Choose You This Day… Our Creator, God in Heaven, sent us His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from ourselves. Who among us is willing to tell others of this Good News? Is this not one of the main tenants of being a follower, a believer in Jesus Christ? Why is this such a challenge for most of us? Could it be that we are approaching people in a way that shuts them down or doesn’t allow them to hear what is being said? If we approach…
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Died In His Own Sin… When does one receive an inheritance from our parents, our Mom and Dad? Would our Mom be responsible for delivering an inheritance to us in the absence of our Dad? What does an inheritance mean at this time in history? For most of us, in the Western “developed” world, we think of an inheritance in terms of money, in rare occasions we think of it in terms of land, a farm or some other more meaningful, larger estate type inheritance. In the days of before…
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Here Now, Ye Rebels… Giving Thanks, honor and glory to the Lord, our God, is not asking too much, is it? To simply remember the things that happen from the hands of this vessel, we do not do. Our Father, Our God, the Great I Am causes them to happen and we are to remember and give Him the praise, the honor and the glory for such abundance, for joy and for life itself. When we don’t give the Lord, through the name of Jesus Christ, the praise and we…
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Come Out Ye Three… Our God is a loving, caring, generous God. Our God is also a God who demands respect, honor and our undivided devotion, love and obedience. It’s the undivided part that gets a lot of us in trouble and where we find ourselves knee-deep in sin. When we look away from God, when we begin doing things, creating things and going places of our own accord, this is when we get into trouble and our God can become angry. If your Mom and/or your Dad tell you,…
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To Come Near Unto Him… What is the cause of our complaints against the Lord, our God? Is it our actions or is it the commands of the Lord? When we turn our back on the Lords commands are we not living in sin? The greatest commandment of all was appointed by Jesus Christ. One of the most important aspects of this commandment is thus…”On these two commandments hang all the laws and the prophets.” Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt…
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I Will Not Cast Them Away… As we walk through our days we sometimes get off course, forget that we are serving a loving, caring and deeply kind God. Our God loves us, wants the absolute best for us and wants us to do our best to live a sin free life. We will never be sin free, however, we don’t have to stay in sin and we should never, ever forget to repent and confess of our sins. If we lie to our parents for breaking a prized heirloom…
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Concerning This Thing I Pleaded… We usually see God’s hand in our life in the rearview mirror. It is only in a review of our circumstances we can see what God has done for us. What we see, at the time, as pain is usually nothing more than a thorn in our side. Yes, it is uncomfortable, embarrassing and sometimes there is actual, physical pain, but once we get to the other side we see how God has made our path brighter, straighter and drawn us closer to Him. Concerning…
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Atonement For Your Souls… When God looks at us, God sees Jesus Christ. Those that are saved by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God, we are set free because of the atonement made by Jesus Christ on our behalf. Our sins are not hidden from God, but they are covered, cleansed, by the blood of Jesus Christ. We can see that God put all this in place long before Jesus was born, long before He lived and long before Jesus was crucified and resurrected. For the…
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To The Faithful In Christ Jesus… The Apostle Paul begins most, if not all, of his letters to various townships in a very strong tone. Not strong like a bull strong, but Strong in the Lord, strong in the Power of the Holy Spirit, Powerful in the Authority of Jesus Christ of who is an Apostle. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, ~ Ephesians 1:1a KJB What stands out is the phrase “by the will of God”. That is powerful, confident and 100% assured of…
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So Moses Finished The Work… God does what He wants, when He wants and we are subject to His changes in plan. We are to continue to wait on the Lord even when our entire body, mind and all that we know says to move. We sit still. Moses kept all the commands of the Lord but was frozen in place as the tabernacle was made ready. The Tabernacle of Moses is dressed on the day that God commanded. All the component parts are made, to order, brought the location…
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