What bores you?
The constant repetition of old news. Stories that are older than I am, yet they treat the “story” as if it happened recently.
Category: Salvation
Living with Jesus daily
The preacher tells us that we should strive to do this, but I don’t remember him telling us how to do it. It depends on your relationship with Jesus. If you are a new believer, you will be seeking to know Him on a daily basis. At least for a while. I did that because I wanted to know Him, so I got into reading the Bible every day. The problem of reading the Bible every day is that life gets in the way. Your morning routine gets rushed because you slept late or for some other reason. Living your life with Jesus is something that you have to be determined to do, and eventually it will become a habit. Bible reading and prayer will just happen, but it won’t happen unless you make a daily decision to do it.
As you become more mature in your walk with Him, your prayer life and reading Scripture will become second nature. You won’t have to think about it; you will just do it. It may not be at the beginning of every day, but you will do it at some point in the day. I like listening to the Bible reading on my phone with the You Version Bible app. For over ten years now, I have picked a year-long plan to give me a certain number of chapters to read/listen to each day. I enjoy doing my reading this way because I don’t have to sit and open the Bible to read it. I can do so and read along with it, but I have to be at home to do that.
Living with Jesus every day is a choice, and some people choose to do it as their Christian walk. Others choose to only learn about Jesus when they come to church. Sometimes they come every Sunday, while some come only when they feel like it. Living your life with Jesus is not supposed to be a part-time life; it should be like a marriage. A marriage wouldn’t last very long if you only came home sometimes, and that is what I mean when I wrote “part-time” life with Him. Any relationship will only work if BOTH partners are dedicated to each other. In a relationship with Jesus, He is intent on His part of the relationship; it is on you to choose to be dedicated to Him. That is why it should be a daily relationship, not just a “part-time” relationship.
Do you talk to God?
He created you and me and everything in this world, so why not thank Him for everything in your life? I know that we all have good days and bad ones, and sometimes the bad ones may outweigh the good ones, but God provides His promise for us all.
God talked to Adam, Noah, and Abram. God also talked to every faithful king in Israel and every prophet that He sent to Israel. If we acknowledge that He talked to all of these people, then we can infer that God likes to talk to His people, whether they are Israelites or Gentiles.
So, why does the church only talk to God when we pray for others? Why can’t we talk/pray to God about everything that we need to talk to Him about? I’m not speaking of prayer for things that we want, but prayer about being thankful for our blessings. I’m not saying that prayer for others is a bad thing, but do you pray to God about your day? He knows what is going on in your day, but like a parent asking their child, “How was school today?”, God wants to talk to you about you!
God loves each of us, whether we love Him or not. He cares about you and me. He may not like your lifestyle if you live a sinful life, but He loves you. When you wake up, thank Him for a night’s sleep and for waking you up again. When you have a good day, thank Him for it. If you have a bad day, pray about it, and He will help you with that problem.
Read the Bible and ask Him to help you understand His Word. God speaks to each of us through His Word, and you can know what He is saying IF you read His Word. We are living in the beginning of the end times, so I encourage you to seek His knowledge and wisdom by reading His Word, and come to know His will for your life.
What have you learned about life?
I came across a profound quote that resonates deeply with me, and I believe it may also have a profound impact on your life. It doesn’t fall in the same category as the rest of my posts, but I hope you will read it with an open mind.
The quote comes from a poet, Robert Frost, and here is the quote: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”
It is a profound quote, one that we can all relate to. Regardless of your station in life. Whether you are just starting out or you have been living life for many years, it goes on. It doesn’t matter what you have experienced, good or bad; life goes on. It is repetitive, I know, but you have experienced it, just as I have.
My experience has also brought me to the point of knowing that God is still in control of everything. Sometimes, it may not look like anyone is in control, but everything is proceeding according to His plans for this time. I pray that anyone who reads this will seek to know Him by reading His Word and understanding that He loves us very deeply. Our sinful lives get in the way of our satisfaction with Him, and that is where we should be careful to allow Him to change us to be more like His Son, Jesus.
One thing you are grateful for
Think about it…
Jesus is King
He was King when He came in the manger. He was King when He was with the disciples teaching them and healing many while doing the will of God. He is still King and He will be coming back to be King on the throne of David one day soon. God loves all of us so much that He sent Jesus to be the Lamb which paid the price for our sins.
Jesus is our Savior and creator and He will soon reign over the Earth for one thousand years. Life will be the norm during that time and death will only come to those who reject Him as their Savior. We celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ but that is not the main theme of the season. We give and get presents and go to parties, when celebrating His work on our behalf is what we should be celebrating, if we believe in Him for our salvation.
Life as we know it today is changing all of the time and one day it will change drastically. When He comes for the church, believers who have died and those who still live, the world will change dramatically. Can you imagine? A world without believers in Jesus. Some people will be glad that they/we are gone. But…hell will be coming to Earth for seven years after this. Still, some will be happy about this, but I don’t think that everyone will be happy about this.
God loves you. He has made a way for you to live with Him for eternity. Life more alive than we are today. Working for and with the Creator of everything! We will not be bored for thousands of years, He will have something for us to do. We may be in His kitchen cooking or painting beautiful scenes for Him. Whatever your real talent is, God will find a way for you to use your talents. There will not be schedules or time clocks or cell phones (thank God). I am truly looking forward to being there. I pray that you will be there too.
Grateful thanksgiving
The Bible tells us to be thankful in our lives, even during hard times. It is something that we find hard to do because you can’t understand why. Why do I have to be thankful for the hard times in my life? Consider the grace that we have been given by God. We don’t deserve it, but He has given it to us because He loves us.
Grace and being grateful go together because you can’t have one without the other. God gives us grace through faith in Jesus Christ and as we live as Christians we become so used to having grace in our lives…we take it for granted. Be thankful for God and His love for us because He loved all of us many years before we were born.
Being thankful every day because you woke up this morning. Be grateful for today because God has given it to you and He wants you to tell someone about Jesus and what He has done for you. He loves you and has provided a way for you to gain entrance into Heaven one day and that door is Jesus Christ. Ask Him to come into your heart and change your old heart into a newborn heart that is loving, grateful and thankful for every blessing that you have received from His hand.
Because one day, Jesus is coming in the clouds for His Bride and when He does, the world will see Him and they will see that the Church is gone. The news that day will be terrifying because the Holy Spirit is gone too and the evil in the world will now have nothing to hold it back. Make sure that you have given your life to Jesus and that your heart has been changed today. Because, life will be so much sweeter and everlasting when you are in Heaven with Him one day.
God really is love…
Bound in the magnificent, holy and wonderful Being that we can’t even imagine. He is the Creator, Savior and the Maintainer of the Universe and His love is the Light of Heaven. Seek to know Him so you will be able to meet Him one day. So you won’t have to live through the Tribulation, if you can. It will be hell on Earth for seven years, I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
Jesus took all of our sins
Jesus Christ took all of the sins of the world, from the past and the present and the future. Many people can’t make sense of the actions that took place on the cross. God planned for the world’s sins to be forgiven if we only believe that Jesus did this for each of us. Seek Jesus to be your Savior today because He loves you more than you can know.
Endure through the hard times
The world is going through some hard times today. How we get through them is not only our responsibility but it is also our witness to others who know us and our beliefs. Christians have a Savior to lend a hand with our trials. We can lean on Jesus and His teachings when our lives get a bit rough during illness or family troubles or financial troubles. Most of the world does not have that. Many people in America and around the world only have their family or themselves to get them through troubled times, regardless of the severity of the trouble may be.
Those who find themselves in a real fire-fight like during war or during tribal problems have to rely on their wits and their neighbors to get through these times and very often it isn’t enough. Sometimes it takes more faith than we can imagine to get through even one night of ideological skirmishes and attacks. God is close to all who have faith in Him and in Jesus and the joy that comes with that is something that most people can’t understand. Especially during physical attacks and war because faith in God gives us comfort for our eternal life but it doesn’t take away the fear and anxiety of today or tonight.
Comfort from God comes from the strength we get from our faith in Him regardless of our circumstances right now. Seek to know Him as your Savior and your King because one day He will appear to take His Bride, the church, home to be with Him. The true joy that we have in Jesus is knowing that as long as we are His in our hearts and live like we are ready to die to be with Him, there is nothing in this world that can take that away from us.
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