above all religion. People kill in the name of their man made religions. Even worldly "Christianity" has killed in its own name. But Jesus, who is God, is not about worldly "Christianity", nor Islam or Hinduism or Buddhism or any other religion. God is outside of all religions of the world, and God the Father sacrificed his son Jesus for us so that he could forgive us all, and so that we in turn would forgive others. God is not forcing anyone to conform to forgiveness....nor is he forcing anyone to believe in Jesus.  He is commanding us to do both. We can reject his command or obey it gladly. Both choices have powerful results that influence everyone and everything. We are not to focus on our differences in religion and try to unite all the differences into one like people are trying to do under Chrislam or one world religion. We are to become united in Christ Jesus alone. We are all to conform to Jesus Christ who has easily and obviously proven his Authority in Lordship through his living sacrifice and powerful resurrection. Everyone is called to repent of their sinful natures. For the power of forgiveness in the world to be unleashed the world must put its faith in Jesus Christ alone, and acknowledge being under the name of Jesus Christ alone.  We live in a time where we desperately need to be in discernment about what is true and false Christianity, which is about the real Christ versus Anti-Christ. God will hold people accountable for their sin through the Word of God, and we need to do what he has asked us to do which is REPENT of our sins and put our trust in Jesus Christ then live in the Holy Spirit of Love , Joy , Peace , Patience , Kindness, Goodness , Gentleness , Faithfulness and Self-Control...which is only possible when you begin a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He has already won the battle over sin.  His blood has the power to wash away all sin and it's damage everywhere. 

Too Proud? Ask God for Humility and a Broken and Contrite Heart

There will be people who won't go to heaven for eternity. They are those who were too proud to receive the only remedy for the problem that plagues humanity. Only pride prevents the crookedness within us all from being remedied...only pride keeps one from bowing humbly at the foot of the cross in deep thanks. No one deserves to be in heaven with God, but those who will be there will know it is by his grace through Christ alone that they are there. 

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17 ESV)

Living Lyrics Through The Holy Spirit

Mercy Music (Come Home)

Written By: Timothy Brindle

Restoration Album

Verse 1-
This song is written for backsliders,
And those who fell of "the road" like bad drivers.
Who think they're too gross for Mercy and so, so unworthy,
And think the Christian walk's a hopeless journey.
Perhaps like me, you try to smother conviction,
By lust or drugs or some other addiction.
Or you deny your disgusting condition,
Or think, to turn back is too much of a mission.
I know how you feel, like, "What's the point of trying?"
So you avoid the I AM, but you know that He's REAL
You're pursuing sin, although it will kill,
And it's ruining you, and No, you won't be fulfilled
He won't disown you, your only hope, He is still
cuz Christ groaned on the hill when He atoned for your guilt.
There His love was shown and revealed
so, "Come, be washed whiter than snow" by the flow that He spilt (Isaiah 1:18)
for all your wrong sin.
The Lord is good and forgiving, abounding in love to all who call upon Him (Psalm 86:5)
however bad your doubts,
He says, "Whoever Comes to ME, I'll never, ever cast you out!" (John 6:37)

If you're God's son or perhaps you're His daughter

and like a lost sheep you so happened to wander

After every lust you could imagine or conjure

After every greed you could fathom or ponder

Passing pleasures look how fast it was squandered

I know you feel like you've been captured and conquered

If you don't trample on His Majesty's Honor

And you know how He has to cast off a scoffer

But recall Jesus took the wrath and the slaughter

But recall Jesus took the wrath and the slaughter

Yeah! He already took the wrath and the slaughter

FOR YOU!

So you could come back to the Father

COME HOME, come home, COME HOME, come home, COME HOME

Won't you come back to the Father?

COME HOME, come home, COME HOME, come home, COME HOME

Yeah! Come back to your Father!

Verse 2-
In quick sand I was stuck from my tangents of lust
Until I seen that the Blood of the Lamb is enough
And if I was oppressed under the guilt of my sin—
then how many other of His children are pinned?
Discouraged and despondent in ramped bondage
In sin's grip like anacondas
Consistency, they just can't accomplish
Wounded on the side lines with a damaged conscience:
Convinced by Satan's roaming legions, that they're only pagan hopeless heathens
"And therefore Jesus won't receive them,
Because they have NO righteousness—No achievement!"
But they're really seeking to make their own appeasement
when in reality, the only pleasing atonement to God is Jesus' groans and bleeding—
So let that be the only hope you're pleading!
And you don't need to first work your way back
And NOPE, you won't please Him with your personal lash
Yeah, it's true, you deserve to be smashed
But Christ already averted the Curse and the Wrath (Galatians 3:13)

COME HOME, come home, COME HOME, come home, COME HOME

Won't you come back to the Father?

COME HOME, come home, COME HOME, come home, COME HOME

Yeah! Come back to your Father

Verse 3-
If nothing convinces you to come to your senses
but you run from Him I pray your dungeon of sin gets,
so uncomfortable and empty that you run to the Sinless Son who gives abundant forgiveness
'cuz it isn't WHOLE, your "secret heart", it's true
Within your soul—the deepest part of you
I know your spiritual stomach is starving (Isaiah 55:2)
So come back to Christ and He'll abundantly pardon! (Isaiah 55:7)
God put an eternal gap in your heart—so you going after sin is absurdity
'cuz it only leaves you trapped in the dark—so come be filled by Him who IS ETERNITY (Isaiah
57:15)
So peep it homie, though He is holy,
Behold Jesus, Whose so Meek and Lowly (Matt. 11:28-30)
I too am weak—but Yo, He upholds me
Don't trust Christ + Self—NO! Jesus Only!!!
Why return to Christ, I'm sharing some reasons:
Sin is lie—Christ swears His allegiance
Sin our cancer—but He bears our diseases

See infinite grace—come cherish its freeness (Chea!!!)
Receive all the Merits of Jesus,
And on Judgment Day, you'll be there in HIS Clean-ness! (Zechariah 3:1-5)
While you are far off, the Father is chasing,
To receive you in His Arms in His Awesome Embracin' (Luke 15:20)
His Son's robe covers all your mistakes, and
He slaughtered "The Best Calf" on the Cross in your place, kid (Luke 15:22-23)
Admit His law you were breaking
Come as a JACKED-UP SINNER—it's the only qualification (Luke 15:21, 18:13)
I should be the first to witness:
that Christ Jesus came into this world for the worst of sinners! (1st Timothy 1:15)
Say, "While revealing Your Cross to me, Hosea 14:4, HEAL MY APOSTASY!"

If you're God's son or perhaps you're His daughter

and like a lost sheep you so happened to wander

After every lust you could imagine or conjure

After every greed you could fathom or ponder

Passing pleasures look how fast it was squandered

I know you feel like you've been captured and conquered

If you don't trample on His Majesty's Honor

If you know how He has to cast off a scoffer

But recall Jesus took the wrath and the slaughter

But recall Jesus took the wrath and the slaughter

Yeah! He already took the wrath and the slaughter

FOR YOU!

So you could come back to the Father

COME HOME, come home, COME HOME, come home, COME HOME

So repent for it's the Lord you can trust

COME HOME, come home, COME HOME, come home, COME HOME

Yeah, His mercy is more than enough!

The Full Counsel of the Gospel is Necessary

In order for the power of God to come to you for salvation the FULL counsel of the Gospel must be realized and believed in. Accepting only parts of it will do you no good. Hearing only parts of it taught from the pulpit is also detrimental. There are 3 critical parts to the Gospel to believe for it to be affective. Your knowledge can increase in the full counsel as you read the Word. The first (the hardest to accept because of pride in the human heart) is to admit that you are the problem... not your problems themselves, and you cannot do anything to fix the problem. You, yourself, are the sinful one needing to be saved. There are serious consequences to being the problem...the wage of sin is death in eternity. The second is to believe that Jesus is the solution for you by his death, burial and resurrection for you ( hard to believe because of doubt and denial that God was actually with us in Jesus' body and that this one God/Man is the only way to eternal life. This doesn't fit into human logic or understanding. It is true nonetheless, therefore, it must be received by faith), and the third is to live your life for God according to the Bible which is by God's grace and through faith in it. You are not earning salvation since you received it freely by faith in Jesus' work. You are now free and working out your obedience joyfully, through repentance, through a clean conscience , and because  you love God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.  You hate to continue to be the problem and you want the Solution to live through you. Once you live daily in this complete understanding of the Gospel there is power to save you. Jesus is everything! Jesus is God. Don't dwell on the fact you are the problem once you own that, but accept it humbly and thankfully receive the solution, Jesus Christ. He will do his work through you and you will have Jesus, Your Eternal Life. 

Jesus Christ is Above One World Religion and One World Government.

Jesus is not wrapped up in religion. He is not confined or limited to man's perspective of who they think he is, but man limits himself by not accepting the truth of who he is.  Jesus is the very one who is holding everything together. Through him the universe, the earth, everything was created. The world's understanding of Christianity is desperately confused because this reality about Jesus is not accepted or realized personally. Jesus is God in a human body, and he died, was buried and came back to life for people.  All the religions of the world are attempting to unite. Why and under what spirit? There is an anti-Christ spirit and a Holy Spirit.  I am praying that people will know and experience unity in the Holy Spirit who points to Jesus as the Way the Truth and the Life, as God incarnate, as the Savior of the world, as the Jewish Messiah, as the Redeemer and Mediator between God the Father and man, as the Servant of all, the Light of this world. Jesus is not bound or defined by a religion. He is Eternal Life itself. 

http://youtu.be/4itYLGlIh0U

Focus on the Gospel

When you consider that God the Father declares he will wipe away the wage of every sinful act made by a person through their confession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and that he will not remember any sin erased by the blood of Jesus-how extremely important is it to focus on that Gospel and not our problems, or past. The Gospel is our past, present and future. It's real freedom. In that Gospel is real unity.

The Answer

Religion (man's effort and work to please some kind of god) is not the answer, politics (man's attempt to govern people and maintain some kind of civil order) is not the answer. The answer is a sincere faith proven by yielded actions. Love is a verb that can only be propelled by the Holy Spirit. The world really needs the Living God to put its faith in so the Holy Spirit can do its work. He can get things done through yielded and surrendered people.

Andrew Murray writes, "God's opinion of what we really are, and what we desire is not based on the feelings we conjure up, but rather the tone of our lives during the day. Our relationship with God is part of our relationship with people, and failure in one of these is failure in the other. The effective prayer of faith comes from a life given up to the will and the love of God. My prayer is answered by God, not as a result of what I try to be when praying, but because of what I am when I am not praying. "

A Powerful Option: United & Corporate Prayer

Everything that hinders us from experiencing the full power of God in our lives is tiring. Sin in us all, the world's crash course, Satan's lies and how much influence he has had to bring people down with him is all exhausting. All that's left for us to do that will change the direction of sin in us, hasten the kingdom of God, and stop the deception of the Devil in our world is to not only pray privately but to also pray to the Father corporately and in unity. 

Everything Is Screaming For It Now

Occasionally, and more so these days, I am captivated by the thought that it is only a moment that is separating us from the eternal life we hope for, and are confident in, and are looking toward with Jesus. It's only going to take one second or less for the transfer to occur, and then everything we've ever known will change. All that concerns us here in a moment will be behind us, and that sharp quick contrast in timing makes it seem that the reality of it is already here. It's as if the kingdom of God wants to be here among us now. When scripture says that the whole earth and heavens have been groaning and longing for this in Romans 8 (since the creation ) it apparent that everything is screaming for it now. 

Give Thanks In Everything- Jesus Didn't Say It Would Be Easy

Regarding the now time, think about how trying the circumstances can be that God allows into our lives. Loss of loved ones, being held captive in prisons and harsh treatment by those who don't know the love of God, fighting an illness or disease, being lonely or discouraged. So many of these things are meant to build us up in reliance on God through faith, and to help us acquaint with the sufferings of Christ, and ultimately be thankful for everything in every circumstance. It is not easy to consider it all joy, but we are encouraged to because it is possible to.

God is Sovereignly Working

I believe God is doing all kinds of good works that are unknown to us that are for our benefit. He works within us, and around us, in all our circumstances to keep us going, to build our faith, and to give birth to faith. Whether someone knows him personally or not he has set so much in place that is a kindness and a care. Although He is a God who gives he also takes away for our benefit, and when he takes away it seems that some kind of faith is ignited, some kind of a reaction happens inside that helps us want to recognize Him. If he takes something or someone away we all of a sudden turn our cries toward heaven or our many emotions. If our income is not enough or our kids get sick or if a country is headed for disaster or clear and present danger is over the horizon...we start looking up to the One who we know can make all the difference, to the One who is sovereign. We are always at his mercies and graces, and he always works out everything for the good to those who love him and are called according to his purpose. And in his kindness, God has made known his warnings so clearly that things are not going to remain the same as we know it. This world is reserved for fire. Those outside of Christ have no hope of salvation with God, yet God in all his kindness and care has made known that he has loved the world, and sent his only son into the world so that people can believe in him and not perish but have everlasting life BEFORE the time runs out. Life as we know it is going to become more and more right and true, and everything and everyone will give an account for their existence; their free will choices. Everyone will be in their place based on choices, whether that be in heaven or in hell. And God is not willing that anyone should perish but that all come to salvation through Jesus Christ.

God's Unmerited and Overarching Kindness Towards Us

God the Father is abundantly good to us without our awareness. We go through our days, regular routines, and don't hardly realize how dependent our lives are on his graces. His unmerited grace is constantly overflowing to us without our awareness, without our faith in him even. When was that last time we thanked him for the rising of the sun, for keeping the physics of the universe in order, the earth on its axis, and for keeping a good supply of oxygen, for sending the rain, for the ability to walk, and breathe, and see and even for being alive? It's not all held together by itself...so it's good to recognize and acknowledge that he is the One responsible for all these kinds of blessings to us every moment. Most days I take these graces for granted where I am not aware and giving thanks, but I am thanking God for his overarching and sustaining kindnesses to me and for the world. 

Uniting the dIvIdEd Through Love and Prayer

The Spirit of God confirms that the way to unity , real long lasting unity in Spirit and in Truth is through Prayer and Love. These two powerful pillars hold everything together in relationships. And isn't that what life is about...relationships. They make everything that is good grow in our relationships with God and each other. It doesn't matter where we are, what country we're in, nor what laws and regulations rule over us. Prayer and love are the laws that must regulate humanity for there to be any progress in unity. The differences between people are appreciated in true love and prayer. True love and prayer rejoice in what is right and good not in what is improper or destructive.  Learning and studying and practicing these two things in faith in God will challenge the world, and be the pathway to unity for all the many people groups of this world on down to the little family that lives across the street, and the single lady who lives down the road. Let love and prayer be what they are,  accept them for what they are. Don't let misunderstanding of what they are influence today's decisions. Alternatively, seek out what prayer and love are so that they are understood and become the powerful forces for change in every circumstance. 

Everything depends the clarity of our relationship with God and our fellow neighbor. The two can not be separated. A heart that is not right with God nor his neighbor does not succeed. Matthew 5:23-24, says we must deal with any unforgiveness before we can really approach God and have his open ear. To really love God is to love man. Mark 11:25 says that We must forgive others in order for God to forgive us of our trespasses.  Matthew 6:12 and 18:35 says, that if we do not forgive others that God will not forgive us. 

Forgiveness is a by product of faith and love which is all strengthen by prayer. When you begin praying, if there is something not right between you and your brother the Spirit of God will remind of these verses. Our relationships with one another and how we are treating each other is of utmost importance to God. God is glorified in a life that is loving others ...so he will hold us accountable by convicting us to  correct our relationships together. Additionally, our prayers will be hindered if we are not right with our fellowmen or if there is some sin in our life we are not dealing with. So we must have a forgiving heart to approach God. Nothing strengthens faith as much as the consciousness that we have given ourselves in love and compassion for those whom God loves. When we do what Colossians 3:13 says, forgive others just as Jesus Christ has forgiven us, we are living in the fullness and freedom of what Christ intends for us. All of our prayers and love depend on our faith in God's pardoning grace toward us. God sets the standard of forgiveness so that we can begin clean and fresh with one another and himself. If God dealt with us while keeping our sins in mind, not one prayer would be heard. 

Forgiving opens the door to all God's love and blessing, and once we have asked God to forgive even our own sins (which implies we will no longer go on sinning ourselves) then our prayers will become heard and powerful. We pray in faith when God's forgiveness takes hold of our hearts because we start to see the results. When the Spirit of God takes hold of us his nature is manifested to those around us.

It is obvious that today very few people have surrendered their whole hearts to the Living God. It is critical to know and believe that by Doing so ( surrendering all to God in faith) is not religious act. It is not a man effort to reach and please God. It is only a yielding to the only Living God out there. When we yield it's by faith. The Word of God says that it is impossible to please the Living God without faith. he wants you to trust in him fully, and the Bible is His book to you which is like no other book. The main theme of the whole Bible is this: The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses selfishness from our conscience and our whole being, and by us trusting in the power and love that is in the life blood of Christ, God the Father with his Holy Spirit can possess us. WHAT A MYSTERIOUS REALITY .....that a human being can be possessed by someone. All in all, we are to be possessed by the Spirit of the Living God so that nothing else rules over us. We are not to remain empty in ourselves and we are not designed to be possessed by evil demonic spirits which can happen because people mess around with the things of the Devil. When we sin we invite the wrong spirit to come into our souls and rule, BUT when we repent and turn from our sins, and forgive one another just as Christ did for us we invite the Living Spirit to rule and reign. It's all about who you are going to yield to. LET'S YIELD TO GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SEE HIS AMAZING WORK BEGIN TO HAPPEN EVERYWHERE! The time for this is truly now! The world is literally dying for love in every place, every nation, every family, every school, every heart. All the promises of God towards humanity are a resounding Yes and It will be so through Jesus Christ alone. I pray for your heart that you would see Jesus today as the narrow gate to life with God forever and the gateway to amazing change in your life. The blood of Jesus cleanses you of all your sins. The love of God ino Christ is a pardoning love that takes possession of you and flows through you to others. Your forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God's forgiving love in you, and this is a necessity for the work of prayer to be performed through you in faith.

Regarding today's concerns, the true remedy for the problems is to not focus nor glorify the problems themselves, but to begin focusing on the solution in humility. Only the Gospel has the power to change a life in today's world which is becoming quickly harsh, and violent, and intolerant of what is really good. Only by hearing the clarity of the Gospel can a heart and mind that thinks it's ok to sin, be convicted to the core and see things and themselves as they really are before God. God, by his Holy Spirit, is the one who enables a person to see themselves as they really are. Are you really righteous in his sight my friend? You are not going to stand before him with anyone else. You will be alone and accountable to the One who sees all things, and knows all that you have ever done or thought. Are you really righteous before him? He requires perfection! The only way he will see you righteous is if your heart and faith is trusting in his son Jesus Christ ALONE for the forgiveness of your sins. Jesus is perfect in his eyes and it is God's eyes that really matter. If the blood of Jesus is not upon you in Spirit and in Truth you have no justification. You have no forgiveness. You will have his judgement and wrath for all eternity. God's mercy is upon you if you believe in the One who he sent to you to save you from your unrighteousness. Give your heart and faith to Jesus right now! Ask him to forgive you of all your sins and to give you the faith to believe in him with all your being. This is reality and He will do it! Let your life be Born Again into eternal life so that you can be used by God for his Glory for the rest of this short time we have on earth. You will glorify God if you love him and people! Your prayer will be heard and will be a force of good for others!

Andrew Murray writes, "God's opinion of what we really are, and what we desire is not based on the feelings we conjure up, but rather the tone of our lives during the day. Our relationship with God is part of our relationship with people, and failure in one of these is failure in the other. The effective prayer of faith comes from a life given up to the will and the love of God. My prayer is answered by God, not as a result of what I try to be when praying, but because of what I am when I am not praying." 

Let's all give ourselves to the Living God in personal selfless love for those whose lives need God. Neither faith nor love will profit if we don't have love. Love unites us with God' and it proves the reality of faith. BUT WHAT IS GODS WILL IN all these judicial, political, religious realms and all the endless issues that arise out of man's heart within these realms. His will is that we realize that our efforts in justice, governing, and religion are NOT THE ANSWER. The real answer is to surrender to Him by faith, and to have FAITH IN HIM ALONE (Mark 11:22). It's to put our trust in the Holy Bible and read it for ourselves, let the Spirit of God interpret it's message to us. HE IS A LIVING GOD and maybe that is the hardest to believe for the people of the world.