Category: A new life in Christ
We need to ask!
Life…
Every day we live we are celebrating the life that God blesses us with. Sometimes it’s hard and sometimes it’s easy but we should celebrate each day. God loves us but there are some things in our lives that He doesn’t approve of. Some of them are things that we do and we don’t think about them. We think about things and do things that we take for granted.
Ask yourself this question: Would Jesus go with me here or approve of what I’m doing? I know that sounds like the WWJD bracelets that were popular for a while but if you are a Christian, that’s exactly how you should live your day to day life.
He said for us to take up our cross daily. That means we are supposed to nail our old way of life to the cross every day and follow Him. Think about it.
Do you know Him?
Believe it or not, He is coming back for the church and that includes everyone who believes in Him as their Savior. If you’ve only heard about Him or maybe you never gave your heart to Him, I’d suggest seeking Him as your Savior. Eternity is a very long time to be in hell, make sure that you’re not.
If you will believe…
God gives each of us faith to believe and if you have that, Jesus can do so much in your life. I pray that all who read this page and my posts will seek to know Him as your Savior. The time is drawing near for His return for the church. Don’t put your eternity in jeopardy, make sure of it.
God loves all of us, that’s why Jesus came to pay for our sins. All you have to do is believe like the thief on the cross did and you will be saved. No rituals, just believe that He died for you and ask Him for forgiveness and you will be healed of the sickness of sin. It only takes faith like a child because the Holy Spirit will change your heart and your life to be more like Him. Thank you for reading and God bless you.
Are we at a turning point?
You could say that for sure. If you read Daniel 9 and Matthew 24, many of the prophecies contained in both of them can be seen in the news today. Does that mean we’re at that point in history? I believe it is very likely. Will Jesus be coming back soon? Maybe but only God knows that day or hour that Jesus will come for the church. Even if someone tells you that it will be tomorrow, next week, or even next year, don’t believe them. Jesus said it would happen like a thief coming in the night. No one knows when He will appear in the clouds to call the church home.
Are we really at a turning point? In our history…yes, I believe we are. There are too many prophetic points that are lining up and happening all around the world for it to be ignored. Yet, the world around us and most news agencies are ignoring the signs. Why? Because the Bible is spiritually discerned and most of the world looks at the Bible as just some old book. Only Christians who have the Holy Spirit living inside them can understand the signs that are showing up.
I pray that even more people will come to know our Savior before He comes to take the church home. Because the time that comes after the church is gone will be unlike any the world has seen since the flood of Noah. It will actually be much worse than the flood. During the Tribulation, there will be 21 judgments of God on mankind during those seven years. Some people are wondering if the Bible is true because the prophecies of the book of Revelation haven’t come true yet. God is giving mankind more time to come to know Jesus. That is the reason He has delayed His judgment. The time is running out so make sure of your eternity before it is too late.
Where are You?
I know that I’m not the only person to ever ask this of God. In prayer, out loud, and sometimes even yelling it when no one else could hear me except Him…I hope. Even when God’s Word says in many places that He will never leave you or me, we still feel that He’s silent or absent. The best thing that we can and should remember is that He is always near. If we feel that there is distance between us and God it is because we moved. We have placed the barrier or the wall of fear and uncertainty between us and Him. He has not moved.
God is always true to His Word and His promises because He is God. He doesn’t have our problems or our fears and anxieties although He knows how they affect us and our feelings toward Him. That is the reason He came to live among us so He would be able to truly identify with our weaknesses and our frailties. He is the Creator of everything and He loves you and me. Don’t think that He has the same fears and hangups that we do. He knows about us and our fears but God is above those things.
Seek Him out when you feel weak and afraid because He is close to you and He will strengthen you in all of your trials.
“God will strengthen you” is a phrase from Isaiah 41:10 in the Bible:
- “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand”.
In the original Hebrew, the verb translated as “to strengthen” means “to grow and develop; to prevail; to have or show courage; to seize, grasp, and keep hold of”.
Don’t believe everything
Are there false prophets/preachers in the world today? Absolutely! Many agree with the socially and spiritually backward and they are preaching in a pulpit and leading whole congregations to hell! I don’t know any personally, but the time that we live in invites false teachers and it was prophesied two thousand years ago that this would happen.
The most joyful that you can be about this is because Jesus lives and God is in control of all of His Creation, those false teachers won’t be able to change one iota of your destiny. If you believe in Jesus as your Savior then your future is safe and secure and no person on Earth can change it. I pray that everyone who reads this will seek Jesus as their Savior before it is too late because no one is promised tomorrow.
God has your back
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and hope.
Even when it doesn’t seem like God is close to you, He is. You are never very far from Him regardless of where you are. In a penthouse or a slum somewhere, when you seek Him, He is by your side.
Our world has become very secular and evil in many ways. Not because of mankind’s influence but because of Satan’s influence. We have moved away from our collective belief in God and we have taken in the spirit of the Antichrist. I don’t mean to say that we are worshiping the devil but we are “living in his camp”. There are too many evil and disgusting things that are going on in our world today for them to be caused by mankind alone. Satan and his demons are behind all of it and we need to wake up and recognize it.
This world, and all who are in it, is coming to a point in history that has been foretold for over two thousand years. The end of the church age. When will it come to that? I don’t know, and no one does except God Himself when that day will come. The “taking away of the church” is also unknown because the hour or the day is not known, just as the “end of the age” falls into that unknown area.
The point I am trying to make about the “unknowns” is that God determines the timing of everything. Your birth and your death as well as anything that has been prophesied about this time in history are all under His control. Your eternity is at stake and if you are concerned about where you will spend it then you need to seek Jesus as your Savior and do it soon. We don’t know the day or the hour and it may be sooner than anyone thinks, so make sure of your eternal destination.
What would you like?
Most of us want many things in this life. A really nice house or a prestigious job. But… what will those give us? Bills? A headache? Ulcers from the stress?
The peace and joy that comes with life when you have given your heart to Jesus Christ is priceless and it doesn’t cost you anything. God has provided it through faith and grace when you believe in Him. All of this is worth far more than you can gain from your own efforts. Seek Him as soon as you can because we’re not guaranteed tomorrow.
