The promises of God that come because of faith in Jesus, through the Word of the Living God, must be grasped. They are sitting out there like cherries on a cherry tree, ripe and delicious, but need to be picked to enjoy. This takes some effort on your part. If you sit in an easy chair under the cherry tree, a cherry could perhaps drop into your mouth, but chances are, you are going to have to raise your hand,…..
Almost every human being has imagined what Heaven is like. We know it is blissful, worry-free, and forever. We differ on how to get there. Some say you get many lifetimes to get there. Who would want to go through another earthly life with trauma, wars, fears and death? Some say you get there by killing certain groups of people, others say that if you do enough good works, that you might make it. Some say that if they do…..
When a difficult situation arises, it is always better to stop your reasoner from trying to figure things out and go higher. Pray until you see from a Heavenly Perspective. Emotions, thoughts, words and thinking will usually get you going around in endless circles, because the answers aren’t on the earthly plane. When you tap into the thoughts of God, which are most often found in His Word, you will get the answers you need. They may not always make…..
There is wisdom in God’s Word that will keep you out of a whole lot of trouble. In our hurry-up world, here is one of the most profitable scriptures: “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:” (James 1:19, KJV). Our minds are so bombarded with stimulus that it is hard to slow down enough to LISTEN to others, much less God. A major key to walking in the Spirit, is…..
The LORD is searching for His sheep. Sheep are actually men and women that have a heart to follow the LORD. He sees their hearts and wants the men and women of God to go find them. They are out in the world, lost and alone, without a shepherd to show them the way. The wolves and coyotes are tearing at them, but because of ignorance, they don’t know how to get rid of them, so they stand without protection……
The enemy of God and man is defeated by faith. Faith is multi-faceted, but I want to share a few things here, that might help. Faith is in the spirit realm, and cannot be accessed by the intellect or by reasoning, but only by the heart. Your heart needs to be prepared to believe by cleansing it with the love of God, which comes from repenting of every evil thing that comes out of your heart, and letting God change…..
Jesus said his kingdom was “not of this world” (John 18:36). We are in the church age where Father God has allowed his people to show others how the Kingdom of God works. This Heavenly Kingdom can’t be seen, because it is a spiritual kingdom, which resides in the hearts of men (and women). It is felt and known in the innermost man, and then transferred to the mind. The effects of it can be seen: changed behavior, miracles, signs…..
We all love the happy face emoji for the most part, but it is far easier to send one in a text than to put one on your own face. You have to DECIDE in your heart to smile rather than pout, or feel sorry about everything sad you see in our world. There are many reasons to feel sad, but in the LORD, we can have “joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Peter 1:8). How can this be?…..
There is a wonderful scripture in Hebrews 11:6 that explains how God operates. “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” (KJV). God created everything from nothing by faith. He spoke in faith, and LORD Holy Spirit did the creating with Jesus, “all things have been created through him and for him, for through him God…..
Suppose you had a real spider monkey jump on your back when hiking through the jungle on an adventure. Your first reaction would be to sling the thing off into the trees, while probably doing a dance and yelling loudly at the same time. Have you ever had a spider get into your hair. I have. I walked into a web in the garage, wiped the web off, and jumped into my SUV go to to work, stopping for some…..