Saturday, November 30, 2013

Yes our lives record a record that will cross over into eternity









Revelation 20:12-13
New International Version (NIV)
12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.

REV 20:12:
"another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

REV 20:13:
"and they were judged every man according to their works."

Every once in a while I get in my sentimental mood and pull out the old family videos and still pictures for a look into my past.

These are bits and pieces of my life reflecting who I was and who I am they are the records of my life memories of me, my family and friends that have been a part of my life.

When I look at some I am reminded of the sad the bad and the ugly things I have experienced through the years. When I look at others my thoughts return to the good the beautiful and the wonderful things that were mine to enjoy.

Some of these videos and pictures show the old me before I met Jesus was born again into the kingdom of God and began living my life in a close relationship with my heavenly Father and His Son it is evident by the reflections captured on tape and photographic paper that none of them were very pretty pictures of how I used to live.

Perhaps I should discard and destroy them because of how they portray the ugly part of my life. But I keep them to remind me of the sinful shameful life that Jesus delivered me from and saved me out of.

As I flip through the pages of my photo albums and run the video films showing the image of the new me that emerged after my encounter that wonderful December 7,1961 night when I accepted  the Lord Jesus Christ into my heart the old me died and the birth of a new man in Christ Jesus begin to live.                     
Yes my heart leaps for joy in those times that walk down memory lane going back to view the records of my life recorded there.

My eyes fixed especially on two photographs one taken before I knew Jesus my eyes showing the pride and evil that was me as I stood holding proudly a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

The other of me standing in the pulpit of a church I once pastored my eyes brightly revealing the love of God coming forth from my heart proudly I stood my Holy Bible clutched in my hand sharing this new creation in Christ Jesus  and the word of God with my congregation.

Yes our lives record a record that will cross over into eternity. And God has a book of those records which Jesus will open and we all will be judged according to the lives we have lived on earth.

I am so glad that He loved me so much that He was willing to step down from His throne in the kingdom of heaven and come to earth to set me an example of His love by taking my punishment for my sins upon Himself and spilling His sinless blood for my salvation.

I am so glad that He sent His Holy spirit to live in me changing my sinful wicked heart into that person that you see today molding and shaping me day by day into that person worthy of eternal life in His glorious kingdom of heaven.

So as my life continues from time to time I will get out my photo albums and videos for a glimpse into my past.

But in order to see into my future I will open my Holy Bible and read of Gods promises to those who love Him and have died to sin and been born again by His Holy Spirit into new life in Jesus Christ.


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Friday, November 29, 2013

How will your life’s story end?












When reading a book or viewing a movie the end is the part I like best.

I don’t like stories with sad unhappy endings I like stories that end happily ever after.

 

Reading my Holy Bible of all its great stories and histories of those who lived before me I like Revelation the last book and the last page because it has a happy ending and a continuing story for those who leave this world without spot or blemish because they have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus and washed in God’s word.

 

But it also has a sad and unhappy ending for those who choose not to have a relationship with the heavenly Father and His Son. If one has no part of Him in this world He will have no part of us in the world to come.

 

How will your life’s story end? Only you can answer that question.

 

Revelation 22:10-15

New International Version (NIV)

10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”

12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

“Whoever wants to”











Luke 9:23
New International Version (NIV)
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

Notice there is no force mentioned here but there is choice, “Whoever wants to”.

Jesus also cautioned us that following him would have some cost to us.

John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

Most people want something for nothing they want good deals that don’t cost them much or anything at all.

Well in order to offer us this good deal it cost God the life of His only begotten Son, it cost Jesus His sinless blood and body of flesh.

In order to save us from the lusts of our sinful bodies of flesh because of His love for us He gave His Son who never sinned to pay the price of our sins.

Jesus Gods perfect example to follow.

John 3:16 (NIV)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

But Jesus also promised us that the rewards of following Him would far outweigh anything that we are asked to give up or any price that we would have to pay in order to follow Him.

Matthew 19:29 (NIV)
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

This is the absolute best deal that I have seen anywhere on earth in my lifetime and I am very glad that I chose to follow Jesus some 53 years ago.

And just as Jesus said there has been a cost to me I have had to give up some things such as bad habits and things my flesh enjoyed doing, I have lost some relationships with family and friends because they choose to continue to follow the world and I chose to follow Jesus.

There are places that I can’t go there are things that I can’t do and these I do not miss.

As a Christian I have found better places to go and better things to do I no longer live with my head bowed in shame for the places I go or the things that I do because I walk not behind Him not in front of Him but  I walk side by side hand in hand with Jesus. He directs my steps and shows me the way that I should go.

If you are looking for a good deal I urge you to take God up on His offer today.

As you well know good deals are hard to find and always have a time limit with their offer.

Even so it is with Gods offer today you live and breathe and have the opportunity of choice.

Tomorrow you may not.

2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV)

 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Monday, November 25, 2013

If two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for











Judy your video is very good it has blessed and encouraged me to keep looking up and keep trusting God for this little guy’s total and complete healing to be manifest for the family and the world to see. I have felt from the beginning of Joshua’s diagnosis of this devil that entered his little body that God would turn the bad into good for him and his family and that through it all God’s glory would show forth in this child’s life to bless every life having contact with him for many years ahead.

When I first received news of Joshua’s sickness the first scripture that came to my mind was,

John 11:4 (NIV)
When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”

I called Jennifer right away and gave her this verse to hold onto through her family’s trials.

I always take God at His word and believe His promises and leave the outcome and the way He fulfills His word up to Him.

Jesus said,
Matthew 18:19 (NIV) “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.


Many people now know of little Joshua and our desire for his total and complete healing there is many, many more than two agreeing with his family for God to fulfill His promise in his little life.


Let us all continue to bless God by our faith as we see God’s word confirmed in Joshua’s body.


I say again your video is so anointed that it has stirred my heart with joy and filled my eyes with tears.
God bless you and keep using your talents for His glory.



Sunday, November 24, 2013

America once stood one nation under God.











America once stood one nation under God.
America once put their trust in God.
America once lived under the grace and blessings of God.

Now we have become a nation far from God.
A nation in rebellion against God.
A nation rejecting God.
A nation separated from God by our continuous desire for sin and wickedness.
A nation under the curse of God.
A nation facing the wrath and righteous judgment of God.

It is we who have turned our backs upon God.
It is we who have traded our blessings for curse.
It is we who have plunged America into the most troubled times of our history.
It is we who have changed America’s destiny from the hope and light of the world.
It is we who have taken this once great highly blessed and prosperous nation and thrown it into darkness and despair.
It is we who are destroying and killing the last refuge of freedom on earth.

And it is only we the American people who can raise America from its death bed and certain death as followed other great nations of world history that chose to rebel, reject, and turn away from the Father of all life.
Certain death or restored life Gods continued blessings or His curse, judgment and wrath against a rebellious degenerate nation.

Yes Americas salvation or Americas death is entirely in our hands one or two or a few will not restore its life our whole nation must become humble ,repent turn back to God and follow Gods laws if we are to return to the great nation that we once was.

It is not God who has changed our nation to what is now.
It is we who have forgotten God and rejected His guidance and brought our nation to the brink devastation.
God is still the same, His love for us is still the same, His great mercy and grace is still reaching out to us and He has put our nation’s salvation in our hands

By acting or not acting upon this one verse of scripture we will determine the life or death of our nation.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Almighty God Father of all life. Hear the prayers of this man and grant me to see your mercy and grace extended a while longer upon America the country that I love.
We once were a nation that loved you lived by your laws and trusted you to bless us with prosperity and protect us from all enemies.
Now we are a nation that has enslaved ourselves in the shackles of our sins and we have allowed our minds to think only evil continually.
Because of our wickedness we as a nation are not the light of the gospel of God anymore and can no longer offer hope, liberty freedom and justice to those who would escape to our shores.
We can no longer cry out “Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free..."

Jesus you said, No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.            ( John 6:44 (NIV)
Heavenly Father, please forgive us and our nation for our gross sins which are many, humble the proud and strengthen the weak that we may all repent and turn our hearts in love to you.
Heavenly Father, I pray that you will open the eyes of the blind give sight to them that can’t see, open the ears of the deaf that they can hear and bring conviction to the hearts of men women and children of America that will convince them to return to you and your good and just laws.
Our Heavenly Father please be merciful to our nation and its people and restore us to the beacon that once shined from coast to coast declaring one nation under God the home of the brave the land of the free.
Psalm 85:6 (NIV)
Will you not revive us again,that your people may rejoice in you?

Blessed Heavenly Father I ask this prayer in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ through whose sacrificed blood and body you have allowed me access to your Heavenly throne.
Amen.


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Saturday, November 23, 2013

As I think this Thanksgiving season of what is most important to me. I think for me it is to live free.








As I think this Thanksgiving season of what is most important to me.
I think for me it is to live free.

I thank my God for allowing me to be born in America where I can live my dreams, fulfill  my heart’s desire and become all that I want to be.

But just as in the Garden of Eden that God gave Adam, the devil has come to America showing his ugly face.
He is a thief, a killer, a destroyer of the human race.
But one thing he can’t steal is God’s mercy and grace.

I know that the thief has come to steal and has taken many of my freedoms away imposing on me his forceful will.
The thief has come to America his only purpose to destroy, kill and steal.

But this one thing I know for sure.
There is coming a day when the thief will steal from me no more.
Because my Lord Jesus Christ is the one who guards my door.

When I was a young man the thief tried to steal my life away And much of it due to the foolishness of my choices I lost.
But God sent a savior to purchase it back and my life was bought at great cost.

Giving His blood and body of flesh He died for me from the bondage of my sins setting me free.
God was not willing that I live in slavery to my sins but new life in Jesus He gave to me.

So it is my freedom this Thanksgiving day that I cherish the most.
And this is protected by the Heavenly Father, the Son and Holy Ghost.
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Romans 6:23 (KJV)
 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Satan’s purpose is to steal our lives away, kill us and destroy all that God wants us to be and have.

John 10:10 (KJV)

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.





Thursday, November 21, 2013

Will we let our nation die?











These days many are thinking another civil war to restore Americas lost freedoms.

But doesn’t it make more sense to think and pray for civil revival.

To return people to God whom they have rejected and restore Americas lost morals that they have abandoned.

Many are looking for horrendous disaster and planning and preparing for survival.

But wouldn’t it be better if we would pray and seek a return to God a national revival.

That would return His mercy and grace and turn away His wrath on a sinful wicked nation.
And grant to us His wondrous salvation.

We can’t change our past that’s all gone away. We can’t remove our decisions that have brought us into today.

But we can change our future and that will take us into a more blessed day.

The sensible thing for us to do is humble ourselves before the face of God, obey His word, repent of our destructive ways and let God determine the future of our coming days.

2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

America is dying the evidence is seen every where
In order to restore its health its citizens must bow their knees in prayer.

We are on the brinks of another civil war.
And much heartache suffering and pain is in store.

Our time is running out a decision we must soon make.
The continued life of our nation is at stake.

The choice of two is before us which one will we take?
Only one will save us the other will be our end.
It is very important our hearts to God we must bend.

Will we let our nation die?
Or will we humble ourselves before Almighty God and for His mercy will we cry?


Civil War or Surrender to God. Which one will it be the choice is up to you and me?


Sunday, November 17, 2013

This is Thanksgiving









This is Thanksgiving


This is the Thanksgiving season that time of year we have set aside one day to celebrate and express thanksgiving for all that we have to enjoy.

But in reality every day should be a day of thanksgiving unto God.

For every breath that we breathe every beat of our heart every morsel of food that we eat and everything good that gives us joy and pleasure.

All came from God, all belongs to God and we all are His marvelous creation.

Because if there were no God then there would be no us and no days to be thankful.

I don’t know what you are here to do that decision is all up to you.

But for me I will be thankful and praise the Father in heaven for the life He has given me.

And I will go on enjoying the abundance of all good things that I receive from God.

Psalm 139:14 (KJV)

 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.


Thursday, November 14, 2013

“Which way should I go to achieve success?”












A man met a guru in the road. The man asked the guru,

“Which way should I go to achieve success?”

 

The robed, bearded sage said nothing, but he pointed to a place in the distance.

 

The man, thrilled by the prospect of quick and easy success, rushed in the appropriate direction. Suddenly, there came a loud “SPLAT.”

 

Soon the man limped back, tattered and stunned, assuming he must have misinterpreted the message. He repeated his question to the guru. “Which way should I go to achieve success?” The guru again pointed silently in the same direction.

 

The man obediently walked off once more. This time the “SPLAT” was deafening. When the man crawled back, he was bloody,broken,tattered,and irate.

 

“I asked you which way I should go to achieve success,” he screamed at the guru. “I followed the direction you gave me, and all I got was Splatted! No more of this pointing talk!”

Only then did the guru speak. What he said was: “Success is that way.Just a little past SPLAT.”

 

The Holy Bible points us in the direction that we should go and Jesus came and set the example that we should follow in order to achieve success and happiness in our daily lives.

 

And we Christians strive and work so hard to accomplish the fullness of Gods will and purpose in our daily walk with Him.

 

But due to the weakness of the outer flesh that covers the inner man and the spirits of devils that constantly attack and invade our minds we are always fighting a battle for the control of our heart and minds.

 

So often we are knocked down, torn apart, our hearts broken our bodies suffering sickness and pain, troubles, trials and setbacks always falling upon us.

 

We in our weakness cry out my God, my God where are you. Jesus you promised never to leave me nor forsake me. Why do I not feel your presence in my sorrow and agony?

 

We cry out to God we pray and we pray and it seems that God does not hear our pleas for His mercy and grace.

 

We want our walk with God to be a success. We have followed the word of God we have been careful to observe and keep His commandments and still we sometimes don’t feel like we have achieved success. We feel so burdened down with our mistakes and failures.

 

Where is success? Why have I not achieved it?

 

Well the thing to consider here is that we have not achieved success because we are trying to be successful in our selves. And success is not in us the Bible tells us that there is no good in us all of us have sinned and fallen short of Gods expectations of us.

 

If we are going find success it is going to have to be found in Jesus we are going to have live our lives in the Spirit of Jesus. We are going to have to walk in His Holy spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

 

We cannot live by our feelings, feelings can never produce success. We must live by faith and that in the word of God and the promises that are in His only begotten Son and our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

 

Yes there will be times in our Christian walk that we will have to come crawling back to the Heavenly Father bloody,broken,tattered, sorrowed, irate humbled, prostrate at the foot of the cross of Jesus.

 

There is no real success in life without a life lived in Jesus.

Let your faith take you “Success is that way. Just a little past SPLAT.”

“Which way should I go to achieve success?”

 

Go now and bow your knees at the foot of the cross and you will have achieved success!





Galatians 6:9  And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
 
 
 







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Monday, November 11, 2013

Why can’t we have and celebrate a veterans of Gods army day in America?











Today we showed respect and honor to our American veterans of the past and today who serve and have served in our military services.

I did not serve in the military due to the condition of my health although I deeply wanted to serve. When I was eighteen I tried to enlist in the Army, Navy and Marines and was turned down by all because I couldn’t pass the physical. I was classified as 4F and sent home.

It bothered me for many years because I was found unfit to serve my country in uniform but when I became twenty one years of age I discovered why I was not allowed to join the military services. It was in God’s plan for my life that I serve in a greater army and do spiritual battle against the enemies attacking men’s souls instead.

God forgave me my sins cleaned up and changed my old sin black heart saved me from the consequences of my wrong living practices gave me a new and better life in Jesus Christ called me to service and found me fit to serve in His army.

For the past 53 years I have been enlisted in the army of God and am still fighting the enemies of God.

With the weapons of the Holy Bible and prayer I have sought to help free the human race from the power of Satan and the bondage of sin.

I have sought and am still seeking to lead people to the peace, freedom and blessings of God offered in the blood sacrifice of the body of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I am just one of the many millions upon millions multitudes of many soldiers of Jesus Christ from the past even to today’s generation that have fought and are still fighting to make men free from sin so that they may live life as God meant from the beginning of His creation.

The true soldiers of God’s army receive no medals in this world for their service and not many get a thank you most of the time they receive only mocking, ridicule, cursing hardship and abuse from those that hate God and His ministers and children in this present evil world that we all live in.
Many of those prophets and preachers of the past were beheaded tortured and killed for preaching Jesus Christ and He crucified for the sins of the world.

The world is no different today if anything it is even more corrupt and evil.

In many parts of the world it is still a very dangerous thing to preach and teach in the name of Jesus the full gospel of God.

I know that there will never be any honor, praise or thanksgiving from most of the world’s crowd for the faithful soldiers who serve in the army of God.

But it sure would be nice if the Christian body of Christ would come together and set apart a special day in honor and thankfulness to the old soldiers of the gospel of Jesus Christ who were faithful in their God called mission and the young ones of today’s world who give their lives faithfully to the service of Gods kingdom and spend their days doing their best to lead the lost to the salvation of God that is in Christ Jesus.


Why can’t we have and celebrate a veterans of Gods army day in America?