STARTING ANOTHER JOURNEY IN A BRAND NEW YEAR

WE ARE ALL STARTING ANOTHER JOURNEY IN A BRAND NEW YEAR GIVEN US BY GOD’S GRACE AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HEART BEAT AND BREATH IS CONFIRMATION AND VERIFICATION THAT WE STILL HAVE A PURPOSE IN GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION AND LIFE.

None of us know at this time where our journey through this new year 2019 is going to lead neither do we know what lies ahead of us whether shadows to humble us or sunshine to brighten our travel or refreshing spiritual rain blessed showers of God’s blessings, there may be a few storms lightning strikes to shake us up a bit to put the fear of God back in us and cause us to realize more than ever that we have almighty God creator of the universe and everything in it who is still in control of His creation and always will be in control.

We may find ourselves walking through or be thrown into a few fires to test our faith and burn out things still remaining in us that keeps us from the purification of soul, mind and body that God requires of us before we reach our final destination of heaven.  

 We know most certainly that much tempting will be before us for Satan and human flesh we dwell in are deadly enemies to our body and soul they are relentless in their desire to steal, kill and destroy the good that God has put in His human creatures and as long as we live and breathe there will be battles for us to fight until the war is over for us and we are safely secured in heaven.

We know that if we remain faithful to God in true obedience of Holy Scriptures if we bear our cross daily in following Jesus as He leads the way that we should go then most certainly Satan his demon spirit followers and evil minded humans possessed of them are going to attack us usually in some manner shape or form each and every day.

We know Satan’s desire to destroy us is real His deceptions are real his tools and weapons of destruction are many and his ability to use them against us is serious threat to our life, joy, peace liberty and pursuit of happiness.

We know also as faithful Christians walking in the spirit and not in the flesh   we are always on the front lines of defensive battle we are Satan’s number one targets, for if he could destroy the strong of God’s saints he could control completely the earth with his brainwashed slaves of evil.

In this New Year we need to be bold, courageous witnesses of the power of God our Lord Jesus Christ enough to take the attack to Satan and the world standing in the power of the name of Jesus and His blood declaring victory over everything that God has called evil abomination and offensive to His holiness.

We need to stop crouching in fear of offending the world with the truth of the gospel of the cross of Christ Jesus.   We need to stop trembling in silence with our mouths closed and non-actions in responding to Satan and the world’s constant attacks upon Christianity.  

We need to be on the aggressive offense position defending our faith instead of sitting quietly in the defensive position until forced to fight back, we need to be prepared soldiers of the cross taking the war to our enemies the enemies of the cross of Christ Jesus instead of allowing them to bring it to us in our weakest moment.

For clearly Satan and the evil world has declared war against the children of God.

(“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”)   Revelation 13:7 KJV

But think about this and be encouraged by the strength and power of your faith and hope in Jesus.

(And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.)   Daniel 11:32 KJV

In light of all of this we also know that the truly redeemed of the Lord Jesus true born again of His Holy Ghost are sealed with His promise by the power of His Holy Spirit working in us so that we cannot be deceived by Satan or doctrines of men, we cannot be defeated by demons, flesh or the world as long as we live in obedience to the Holy Ghost in us and live always in the Spirit and not be deterred or redirected by our inborn sinful flesh.

We know that as long as we have on the full armor of God no enemy spiritual demon or human controlled by demon spirits can penetrate the armor of God.  

(Please read)(Ephesians 6:10-17 KJV)

As long as we have the sword of the Spirit (word of God) the shield of faith, breast plate of righteousness our feet prepared to go share the gospel as long as we have prayer and faith to believe our prayers we have the weapons given us of God for our survival in this godless evil world we have to travel through to get to our final destination of heaven.

So don’t fear to attack the strong holds of Satan for our weapons are mighty to the tearing down of spiritual strong holds of demons.

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)   2 Corinthians 10:4 KJV

It is our flesh that is our worst most deadly enemy, Satan and the world could never have control over us except we surrender that power to them.   For it is by obedience to the lusts of our sinful flesh that we give them such power and control over us to our own hurt and destruction.

Therefore my Christian brethren brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ  with these words I exhort and encourage you all to walk worthy of the lord  in this coming new year no matter what it brings to us, where it leads us or what we may have to suffer in it.

(“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”)   2 Timothy 3:12 KJV

For He has promised to never leave us or forsake us you can be certain that wherever our steps take us through our journey of 2019 That our Lord Jesus goes before us He walks behind us and He is always by our side, if we hold tightly to His strong hands by our never wavering faith in His never wavering word trusting in His awesome power and strength to strengthen us for He that is in us is greater than he that is in the world ,we will by the grace and mercy of God get through this new year and this ever changing from good to more corrupt evil wicked world.

At this point I don’t know and neither do you if we will finish this year to its completion we are definitely in the last days described by the Holy Bible Jesus could return at any moment.   Life has no guarantee of tomorrow and any one of us could be called to give up the body in a split second stepping from this world into eternity.

Therefore our only hope of getting through this year successfully and victoriously is to turn our steps from walking with the world to walking with Jesus through the world our only hope of enduring until the end is to walk as close to Jesus with Jesus as we possibly can.

Jesus said, (“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”)   Matthew 24:13

I end this post with these words not mine but inspired and written by the Holy Ghost our Lord God and savior Jesus Christ.

(This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.)   Galatians 5:16-17  KJV

(“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”

Ephesians 5:8 KJV

Remember also that,

(Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.)   1 John 4:4 KJV

(Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.)

James 4:7 KJV KJV

(“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”)   Revelation 12:11 KJV

So then if we all will walk through this brand new year in obedience to God’s written word, in step with Jesus following the voice of His Holy Spirit as He leads the way.

We will live it safely, joyously, happily, victoriously no matter what it brings to us for we trust not in ourselves not in others not in the world but our hope and faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ who by the cross spilled His holy blood, by His resurrection from the grave of death He gained victory over the human flesh over Satan over demons over death and hell over all the things the rest of us have to overcome to be made worthy of eternal life in heaven.

By Him in Him and through Him we already have the victory over all things.

The fact that He died for us to give us the opportunity to relate to Holy God through Him makes our living for Him easy when we truly surrender our mind, heart, soul and body to live for Him.

(But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:)   John 1:12 KJV

What and who Christmas is

   Well here it is another Christmas season and the shopping and looking for things to give each other has begun.   Everyone has their attention and hope on getting gifts of their hearts desire, store merchants are trying to advertise and display and capture the attention of the public to buy this thing or another thing in order to celebrate Christmas by raising their profits at years end.   A lot of emphasis is placed on getting and receiving gifts most of it on getting more than giving.   But the world does not know what Christmas is neither can they celebrate the true meaning of Christmas for they of the world don’t know it, cannot understand it and cannot show it therefore the celebration of the world at Christmas time is valueless and without meaning.

   For most king dollar determines Christmas for them if they have enough money they can buy and sell Christmas for the love of king money is the root of all their expectations of Christmas with money they can buy the pleasures of their flesh and create false joy and happiness which gives them a feeling of false contentment that swiftly goes away after Christmas day has ended.

   Only True Christians can celebrate Christmas because they know what and who Christmas is.   We know what Christmas is, Christmas is the gift of God that cannot be purchased or sold it is the free gift of God given by God’s mercy and grace to the world of darkness and sin, Christmas is God’s gift of light sent into the world to bring true joy, happiness and contentment to all who will accept and receive Him.  

   We know that Jesus Christ is the true name of Christmas and He is the gift of abundant eternal life given freely to them who will seek Him.   Jesus is God’s love everlasting gift of life offered freely to those who will humbly accept Him.   Jesus is love true love, He is the Spirit of love freely given from God above who is pure love for the very essence of our heavenly Father is love, love is who God is ,love is who Jesus is and love is who Christmas is and love is who Christians are and should be.

   Only true sincere faithful Christians can know God’s love and understand God’s love, only they can share God’s love because only true Christians understand that true love is a gift from God and cannot be bought or sold with money, silver or gold.

   When one is in the presence of a Christian who is in the presence of Jesus who is the very presence of the Spirit of God in them it is easy to determine whether they have the gift of love or not.

(“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” )  John 13:35 KJV

(“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” )  1 John 4:7 KJV

(“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”)   1 Peter 4:8 KJV

   A true Christian can only be identified by these gifts that only come from the Spirit of God who is love.

(But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.)      

Galatians 5:22-23 KJV

(“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”)

1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV

   God’s greatest gift to the human race is love His name is Jesus His birth date unknown but celebrated as  holy Christmas day in remembrance  of the holy night God sent His love into the world to be our light and life to save sinners such as you and me from our sins which were killing us.

   While the world celebrates a holiday we Christians celebrate God’s holy day in remembrance of the birth of our holy savior Jesus Christ our Lord God.

“Let all your things be done with charity.”   1 Corinthians 16:14  

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”   1 John 4:8 KJV

   Are you celebrating Christmas with the children of God this year or are you following the world reveling and wallowing in your daily practices of sin?

   Do you know God, do you know love, do you know Jesus, and until you do you will never know the true meaning of Christmas which is the gift of God’s pure love, light, life, mercy, grace, forgiveness and salvation?

   Mary and I pray you all have a blessed Merry Christmas in the Lord Jesus Christ and a very Happy New Year in serving Him who lived, died and rose from death to life again to give us all abundant eternal life hope of heaven.

God richly bless you all who in sincerity do know Him in love as your personal Lord God and savior.

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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain

Amen:   Jesus is my life.   (“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”   Philippians 1:21   KJV

Most people are so wrapped up in this temporary world serving themselves, serving someone else, serving this world, some openly serving Satan in the vilest of sins bragging about it without shame, serving the desires of their heart for the temporal that they reserve no time to think about the eternal, pushing all thoughts aside of the day of their departure from this temporary world into the eternal.

Fact is the day we are born into this world we begin our departure from it each day brings us closer to the day we will leave it.   From the time we take our first breath in this world we begin our battles to survive in it until the time we are required to leave it.  

Death is a very important subject to think about I would say.

Since Satan in his sin of pride and disobedience rebelled against his creator God and was thrown out of heaven to dwell in the outer darkness and visit the earth introducing the first man Adam to temptation of following him in his lies from the moment Adam chose to listen to the voice of Satan instead of the voice of God, sin entered into the heart of man and Adam knowing that sin brought with it a death sentence yet he chose to believe the lies of Satan and reject the word of God.   Every single one of us humans since have been born out of Adams sin and in Adams sin we are all under the curse of sin and face the consequences of sin which is death, we all are born with a death sentence hanging over us.

Pretty important subject to think about don’t you think?   Yet most people shove the thought of death to the back of their mind until the day it arrives suddenly upon them and they are forced to realize that life in this world is not eternal but only temporary.

Now it is also important to understand that our heavenly Father creator saw all of this happening before He even created the world and all that is in it before the first Adam was formed from the dirt and placed in the Garden paradise God made for him God knew man’s weakness of the flesh God knew Adam would sin in his flesh and lose his life in the body to death.   So before Adam was even formed God prepared a way of deliverance for him a way to restore his life from the sin that brought death to him and his decedents following after him that also would die because of sin in their own body.

Yes because of Adams sin we all were born into sin, death stalks us all from birth through life lurking somewhere near us every day that we live waiting for that right opportunity to snatch us from this world we all must struggle and fight the battle of life over death with enemies of our body’s always out to kill us, enemies of our health sickness and diseases, fatal accidents, murderers and most of all Satan who is always devising his evil plans against us to kill us if God will allow if he can.   we all need deliverance from sin  deliverance from God’s judgment of death for all sin, we all need deliverance and healing from sicknesses,diseases,un seen accidents and enemies who would kill us in a minute if it were possible.   Most of all we need God’s love, mercy and grace to forgive us of our sins, heal us of our sicknesses and deliver us from our sins, out of our sins and restore us the life that Satan has stolen from us and is taking from us each and every day we live in our sins.

Amen:   Yes the most important thing we can think about is life and death there is absolutely nothing more important.

Yet sad to say most people will shove it to the back of their minds and not face it until it suddenly and without warning in most cases shows up to require payment.   (“For the wages of sin is death;)

Romans 6:23 KJV

God made a way in his holiness and righteousness by His compassion, mercy and grace to forgive us our sins, deliver us out of our sins and save us from the consequences of our sins so that we would not live in our sins and die in our sins suffer eternal judgment of hell fire wrath reserved for Satan and all who choose to follow him in sin.

(For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.   For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.)   John 3:16-17 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.”)   John 10:10 KJV

(“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Romans 6:23 KJV

If you have not yet accepted Gods plan of deliverance for you if you are not in personal fellowship with Jesus Christ the Lord living in and walking in the word of God obeying the voice of the Holy Spirit as He seeks to guide you through the deadly dangers of this world into your eternal destiny planned of God for you.

Please set aside your thoughts and cares of this world and turn your thoughts to the most important matter of your life and death.

It is not the temporary you should be wasting your time thinking about but the eternal for who knows but God whether this is the day your time will run out?

And to die in your sins is permanent there is no forgiveness or deliverance offered to you after death.

(“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

Mark 8:36 KJV

(“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”)   Colossians 3:2 KJV

How important will your cares of this world be to you in the end of your life here if you have lived without relationship and fellowship with Jesus who is the only way, truth and life the only door opened to heaven and the heavenly Father who loves you?

Your life can never be worthwhile and fruitful to the pleasing of God without Jesus in it.   And without Jesus in your life you will lose it to Satan, sin, death and hell.

(And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.)   Mark 4:19 KJV