God is real, and so is Satan. Jesus had said that Satan is the prince and ruler of the land. His ways are; lying, deceit, anger, bitterness, etc, etc. We are all born into learning the ways of Satan before we learn the ways of God.
That is where the phrase 'born-again' comes from. Since we are physically born into Satans ways, we need to spiritually be born into Gods ways in order to enter Heaven.
What I don't understand is when something bad happens to people, why is God the one immediately blamed for it? The scriptures say that Satan comes to rob us, steal from us and destroy us. When these things happen, why do people blame God for it and not Satan?
If someone dabbles in witchcraft, occult ways, ouija boards, tarot cards, psychics, etc. (all part of Satans domain) then why is God to blame when something wrong happens in their life? Those aren't things of God. People who choose to do those things are not choosing to have God in their life, so how can God bless them and protect them?
I pray that God's bum rap will be revoked, and the proper blame will be placed on the father of all lies and deceit: Satan.
-JOHN 10:10
-JOHN 8:44
A sacrifice
Jesus sacrificed His life so that we may enter Heaven through Him (there is no other way to get into Heaven). That is such a powerful sacrifice; He set aside His diety to be flesh on Earth, and without doing any wrong, He was killed and His blood was shed for us.
What sacrifice are we now required to make?
"Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name." - Hebrews 13:15 NLT
Can we do this? It actually sounds simple: Praise and thank God throughout my day. However, when my day is filled with emotions, fear, discord, busy-ness, etc. I do not always stop and make that sacrifice.
My goal throughout the rest of my life: To thank and praise God in the midst of my days, regardless of what I am going through.
I am reminded of a saying, "It is not WHAT we go through, but HOW we go through it." It is a matter of our heart.
What sacrifice are we now required to make?
"Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name." - Hebrews 13:15 NLT
Can we do this? It actually sounds simple: Praise and thank God throughout my day. However, when my day is filled with emotions, fear, discord, busy-ness, etc. I do not always stop and make that sacrifice.
My goal throughout the rest of my life: To thank and praise God in the midst of my days, regardless of what I am going through.
I am reminded of a saying, "It is not WHAT we go through, but HOW we go through it." It is a matter of our heart.
Be Free, Be Clean, and Trust Him
At times in our spiritual lives
we can be like this heavy laden tree
The ice and snow piled up so much
that the weight of it is too heavy
The tree needs to wait for the warmth of the sun
and the light that will shine through the cold and dark
In the meanwhile, surrounded by many upright trees
that show forth strength in spite of the weight on its bark
In times of trials we can easily get weighed down
allowing the weight to overtake us, squelching our Spirit inside
We need to quickly turn to the Lord in all His glory and light
to thaw out and diminish all our burdens, even the ones that hide
He will surround us with those who can encourage and help us through
People that have the strength and prayer we need to overcome it all
The weight wants us to hibernate, telling us that we are all alone
but God will break through our thoughts and pick us up from our fall
So it seems that the only difference between us and this tree is choice
The tree is subject to nature, but we are not subject to the world around us
Through Jesus we have the choice to overcome whatever storm comes our way
To be freed up from the burden, cleaned off from the heaviness, and in Him we trust
-PSALM 91
Clean Hands - Pure Heart
In this post, I will let the scriptures speak for themselves. Please take your time with the post and even print it out if needed. Much power resides in God's word, and should be taken seriously. I pray this helps each one who reads it.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior. They are those who will ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place. -PSALM 24:3-5
Wash your hands you sinners and
purify your hearts you double-minded. -JAMES 4:8
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say: We have sinned and rebelled -LAM 3:41-42
CLEAN HANDS-
According to the cleanness of my hands, God rewarded me -PSALM 18:20-24
Lift up holy hands in prayer without anger or disputing -1TIM 2:8
The righteous will hold to their ways and those with clean hands will grow stronger -JOB 17:9
Dont work on your own, that will give you dirty hands. Work with God. He will do it all, that is a gift to you, just trust Him. And do not boast afterwards that you did it on your own
-refer to EPH 2 and ROMANS 4
PURE HEART-
It is with one heart that you believe and are justified and with your mouth that you confess and are saved -ROMANS 10:10
It is with your heart and mouth that you may glorify God -ROMANS 15:6
Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God -MATT 5:8
If you have doubts hidden in your belief, then you are double-minded and unstable. Out of the abundance of your heart, your mouth will speak.
-refer to JAMES 1:6-8 and LUKE 6:45
He who has clean hands and a pure heart will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior. They are those who will ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place. -PSALM 24:3-5
Wash your hands you sinners and
purify your hearts you double-minded. -JAMES 4:8
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say: We have sinned and rebelled -LAM 3:41-42
CLEAN HANDS-
According to the cleanness of my hands, God rewarded me -PSALM 18:20-24
Lift up holy hands in prayer without anger or disputing -1TIM 2:8
The righteous will hold to their ways and those with clean hands will grow stronger -JOB 17:9
Dont work on your own, that will give you dirty hands. Work with God. He will do it all, that is a gift to you, just trust Him. And do not boast afterwards that you did it on your own
-refer to EPH 2 and ROMANS 4
PURE HEART-
It is with one heart that you believe and are justified and with your mouth that you confess and are saved -ROMANS 10:10
It is with your heart and mouth that you may glorify God -ROMANS 15:6
Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God -MATT 5:8
If you have doubts hidden in your belief, then you are double-minded and unstable. Out of the abundance of your heart, your mouth will speak.
-refer to JAMES 1:6-8 and LUKE 6:45
Clean hands? Pure heart?
That is our goal.
I am ....yes, I AM!
In John, Jesus spoke out all that He is. He said "I AM" over 50 times to tell all who had ears to hear (even His ears heard!) who He is. Speak out loud so your ears hear who you are....
All that Jesus is, I AM.
I have authority over thoughts, foolish impulses & feelings.
I have wisdom to quickly recognize an attack of the enemy.
I am the spotless bride.
I am beautiful, wise, virtuous and dignified.
My Husband abounds me with His love.
I cannot take my eyes off of Him, for if I did I would have to rely on my own power and might.
He loves me and He protects me no matter where I am.
If a bag of burden is handed to me, I let my Husband carry it for me since it is His desire to.
I encourage Him and long to converse with Him.
He is always there to talk to, to love on, to encourage and to thank.
My Husband is maker of all things, above all things, and before all things.
I am blessed with every spiritual blessing.
I have holy hands.
I can lay hands on anyone who is sick and incomplete because of who is in me.
He abides in me because I abide in Him.
I am a soldier in an army that has already won!
I am God's General that uses faith as my shield and the Word as my sword.
I am not afraid to stand and fight, I bless myself by surrounding myself with enemies of God and feast on it.
I fear no man, what can mere man do to me? Look who is in me!
I have a light, I have the equipment and I have the directions for the lost. Follow me!
I AM BIGGER THAN I EVER IMAGINED MYSELF TO BE.
I AM ALL THAT JESUS IS.
I AM.
In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.
-1John 4:17 (AMP)
All that Jesus is, I AM.
I have authority over thoughts, foolish impulses & feelings.
I have wisdom to quickly recognize an attack of the enemy.
I am the spotless bride.
I am beautiful, wise, virtuous and dignified.
My Husband abounds me with His love.
I cannot take my eyes off of Him, for if I did I would have to rely on my own power and might.
He loves me and He protects me no matter where I am.
If a bag of burden is handed to me, I let my Husband carry it for me since it is His desire to.
I encourage Him and long to converse with Him.
He is always there to talk to, to love on, to encourage and to thank.
My Husband is maker of all things, above all things, and before all things.
I am blessed with every spiritual blessing.
I have holy hands.
I can lay hands on anyone who is sick and incomplete because of who is in me.
He abides in me because I abide in Him.
I am a soldier in an army that has already won!
I am God's General that uses faith as my shield and the Word as my sword.
I am not afraid to stand and fight, I bless myself by surrounding myself with enemies of God and feast on it.
I fear no man, what can mere man do to me? Look who is in me!
I have a light, I have the equipment and I have the directions for the lost. Follow me!
I AM BIGGER THAN I EVER IMAGINED MYSELF TO BE.
I AM ALL THAT JESUS IS.
I AM.
In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.
-1John 4:17 (AMP)
Fishing, His way
This is one of my first revelations that God gave me. It is in reference to Mark 1:17, Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."
I am ready to hold my pole
Help me with the bait
Give me wisdom where to cast
Strength and patience to reel in
And love to capture
The fish are in a swamp choking on cloudy water, getting stuck in the seaweed and dying. God has an ocean of fresh water for them to live in. We are the 'in-between' helping them out of the swamp (worlds way) into the ocean (Gods way). What the fish do from there is between them and God.
For Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were fishers and still continue to fish (through their writings). They are very distinct individuals and use their own techniques. The intent is the same and so is the end result but each have their own special and unique relationship with the Lord.
I am ready to hold my pole
Help me with the bait
Give me wisdom where to cast
Strength and patience to reel in
And love to capture
The fish are in a swamp choking on cloudy water, getting stuck in the seaweed and dying. God has an ocean of fresh water for them to live in. We are the 'in-between' helping them out of the swamp (worlds way) into the ocean (Gods way). What the fish do from there is between them and God.
For Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were fishers and still continue to fish (through their writings). They are very distinct individuals and use their own techniques. The intent is the same and so is the end result but each have their own special and unique relationship with the Lord.
Dumping Ground
Human nature (living out of our old man/flesh) tells us that we need to vent, sometimes to someone close to us and other times to complete strangers (in the store, on the road, etc).
Jesus wants us to vent to Him, to give all our crazy emotions over to Him so He can properly dispose of them. Everyone has junk to dispose of, so why would you dump your junk onto another, when you are only adding to theirs?
Your spouse, best friend, or even a stranger cannot help you with the venting and heal your insides, that is God's job. Jesus died so we can lay our junk at the foot of the cross to die, that is our dumping ground. He can help us through our situation and heal our hearts so we can move forward on our walk with Him, in complete freedom.
We must learn how to properly vent. Always vent to Jesus first, not to any man or woman.
EXAMPLE - Just say my husband left a muddy trail through the house (fyi - he has never done this) and I vent to my husband first, not Jesus. Of course, I would be venting with raw emotions so I would probably say things like "I am so angry at you, look what you did", "you have no respect for me and expect me to clean up after you all the time". Then my emotions would most likely escalate into "do you even love me anymore", "why are we even married". So now my husband has to deal with things other than the mud on the floor, he will now have to spend a lot of time calming me down by telling me that he does love me, he does appreciate me, etc, etc, etc. When all the while, if I vented to Jesus first letting go of my raw emotions and calming down, I could simply address my husband about the mud on the floor and nothing else. The issue could be resolved within 15 minutes instead of hours.
REVELATION FROM GOD MANY YEARS AGO - I used to live in a third floor apartment. Every time I would go grocery shopping, I would only want to make one trip up all those stairs. So I would load up all the bags on my arms and carry the heavy weight up the stairs. Jesus spoke to my heart one time and told me that I was doing this spiritually too. That I was carrying burdens and feelings myself and not handing them over to Him. He wants our baggage of junk, He is our spiritual Husband and wants to carry our load to free us. Hand over your bags , He will enjoy taking them from you.
Jesus wants us to vent to Him, to give all our crazy emotions over to Him so He can properly dispose of them. Everyone has junk to dispose of, so why would you dump your junk onto another, when you are only adding to theirs?
Your spouse, best friend, or even a stranger cannot help you with the venting and heal your insides, that is God's job. Jesus died so we can lay our junk at the foot of the cross to die, that is our dumping ground. He can help us through our situation and heal our hearts so we can move forward on our walk with Him, in complete freedom.
We must learn how to properly vent. Always vent to Jesus first, not to any man or woman.
EXAMPLE - Just say my husband left a muddy trail through the house (fyi - he has never done this) and I vent to my husband first, not Jesus. Of course, I would be venting with raw emotions so I would probably say things like "I am so angry at you, look what you did", "you have no respect for me and expect me to clean up after you all the time". Then my emotions would most likely escalate into "do you even love me anymore", "why are we even married". So now my husband has to deal with things other than the mud on the floor, he will now have to spend a lot of time calming me down by telling me that he does love me, he does appreciate me, etc, etc, etc. When all the while, if I vented to Jesus first letting go of my raw emotions and calming down, I could simply address my husband about the mud on the floor and nothing else. The issue could be resolved within 15 minutes instead of hours.
REVELATION FROM GOD MANY YEARS AGO - I used to live in a third floor apartment. Every time I would go grocery shopping, I would only want to make one trip up all those stairs. So I would load up all the bags on my arms and carry the heavy weight up the stairs. Jesus spoke to my heart one time and told me that I was doing this spiritually too. That I was carrying burdens and feelings myself and not handing them over to Him. He wants our baggage of junk, He is our spiritual Husband and wants to carry our load to free us. Hand over your bags , He will enjoy taking them from you.
Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. -1PETER 5:7 (AMP)
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