The Lord is your Rock of all ages. He is the foundation of the Christian faith, and He is your Savior. Trust in Him for your eternal foundation. God loves us because we are His creation and His love is deeper than anyone can imagine. The problem that we have is that we live in a fallen world. The whole of Creation was impacted when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s order not to eat of a certain tree and we have been living with the consequences of that ever since.
Our righteousness and justice both come from God and our relationship with Him. But so many people today don’t consider God as their Savior or even consider that our relationship with God should dictate how our lives should be lived. God gave us the wisdom contained in the Bible, regardless of which version you read, and it is the best guidebook for living that we could ever have!
God loves you and your life matters to Him. Live your life by following Him every day and you will find that life is not as hard to live. God’s presence in your life, beginning with reading even a single verse every day, can make your life so much better. Many don’t seem to understand that God’s presence in their life every day can make every day better.
I know that we can’t be like Jesus in every aspect of our lives, but we should try to. When He called you and me to be His, He enabled us to be a better person than we were before. The Holy Spirit lives within our hearts and teaches us how to be better every day. Life is not easy before or after we give our lives to Him and Jesus Christ didn’t promise us that it would be. He told me disciples the exact opposite.
He said that there would be trials and tribulations in this life until the end of the age but fear not because I have overcome the world. Tell everyone that you can about the grace that GOD gives to us that allows us to know Him in a way that is deeper than any relationship we can have on Earth in this life.
The time is growing shorter every day and Jesus will be coming for His Bride soon. We don’t know exactly when but all of us need to be ready when the day comes. If you haven’t given your heart to Jesus Christ yet, please read the book of John and the book of Romans too. You will get the best picture of Him from those books and a clear picture of the love He has for all of us.
Jesus told the thief on the cross that he would be with Him in Paradise that day. Believe that Jesus is your Savior and like Job, you will see Him face to face one day.
The idea of asking someone, that you don’t know, to describe a smell or the taste of their favorite food or drink is something that crosses our minds sometimes. But…how would you describe such a personal thing such as a smell or a taste?
It would be similar to attempting to describe a color or love to someone who has never had sight or who has never had the experience of love. Impossible would be an apt description of the attempt. The description of warm feelings or trying to describe a color, even to someone who can see, is very difficult. When you don’t have a reference to build on or they don’t have a way to visualize what you are describing, the act of description becomes futile.
Many of our descriptions of the love of God are that way as well. His love is so deep and encompassing until we don’t have a reference to compare it to. The only human comparison would possibly be the love of a parent toward their child when they are born. This little person is a part of you and your wife/husband and just after they’re born you love them deeply beyond words. How does that happen? You know that they have been growing in the womb for the past few months and until they are born, you have never seen them until that day. Yet, the feelings that you have for them when they are born are indescribable to anyone except yourself and your mate.
The love that God has for each of us is similar to that but His love goes deeper. All the way to the molecular level. Why? Because He knit your genetic structure together and activated your personality and gave you your eye color and all of the quirks that make you and I unique. So God knows you better than you do. He knows you better than your parents or anyone else. That is why He made the sacrifice that He did in order to bring each of us to salvation. He knew you and me before we were born and He knew where we would be born and who our parents would be. That’s what makes God’s love so fantastic and deep!
When you feel His touch in your life and it is drawing you toward being a born-again believer, don’t turn away from HIm. He loves you so much and even the slightest turn from Him would hurt Him and you don’t want to do that. He won’t take it out on you or cause you to hurt because of it because He is far more patient than we are. God’s love is so deep that I can’t give you any better description than I have given here. I pray that anyone reading this will take it seriously because He is coming for the church soon.
What does it mean, “to call on Him in truth”? The truth that David is speaking of here has to do with your faith in the Lord. God has never been very far from any of us whether we believe in Him or not. He is always near us. Close enough to be a comfort in our time of need, whatever that need may be. It is true that we sometimes feel that He is far away, but in those times it is because we have moved away from Him. He is always close at hand to be a comforter and a friend in all of our times of need.
We are living in a time where we feel the world is going crazy. It seems to be coming apart at the seams, to quote a phrase. But even when the world seems to be coming apart, God is still in control. His plans and His prophesied work will be accomplished regardless of our belief in Him or not.
God loves us and even if there had only been one person to save, Jesus would’ve gone to the cross for that person. That is a hard truth to wrap your mind around but it is true. God’s love extends to each person so deeply and completely that He would’ve gone to the cross even if only one person in the world would believe and be saved. Think about that for a moment. If that doesn’t blow your mind, I don’t know what would.
We can’t imagine the real depth of the love which God expressed on the cross through Jesus Christ. Jesus told the thief “today, you will be with Me in paradise“. All that thief did was believe in Jesus, yet it brought him to salvation
Every day we are exposed to all of the news. Good news, bad news, and every kind in between. Today we have “smartphones” which expose us to all sorts of information that we actually don’t need to know. If you are on Facebook, then you have that on your phone and you get all of the relevant “stuff” that comes with it. Any of the other social media sites that you may be a part of and your exposure just goes up exponentially. Does anyone remember when daily life was a lot simpler? I do enjoy having my phone and the fact that I can use it to look up information is just a plus. But, how many people are truly addicted to their phones and the networks that we have on them?
I saw a young man last week walking around with his smartphone in his hand and in front of his face as he walked. I pray that he doesn’t drive that way. What is my point about all of the news and exposure that we have day after day? My point is that we should be using all of that time that our phones take from us to be with our family and friends. I don’t mean texting them or giving them a like on something they shared. I mean actually putting the phone down and talking to them. If you have children, put the phones down and talk to them.
God allowed the smartphone to be invented but I don’t think He would agree with how we live almost 24 hours connected to social media and all of our “friends”. What do I mean with the “friends” being in quotes? I’ve seen people on Facebook who supposedly have over two thousand friends!? Really? I don’t have 500 and I actually try to keep my list of people that I actually know or have become friends with.
Regardless of the number of friends you have on Facebook or any other social media page, the friend that you truly need is Jesus. The world around us is reflecting the prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation and from Jesus in Matthew 24. If you have never given your heart to Jesus and allowed Him to change your life, you need to be seeking Him today. We don’t know how many days we have on this Earth, so today truly is the day of your salvation! I pray that everyone who reads this will turn away from their “life” and seek your true Life in Jesus Christ.
Rejoice in your life, whatever might be happening every day. God loves you, and He doesn’t leave you, regardless of how you feel. Some people will tell you that God doesn’t care, but He does! God loves each of us more deeply than we can imagine because His love is elemental. He created you in the womb, and He knows every part of you because He knit your DNA together, especially for your purpose. What that purpose is, only He knows for sure. Seek Him so you will learn about His love and about your purpose.
The entire Bible is a book about God’s love for His creation. Yes, it does focus on Israel and the Jewish people, but when Jesus came and died for the whole world…that includes each of us. Don’t go through life thinking that money will solve your problems. It does help, but money is not the only thing. Your life matters, regardless of your status or how much money is in the bank. Allow God to guide you every day by reading His Word and seeking to know Him better. He does have a purpose for you, so find it and ask Him to help you fulfill it.
When you become a Christian, for a number of years, you will be looked at as a babe in Christ. Until you learn more about the Bible and study it, you will be recognized as a student of the Bible. You won’t be able to move beyond that until you have read the Bible completely and quote scripture without looking it up. It takes a while, and it is not easy. I have used a reading program for years that reads the Bible to me as I study along, and in the last fifteen years or so, I have read through the Bible at least once every year.
Our world has changed so dramatically in the last fifteen years, since I was called to be a pastor, and it seems that the rate at which we are moving toward the “end of days” is speeding up. If you have read the 24th chapter of Matthew, you can see some of the correlation between the Bible and what is on the news. If you read the Revelation of Jesus, especially the first four chapters, you will find more of the news pointing toward the time of the end. Over 99 percent of the prophecies in the Bible have been fulfilled already. The parts that haven’t been fulfilled are those in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and some parts of those are beginning to be fulfilled.
Make sure that you know Jesus, but especially make sure that He knows you. There will be no warning when He comes for the Church, you will either go with Him or you won’t.
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.
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