And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 28:28 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/job.28.28.KJV
Author: Tracy Eldridge
This my witness for my Lord and Savior on the web. I pray that you find these posts useful in your search for Jesus.
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I am crucified with Christ…
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 KJV
https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/gal.2.20/13761
It’s NOT about you!
Your life and your calling has nothing to do with you or your ideas! When you are called by God to be a Christian, He is calling you into a relationship with Him. Can you truly imagine even a little about what that means? You have a relationship with the Creator of the universe! Not with the “force” and not with some nitwit who thinks he is Jesus Christ! When you feel His call on your life and you know that you need Him as your Savior AND you ask Him to come into your life and change you, then you are an adopted son or daughter of God.
With our limited minds we can’t know all of the expectations and the responsibilities which goes with our place in His Kingdom. But, if you will read His Word and pray about what you read then He will show you what you can do with His leading you toward the “high calling of Christ“.
Does that mean that you will be like Jesus? In some ways yes it does. But only He is God. We will never be “gods”, only His servants. But what a joyful day that will be when we meet Jesus face to face. In the world that we live in today it seems that there are more and more people who are striving to live their lives to the fullest and that is okay. But, when you think that you are better than others you ruin the witness that you have. No Christian is better than anyone else, but each of us is better than we were before Jesus came into our hearts and changed us into the people He knew we could be.
We, as Christians, are better than we were before and we have the grace and love of God in our lives through Jesus Christ. If you don’t know Jesus as your Savior or if you aren’t sure, I urge you to seek Him out at a Bible-teaching church or from a friend who is a Christian. Why am I urging you to do so? Because none of us is guaranteed to have another day to seek Him and it is only during this life that you have the chance to give your life to Him. Once you die, you will stand before God and give account for every decision that you made in this life, especially your decision about Jesus.
Jesus is Lord!
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:9 KJV
https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/rom.10.9/2915
Rejoice in hope…
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Romans 12:12 KJV
https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/rom.12.12/1739
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 145
I Will Exalt You, My God, the King
1{David’s Psalm of praise.}
א
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
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2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
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3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
ד
4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
ה
5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
ו
6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
ז
7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
ח
8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
ט
9The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
י
10All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
כ
11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
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12To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
מ
13Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
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14The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
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15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
פ
16Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
צ
17The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
ק
18The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
ר
19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
ש
20The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
ת
21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.King James Bible
Does God care about you?
God’s gift to us was the blood and the Life of His Son, Jesus (Yeshua). So, to answer the question….Yes! God loves you far more than you can possibly know or even comprehend! Give your life to Him and ask Him to come into your heart and change you into a closer image of His Son!
I know that my Redeemer lives!
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Job 19:25-27 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/job.19.25-27.KJV
Prayers are necessary so don’t stop!
Life is a gift!
Life is your gift from God so what will you do with yours? Would you seek to be a famous person or an athlete in a professional sport? There are times when we need to step back from the demands of the world around us and seek out God’s perspective of things. But…do we do it?
Many of us do think about it but then our everyday life gets in the way and our time with God gets placed on the back burner and it may be awhile before we think about Him again. That is not the type of relationship that God wants with us and it isn’t the kind of relationship that we were created for. God intended for us to have a daily relationship with Him. Not just a weekly or monthly meeting while we attend church, if we attend church services.
Unfortunately, there are many people today who do not identify themselves with any faith at all which is truly sad. Our Creator loves each of us and whenever we feel His call in our life we should respond to that call and give our heart to Him. In the world today though, there are many who hear Him but they aren’t interested in a relationship. They like their life and the way it is and many consider God or Jesus an obstacle in their way. They think that the rules of the Bible, God’s rules, don’t mean anything to them in the 21st century. Those “old rules” are outdated and dusty and they don’t apply to our lives now.
God’s Word is fresh and relevant for today but only if you read it through the eyes of faith and with your heart turned toward God. If you read it as a book, without faith and without a relationship between you and Jesus then it doesn’t make sense and it is just a book of Jewish history and rules. I pray that anyone who is truly looking for a Savior will give Jesus a chance in their life and seek Him out by reading the Bible. Start in the New Testament with John and Luke, then move on through Acts and Romans. By the time you have read these books, God’s Spirit will have planted a seed in your heart and very likely has got your attention.
Don’t go through life without Jesus from this point on because when you do that life doesn’t have much meaning. From a Biblical point of view the news looks and sounds different because it is fulfilling the prophecy found in God’s Word every day. It may be only a small bit of fulfillment today or tomorrow but eventually the pieces will fall into place and when the church is taken from the Earth, the world will get much worse before it gets better because God’s judgment is coming. Make sure that you are part of those who are taken before that happens.
