How many times does the word tell us something was done suddenly? Well, I don't know exactly how many times, but it is used over and over in the word of God.
PS 6 v 10...Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly....
How would you like all your enemies suddenly to be ashamed and turned away from you, never to bother you again. HALLELUJAH!
Mal. 3 v 1..."Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me, and the LORD, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," says the LORD of hosts.....
The word tells us that Jesus will come suddenly. Are you ready? Prepare your hearts today, and get ready. Jesus is referred to as the Bride Groom and we as the church are the Bride. Have you ever seen a Bride who did not prepare for her wedding day with great anticipation? Making sure that everything is perfect for when the groom sees her that day? We should be the same way, preparing our hearts for that day, every day until it arrives. AMEN
Those of you who never got to have the big wedding, here is your chance. Go all out and prepare your heart today, put on your best for the Lord Jesus your groom.
Neta
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Who Does He Say To Imitate
WOW, While reading my devotional today, something Kenneth Copeland said, jumped off those pages and just about knocked me out of my chair. He was talking about the story of the woman with the issue of blood and how she touched the garment of Jesus and was healed. He was saying how at some time or other we all wish we could have been in that crowd that day, following Jesus, or even being the woman who touched the garment. BUT!!!! He pointed out this very important point and I hope we all get it today. Jesus did not say wish you were one of them, go out and be like my disciples. NO, He said go out and imitate ME, be like ME, act like ME, do the works I do, be My witnesses, stand in MY place. WOW! Did you get that? Jesus is telling you to stand in HIS place. Instead of you being the one trying to grab the hem of the garment, you should be the one wearing the garment of Christ, you should be the one with the annointing flowing through you.
OK, now all you people full of religiosity, come on back down off the chandeliers. I am not saying we are to be Jesus, but the word says we are to clothe ourselves with Christ. We are to put on the garment of Jesus, and go about doing His works. Not just go about talking about His works, but actually doing His works. We are to put on our new man. Who is our new man, but the Holy Spirit of Christ Himself. So you will have to take your arguments to Jesus on that one. I mean really think about it. Why would He tell us to act like someone else. Even Billy Graham as great as he is, he still is not perfect nor is he God. But he would be a great example to follow. But Christ, goes one step futher, He says to act like HIM.
I truly believe if we could ever grasp what that means, and grab hold of all that annointing power, people would not be walking around sick today. Because we as Christians would be out there actually doing the work of Christ and not just preaching about it. AMEN!
Someone walks up to you and says, oh I feel so bad, they just told me I have this, or that, you would just slap your hand on them and say COME OUT OF THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS, and say it like you were Jesus Himself, and whatever it was would come out so fast our heads would be spinning with theirs. HALLELUJAH!! If you truly said it like you were Jesus Himself, it wouldn't matter if they were born again or not, you would have spoken with so much authority that even the devil himself would take off running the other way, if he was trying to sneak up on you. HA HA! LORD, I'm about to preach myself happy! I gotta calm down so I can finish typing this out. I get so excited sometimes, my fingers can't punch the right keys.
Col. 3 v 10...and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him......
Notice it didn't say according to someone else's image, it says according to the image of Him who created you.
John 14 v 12..."Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.......
John 14 v 17..the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you....
So you see, the Spirit of God is not only with you, but in you, so tap into that spirit when things try to come against you, and use it like Jesus Himself would use it, and don't only help yourself, but help others with the power you have been given in Christ Jesus. AMEN
Neta
OK, now all you people full of religiosity, come on back down off the chandeliers. I am not saying we are to be Jesus, but the word says we are to clothe ourselves with Christ. We are to put on the garment of Jesus, and go about doing His works. Not just go about talking about His works, but actually doing His works. We are to put on our new man. Who is our new man, but the Holy Spirit of Christ Himself. So you will have to take your arguments to Jesus on that one. I mean really think about it. Why would He tell us to act like someone else. Even Billy Graham as great as he is, he still is not perfect nor is he God. But he would be a great example to follow. But Christ, goes one step futher, He says to act like HIM.
I truly believe if we could ever grasp what that means, and grab hold of all that annointing power, people would not be walking around sick today. Because we as Christians would be out there actually doing the work of Christ and not just preaching about it. AMEN!
Someone walks up to you and says, oh I feel so bad, they just told me I have this, or that, you would just slap your hand on them and say COME OUT OF THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS, and say it like you were Jesus Himself, and whatever it was would come out so fast our heads would be spinning with theirs. HALLELUJAH!! If you truly said it like you were Jesus Himself, it wouldn't matter if they were born again or not, you would have spoken with so much authority that even the devil himself would take off running the other way, if he was trying to sneak up on you. HA HA! LORD, I'm about to preach myself happy! I gotta calm down so I can finish typing this out. I get so excited sometimes, my fingers can't punch the right keys.
Col. 3 v 10...and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him......
Notice it didn't say according to someone else's image, it says according to the image of Him who created you.
John 14 v 12..."Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.......
John 14 v 17..the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you....
So you see, the Spirit of God is not only with you, but in you, so tap into that spirit when things try to come against you, and use it like Jesus Himself would use it, and don't only help yourself, but help others with the power you have been given in Christ Jesus. AMEN
Neta
We Are Not There Yet
We as Christians sometimes think when we hear the word, Oh I've heard that a thousand times before, or yeh, I know that story. But maybe, just maybe God is trying to give you insight to something else in that scripture passage that you may not have gotten the first time. You see, we can not quit learning and striving to be more like Jesus. This is an ongoing everyday affair for us. In other words, you may have read the bible through and through, cover to cover a hundred times but that does not mean you got it. His word needs to be fresh and new in us every day. We do not want to become stale Christians. You may have been raised in Sunday School as a child and been churched all your life, but that does not mean you have reached your goal in Christ Jesus.
Personally, I think once you have reached your goal in Christ Jesus, then it is time for you to go home and be with the LORD. I mean why else would He need to keep you on this earth, if you have reached your goal, and you are not striving to work for Him, and continuously do His works? I mean I am ready to go when the Lord is ready for me to go, but hey, I don't want to cut my time short just because I have sat down and quit working for Him. AMEN!
Our goal everyday should be to bring another person into the kingdom of God. Now, I know that is not easy for some of us. I am not the best at going out and witnessing to people but I try to do my witnessing through my tid-bits, or just through my character and behavior toward others. But, I have really been thinking about this lately. People have always said I could sell ice to an eskimo, well then why is it so hard for me to share my Jesus with others. I mean the Lord has really stepped on my toes about this. I sold Mary Kay and was a sales director for Mary Kay which is not an easy task to become, I mean out of 2 million ladies only 2% ever make it to be a sales director. But I believed in the product so strongly that I did not have a hard time selling it. But once that belief was diminished, I quit selling the product. So if I say I believe so strongly in the Lord Jesus Christ, why do I have a hard time sharing Him with others? It is I think because I need training in that area. And what better place to get training than from the word of God, and from Jesus Himself. AMEN! So for all you sales people out there who call yourselves Christians, how many people have you shared the Lord with today? Let me challenge you in the same way God is challenging me. When you are at a party or some sort of get together, instead of trying to sell your insurance, makeup, cars or whatever you might be selling, try talking about the Lord Jesus to them instead. AMEN. I think now of all the times I put makeup on young ladies faces, how many times I could have shared the Lord Jesus with them at the same time. HMMMM, maybe that is an avenue I need to re-visit. I mean a woman is not going to leave with her face half way made up, so I would kind of have them right where I needed them. HA! Just a thought. Oh well, back to my tid-bits, the scripture that led me to this today is in Philippans.
Phil. 3 v 12-14...Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus....
You see, Paul had gotten it, he knew that he had not reached his full potential, or his full purpose in Christ yet, and when he did, it would be time to go home. When Christ has a purpose for you in life, He is not going to take you out of this life until you have reached that purpose. It is not God's will for any of us to be removed from this earth before we have fulfilled our days. So there is your hint about your purpose, it is not how many cars you can buy, or how many homes you own or how many awards you are given, it will always be about His great works through you.
Neta
Personally, I think once you have reached your goal in Christ Jesus, then it is time for you to go home and be with the LORD. I mean why else would He need to keep you on this earth, if you have reached your goal, and you are not striving to work for Him, and continuously do His works? I mean I am ready to go when the Lord is ready for me to go, but hey, I don't want to cut my time short just because I have sat down and quit working for Him. AMEN!
Our goal everyday should be to bring another person into the kingdom of God. Now, I know that is not easy for some of us. I am not the best at going out and witnessing to people but I try to do my witnessing through my tid-bits, or just through my character and behavior toward others. But, I have really been thinking about this lately. People have always said I could sell ice to an eskimo, well then why is it so hard for me to share my Jesus with others. I mean the Lord has really stepped on my toes about this. I sold Mary Kay and was a sales director for Mary Kay which is not an easy task to become, I mean out of 2 million ladies only 2% ever make it to be a sales director. But I believed in the product so strongly that I did not have a hard time selling it. But once that belief was diminished, I quit selling the product. So if I say I believe so strongly in the Lord Jesus Christ, why do I have a hard time sharing Him with others? It is I think because I need training in that area. And what better place to get training than from the word of God, and from Jesus Himself. AMEN! So for all you sales people out there who call yourselves Christians, how many people have you shared the Lord with today? Let me challenge you in the same way God is challenging me. When you are at a party or some sort of get together, instead of trying to sell your insurance, makeup, cars or whatever you might be selling, try talking about the Lord Jesus to them instead. AMEN. I think now of all the times I put makeup on young ladies faces, how many times I could have shared the Lord Jesus with them at the same time. HMMMM, maybe that is an avenue I need to re-visit. I mean a woman is not going to leave with her face half way made up, so I would kind of have them right where I needed them. HA! Just a thought. Oh well, back to my tid-bits, the scripture that led me to this today is in Philippans.
Phil. 3 v 12-14...Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus....
You see, Paul had gotten it, he knew that he had not reached his full potential, or his full purpose in Christ yet, and when he did, it would be time to go home. When Christ has a purpose for you in life, He is not going to take you out of this life until you have reached that purpose. It is not God's will for any of us to be removed from this earth before we have fulfilled our days. So there is your hint about your purpose, it is not how many cars you can buy, or how many homes you own or how many awards you are given, it will always be about His great works through you.
Neta
Whose Your Money On
God tells us when we have a problem, or when we are in a battle, we are to bring it to Him. If there is an enemy bullying you, and trying to cause you fear, as bullies do, or trying to take you out, He says bring them to Him. He will take care of them. Just like if you were a little girl or boy and a bully at school was trying to beat you up, or causing you fear, your earthly father would be ready to take them out. Well, how much more so, does your heavenly Father want to do the same for you.
He says, just let Him know when someone or something is attacking you, and He will take care of it. He will tell that enemy, look you, My Son has already paid the price for that with His blood, so you can just leave now, while you still can, because I will not let you attack my little girl. This is what God showed me just the other night, when I was being attacked by the devil. I called out on the name of Jesus, and I got the word out and read PS 91, and God says, I've got you covered, here under My wings, and your Lord and brother Jesus is sitting right here beside you, and I have got angels surrounding your entire dwelling place, so you can't even stump your toe without one of them to catch you. So you just don't fret, I will send this devil down with a thud like I've done many times before, and he will have to leave you alone, because I said so, and My word still rules over that devil today. HALLELUJAH!!! Our God is a great big GOD! AMEN! He says, there is no one that is bigger than I AM, so if I AM for you, who can be against you. AMEN AMEN
The thing is, you have to be willing to let it go, and let God have it. Because there are battles that you can not win, but Jesus has already fought that battle and He has the victory over it and He wants to share that victory with you, but He can't unless you give it to Him, and don't try to take it back, because He doesn't need your help, you need HIs. If we could just get that through our heads, that it is not for us to fight, we would live alot less worrisome lives. That is why it is so important that we stay in the word of God daily and stay under the teaching of the word, because faith comes by hearing the word of God.
PS 55 v 22...Cast your burden on the LORD, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved....
1 Cor. 15 v 57...but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ....
1 John 5 v 4....for whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world- Our Faith....
PS 91...v 1-11...He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust." Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.....
Romans 8 v 31...what then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?......
So build your faith up daily and don't wait until your crisis hits and then try to build it, you need it before it hits, so that you can have the trust in the Father to let Him take over and defeat your enemies.
Neta
He says, just let Him know when someone or something is attacking you, and He will take care of it. He will tell that enemy, look you, My Son has already paid the price for that with His blood, so you can just leave now, while you still can, because I will not let you attack my little girl. This is what God showed me just the other night, when I was being attacked by the devil. I called out on the name of Jesus, and I got the word out and read PS 91, and God says, I've got you covered, here under My wings, and your Lord and brother Jesus is sitting right here beside you, and I have got angels surrounding your entire dwelling place, so you can't even stump your toe without one of them to catch you. So you just don't fret, I will send this devil down with a thud like I've done many times before, and he will have to leave you alone, because I said so, and My word still rules over that devil today. HALLELUJAH!!! Our God is a great big GOD! AMEN! He says, there is no one that is bigger than I AM, so if I AM for you, who can be against you. AMEN AMEN
The thing is, you have to be willing to let it go, and let God have it. Because there are battles that you can not win, but Jesus has already fought that battle and He has the victory over it and He wants to share that victory with you, but He can't unless you give it to Him, and don't try to take it back, because He doesn't need your help, you need HIs. If we could just get that through our heads, that it is not for us to fight, we would live alot less worrisome lives. That is why it is so important that we stay in the word of God daily and stay under the teaching of the word, because faith comes by hearing the word of God.
PS 55 v 22...Cast your burden on the LORD, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved....
1 Cor. 15 v 57...but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ....
1 John 5 v 4....for whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world- Our Faith....
PS 91...v 1-11...He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust." Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.....
Romans 8 v 31...what then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?......
So build your faith up daily and don't wait until your crisis hits and then try to build it, you need it before it hits, so that you can have the trust in the Father to let Him take over and defeat your enemies.
Neta
Freedom
PS 146 v 7...Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry, The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners....
My word today was freedom, and this was the scripture. I thought, OK, where is this going? Then the Lord showed me, that being a prisoner doesn't necessarily mean being locked behind bars. We have all at some time in our lives been a prisoner to something or someone. We may have been a prisoner to food, when we knew we needed to lose weight. Maybe, like myself, you were a prisoner or still are to smoking or drinking. Being a prisoner is being bound to something, that you are letting control you. When you are literally locked up in prison, the prison guards have control over you. It is the same with our addictions or habits, we are letting them control us, therefore making us a prisoner to them. The devil can also hold us prisoners to thoughts that he puts in our minds. This is a dangerous type of prison and we need to steer clear.
2 Cor. 10 v 5...casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ....
But God's word says, we can bring into captivity the thoughts that try to exalt themselves above God and the Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. We can be free of whatever has us bound here on this earth. God says whatsoever you shall loose on earth will be loosed in heaven, and whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. He says he has given you the keys. You just have to choose to use them to unlock your freedom.
Matthew 16 v 19...And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.....
Hallelujah! The freedom is in your hands. You just have to choose to accept to use the keys.
Neta
My word today was freedom, and this was the scripture. I thought, OK, where is this going? Then the Lord showed me, that being a prisoner doesn't necessarily mean being locked behind bars. We have all at some time in our lives been a prisoner to something or someone. We may have been a prisoner to food, when we knew we needed to lose weight. Maybe, like myself, you were a prisoner or still are to smoking or drinking. Being a prisoner is being bound to something, that you are letting control you. When you are literally locked up in prison, the prison guards have control over you. It is the same with our addictions or habits, we are letting them control us, therefore making us a prisoner to them. The devil can also hold us prisoners to thoughts that he puts in our minds. This is a dangerous type of prison and we need to steer clear.
2 Cor. 10 v 5...casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ....
But God's word says, we can bring into captivity the thoughts that try to exalt themselves above God and the Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. We can be free of whatever has us bound here on this earth. God says whatsoever you shall loose on earth will be loosed in heaven, and whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. He says he has given you the keys. You just have to choose to use them to unlock your freedom.
Matthew 16 v 19...And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.....
Hallelujah! The freedom is in your hands. You just have to choose to accept to use the keys.
Neta
Friday, May 9, 2008
Slander
PS 50 v 20...You sit and speak against your brother, You slander your own mother's son....
We are always talking about how we are to love one another in Christ, yet sometimes, we have trouble loving our own family members. Why is this? We say, Lord, let us be like Jesus to everyone we come in contact with, but yet, then when it comes to our own siblings, sometimes we do not even give them the time of day. I know I have been guilty of this myself. God did not say to just go out and act like Jesus in public, with people you think will matter, No, He said, we are to love everyone. Call your sibling today, and tell them how much you love and appreciate them. You will feel better after you do.
Prov. 10 v 18...Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool....
The word is telling us that if we harbor hatred in our hearts toward anyone, then we can not say we are of Christ, because Christ says to be of Him is to walk in love toward everyone. If you have someone in your life, that has rubbed you the wrong way, forgive them today, and be set free of hatred, so God can work His blessings into your life.
1 John 2 v 11...But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes....
Now this does not mean just your sibling, this means all God's children.
Next time we think of the word slander, let us remember how God used it. He says they are fools who slander. I for one to not want to be a fool about anything when it comes to God's word. AMEN
Neta
We are always talking about how we are to love one another in Christ, yet sometimes, we have trouble loving our own family members. Why is this? We say, Lord, let us be like Jesus to everyone we come in contact with, but yet, then when it comes to our own siblings, sometimes we do not even give them the time of day. I know I have been guilty of this myself. God did not say to just go out and act like Jesus in public, with people you think will matter, No, He said, we are to love everyone. Call your sibling today, and tell them how much you love and appreciate them. You will feel better after you do.
Prov. 10 v 18...Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool....
The word is telling us that if we harbor hatred in our hearts toward anyone, then we can not say we are of Christ, because Christ says to be of Him is to walk in love toward everyone. If you have someone in your life, that has rubbed you the wrong way, forgive them today, and be set free of hatred, so God can work His blessings into your life.
1 John 2 v 11...But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes....
Now this does not mean just your sibling, this means all God's children.
Next time we think of the word slander, let us remember how God used it. He says they are fools who slander. I for one to not want to be a fool about anything when it comes to God's word. AMEN
Neta
Ask-Seek-Knock
What level of faith are you operating on? I heard this at church the other night during a Bible Study that Brother Eric was leading, and I guess I never looked at faith this way. The first step is to ask. Not to ask for what you want, but to ask the Lord into your heart. Then you are to seek. Seek God out in prayer, and divine understanding and wisdom in all things, so that you might know the mind of God and His purpose in your life. Then knock. When you knock the door will be opened unto you. Then you may go in and get what it is you need. You have to first ask the Lord into your heart, then you must diligently seek the Lord for all things, then and only then can you knock and the door will be answered. If you try to knock without asking or seeking first, you will find the door will not be opened unto a stranger.
Luke 13 v 25..."When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from.".......
You see we can know God without having faith in God. But in order to receive the things we need, our faith has to be IN GOD. In other words you can believe in God, but not BE IN GOD and when you seek healing or deliverance from poverty or whatever, but you are not seeking GOD for the answer then you will neither receive your healing nor GOD. You must have faith that God is who He says He is. Your Great Reward. Only then will you be able to receive what God has for you.
Matthew 7 v 7-8...."Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.".....
Hebrews 11 v 6....But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him....
Gen. 15 v 1....After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.".....
So the question today is, where are you? Are you asking, seeking, or just knocking? Some of us will find we have asked, but we try to jump straight to knocking without seeking. We are alot of times just knocking for what we can get from God. Brother Eric put it like this. Are you taking advantage of your relationship with God? In other words like when some people take advantage of others for just what they can get out of them. Do you truly get into God's word and seek Him everyday. Do you set aside time for God and no one else, turn off your phones, the tv, don't answer the door, but just diligently seek God and His will for you?
Today, I would challenge each of my readers to make a special appointment time for just God and no one else. Do this everyday and you will find your Great Reward. AMEN
Neta
Luke 13 v 25..."When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from.".......
You see we can know God without having faith in God. But in order to receive the things we need, our faith has to be IN GOD. In other words you can believe in God, but not BE IN GOD and when you seek healing or deliverance from poverty or whatever, but you are not seeking GOD for the answer then you will neither receive your healing nor GOD. You must have faith that God is who He says He is. Your Great Reward. Only then will you be able to receive what God has for you.
Matthew 7 v 7-8...."Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.".....
Hebrews 11 v 6....But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him....
Gen. 15 v 1....After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.".....
So the question today is, where are you? Are you asking, seeking, or just knocking? Some of us will find we have asked, but we try to jump straight to knocking without seeking. We are alot of times just knocking for what we can get from God. Brother Eric put it like this. Are you taking advantage of your relationship with God? In other words like when some people take advantage of others for just what they can get out of them. Do you truly get into God's word and seek Him everyday. Do you set aside time for God and no one else, turn off your phones, the tv, don't answer the door, but just diligently seek God and His will for you?
Today, I would challenge each of my readers to make a special appointment time for just God and no one else. Do this everyday and you will find your Great Reward. AMEN
Neta
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Spare
Ok, I am ready to see where God is leading us with this word.
Deut. 29 v 20.... book would settle on him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven....The LORD would not spare him; for then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this
Don't turn away from God, and cause His anger to fall on you, that He would blot out your name. Our God is a jealous God, and He does not want you following other Gods or idols that you have made unto yourself. God did not make this earth and the heavens, to have you worshiping something besides Him. He is your creator, and He is your redeemer through the blood of His Son Jesus. Please, PLEASE get to know His Son, so that you too will have your name written in His book for all eternity. I do not want to get to heaven and miss seeing anyone that has crossed my path in my lifetime. My prayer is that God will spare all my friends and family members, but He can only do this if you accept His Son. AMEN!
PS 72 v 13...He will spare the poor and needy. And will save the souls of the needy...
I think sometimes when God refers to the poor and needy, it is not just poor and needy in wealth, but also in Spirit. There are so many who do not have much spirit in them, because they are not full of His word. They are down and out on their luck all the time and it seems as if nothing ever goes right for them. Well, I believe that if you would get into the word of God on a daily basis and fill your hearts with what He says, your joy will increase, your outlook will become brighter and your future will start to flourish, because you will be giving credit to Whom credit is due. We need God in our lives on an everyday basis, not just on Sunday mornings, or Wed. nights. We need Him daily. The enemy is out there waiting to steal your victory and steal the word right out from under you, and bring you down. He attacks you especially when you are down and weak, because he knows you do not have much fight in you, but if you would get into the word of God, and build your faith in Him, then He will spare your soul and bless you. HALLELUJAH!! You will then see that luck has nothing to do with your outcome, but God Himself does.
Mal 3 v 17..."They shall be Mine, says the LORD of hosts, on the day that I make them My jewels and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him."
Well, here it is again. In the previous verse, 16....Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him, for those who fear the LORD and who meditate on His name....
God is telling us to meditate on His name, how do we do this, but to stay in the word, and keep His word on our lips and in our hearts and in our minds at all times. God tells us do not let His words depart from your eyes, or the midst of your heart. He says He will make you HIS. He will spare you when you follow His word. His word tells us that we must accept His Son as the only way to Him. He tells us in Rev. 21 v 27 that no one shall enter into His gates except for those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of Life. And who is the Lamb who has this book? Look in John 1 v 29...The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The LAMB OF GOD who takes away the sins of the world!".......
I know we are not suppose to beg for anything but I do beg each of you who read my tid-bits that you will accept the LORD JESUS as your Savior, and let His Father spare you, so that you may be in the Kingdom with me one day. PRAISE GOD!
Neta
Deut. 29 v 20.... book would settle on him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven....The LORD would not spare him; for then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this
Don't turn away from God, and cause His anger to fall on you, that He would blot out your name. Our God is a jealous God, and He does not want you following other Gods or idols that you have made unto yourself. God did not make this earth and the heavens, to have you worshiping something besides Him. He is your creator, and He is your redeemer through the blood of His Son Jesus. Please, PLEASE get to know His Son, so that you too will have your name written in His book for all eternity. I do not want to get to heaven and miss seeing anyone that has crossed my path in my lifetime. My prayer is that God will spare all my friends and family members, but He can only do this if you accept His Son. AMEN!
PS 72 v 13...He will spare the poor and needy. And will save the souls of the needy...
I think sometimes when God refers to the poor and needy, it is not just poor and needy in wealth, but also in Spirit. There are so many who do not have much spirit in them, because they are not full of His word. They are down and out on their luck all the time and it seems as if nothing ever goes right for them. Well, I believe that if you would get into the word of God on a daily basis and fill your hearts with what He says, your joy will increase, your outlook will become brighter and your future will start to flourish, because you will be giving credit to Whom credit is due. We need God in our lives on an everyday basis, not just on Sunday mornings, or Wed. nights. We need Him daily. The enemy is out there waiting to steal your victory and steal the word right out from under you, and bring you down. He attacks you especially when you are down and weak, because he knows you do not have much fight in you, but if you would get into the word of God, and build your faith in Him, then He will spare your soul and bless you. HALLELUJAH!! You will then see that luck has nothing to do with your outcome, but God Himself does.
Mal 3 v 17..."They shall be Mine, says the LORD of hosts, on the day that I make them My jewels and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him."
Well, here it is again. In the previous verse, 16....Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him, for those who fear the LORD and who meditate on His name....
God is telling us to meditate on His name, how do we do this, but to stay in the word, and keep His word on our lips and in our hearts and in our minds at all times. God tells us do not let His words depart from your eyes, or the midst of your heart. He says He will make you HIS. He will spare you when you follow His word. His word tells us that we must accept His Son as the only way to Him. He tells us in Rev. 21 v 27 that no one shall enter into His gates except for those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of Life. And who is the Lamb who has this book? Look in John 1 v 29...The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The LAMB OF GOD who takes away the sins of the world!".......
I know we are not suppose to beg for anything but I do beg each of you who read my tid-bits that you will accept the LORD JESUS as your Savior, and let His Father spare you, so that you may be in the Kingdom with me one day. PRAISE GOD!
Neta
How Is Your Body Presented
The word says we are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice unto God. We are no good for the glorifying of the kingdom if we are dead or sick.
Keep your body healthy as it is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Therefore we can represent God in an honorable fashion that we live by His word and stand in faith that He says we are healed by His stripes.
Therefore God wants and desires us to be in our best health. We need strength and health to go out and proclaim His Victory in our lives.
How would we look proclaiming Victory if we walked all stooped over and sick and worried all the time? How would that glorify God?
Now, I am not saying that a sick person can not glorify God. I am just saying that when we are sick, we do not need to let everybody know about it, by going around proclaiming our sickness all the time, instead of our healing and Victory in the Lord Jesus. We need to be careful to give God the glory and praise and thanksgiving in all things at all times in our lives. HALLELUJAH!!
Romans 12 v 1-2... I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mericies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God....
1 Cor. 6 v 19...Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own.....
Prov. 16 v 24....Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones....
Prov. 17 v 22...A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.....
Prov. 13 v 3...He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction....
Prov. 12 v 18....There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health.....
How are you presenting your bodies to God? Can you truly say it is your best?
Neta
Keep your body healthy as it is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Therefore we can represent God in an honorable fashion that we live by His word and stand in faith that He says we are healed by His stripes.
Therefore God wants and desires us to be in our best health. We need strength and health to go out and proclaim His Victory in our lives.
How would we look proclaiming Victory if we walked all stooped over and sick and worried all the time? How would that glorify God?
Now, I am not saying that a sick person can not glorify God. I am just saying that when we are sick, we do not need to let everybody know about it, by going around proclaiming our sickness all the time, instead of our healing and Victory in the Lord Jesus. We need to be careful to give God the glory and praise and thanksgiving in all things at all times in our lives. HALLELUJAH!!
Romans 12 v 1-2... I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mericies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God....
1 Cor. 6 v 19...Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own.....
Prov. 16 v 24....Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones....
Prov. 17 v 22...A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.....
Prov. 13 v 3...He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction....
Prov. 12 v 18....There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health.....
How are you presenting your bodies to God? Can you truly say it is your best?
Neta
Overcoming the Pain of the Sins of the Past
How do we overcome the pain from the sins of our past? There is only one way, and that is to look to Jesus, and see what the word of God says about it. Now I do not know how many of you know my past, and I am only sharing this today, because I feel led by the Lord to go out and help others who have experienced the same pain.
My testimony:
I was raised in a family full of alcoholics, my mother had left when I was only 4 years old, cursing was a second language, trying to out wit the other guy to get something you didn't work for, always trying to find a get rich quick scheme. I was sexually molested as a little girl by an old man in our neighborhood. I never told anyone, until later I shared with my husband, Rob. I started smoking at the age of 9 and started drinking at the age of around 13 or 14. I can remember coming home from school and my step mother sending me and my boyfriend to the store to get a case of beer, (they knew us, so we could drive around to the back and pick up the beer) and then about 3 hours later when my father came home, they would send us for another case, because she and I and the boyfriend had already drank the first one. It is only by the grace of God, that I did not die of alcohol poisoning. I only weighed about 75 or 80 lbs. at that time. I started running around with the wrong group of people. I can even remember 2 of the boys, my friend and I hung out with, getting arrested and thrown into prison for murdering two narcotic agents and mutilating them. (You never know who you are running with, when you don't know the LORD) God had plans for me then and He sent His angels out to protect me. When I think of some of the stupid things I have done in my lifetime, like running off with a truck driver once for a week, or jumping off a bridge in a nasty lake just because everyone else did, of being in a horrible car wreck when I had snuck out of my house one night. Or then, when growing older, working in the bars and sleeping in a different bed almost every night.
Those are just a few of the things in my sin filled past, but the one that hurt me the most the one I had to struggle with to receive forgiveness for, the one that took me the longest to forgive myself for, was the murder of two innocent babies. The more appropriate term used today is ABORTION. I thought how can a God who says thou shalt not kill, how can this God forgive me for what I have done? The answer is further on in the book, so don't stop reading with the 10 commandments or no one will ever find forgiveness. Jesus came, born of a virgin, walked on this earth as a man, then walked and carried all of our sins with Him on His back in the form of stripes, flesh being torn, a heavy wooden cross, that stood for so much more than our little puny minds will ever understand. He said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing. I believe He wasn't just talking about the actual people who were putting the stripes on His back, or the ones who were sreaming CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM, no, I believe He was talking about every single one of us, that when we are living in sin, without Him, we know not what we are doing. We do not realize the magnitude of what pain we are causing God's only Son to have to endure. But then, He Rose on the third day, and He lives today, so that we may live with Him and the Father one day in Eternity. I believe that when we continue to Sin today, Jesus feels and takes those stripes for you in His heart all over again. He was Crucified once and for all, but that does not mean when He sees you sinning, His heart is not breaking for you, because of the love He has for you and He knows what you are giving up.
Someone put it to me like this, and I have never forgotten it, and this is when I realized that YES, JESUS would forgive me also.
He said, Neta, do you think that Jesus' Blood is not good enough for you? Do you think that you are better than His blood that was spilt for all? Do you think that you have a higher place than the LORD JESUS? Because when you do not forgive yourself for what He already forgave you for, already took the stripes for, already spilt His blood for, then you are saying, His blood wasn't worth enough to cover your sin.
That hit me like a ton of bricks. I had to quit thinking about my poor pitiful self, and start looking to JESUS and what He said about my sin. I had to quit worrying about what everyone was going to think of me for what I had done, and start looking to Jesus for forgiveness instead of the world. There is always going to be people out there who will judge you, but God says, He has the final say, He has the final word, He is the author and finisher of your life, not the world. HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU JESUS!! For your mercy, your grace, Lord your Grace is sufficient for all! AMEN!
I am not saying that you will not hurt in your heart when you remember your abortion, or abortions, but I am here to tell you today, that JESUS loves you just the same as He loves the preacher, the apostles, and all the goody two shoe women in your church who you are worried about judging you. JESUS loves us all the same, none of us different, just like the two guys who killed the two narcotic agents, if they have repented and accepted Him as their Savior, he loves them just the same. God is no respector of men, I am here to tell you, that you can have peace in your life, and you can forgive yourself for the things of your past, if you will first turn to Jesus, and ask for His forgiveness, He is sitting there waiting with His arms outstretched to you for you to come running to Him, and fall into His arms, and say Lord Jesus Forgive me for my sins, I love you Lord, and I want to live my life for you. Please come into my heart and free me from my past. And Lord, now I forgive myself and all others who have sinned against me. I will walk in love not only toward others, but also toward myself. Now, Rejoice and know that you are forgiven, and Jesus will bring you through your valleys, and over your mountain tops and you will have peace and rest in the LORD.
I feel the Lord led me to share this with someone out there who is dealing with the pain of abortion and you have not forgiven yourself, write to me, and I will pray with you and for you so that you too may know the love of JESUS and His forgiveness for you. Jesus wants you to be set free from your condemnation of guilt and shame. Those things are from the enemy and not from the LORD.
James 5 v 15...And the prayer of the faith will save the sick, and the LORD will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed......
I Love you all, and I hope this helps someone who is dealing with the pain of the sins of their past. First you have to confess them, then you can be delivered. AMEN
Neta
My testimony:
I was raised in a family full of alcoholics, my mother had left when I was only 4 years old, cursing was a second language, trying to out wit the other guy to get something you didn't work for, always trying to find a get rich quick scheme. I was sexually molested as a little girl by an old man in our neighborhood. I never told anyone, until later I shared with my husband, Rob. I started smoking at the age of 9 and started drinking at the age of around 13 or 14. I can remember coming home from school and my step mother sending me and my boyfriend to the store to get a case of beer, (they knew us, so we could drive around to the back and pick up the beer) and then about 3 hours later when my father came home, they would send us for another case, because she and I and the boyfriend had already drank the first one. It is only by the grace of God, that I did not die of alcohol poisoning. I only weighed about 75 or 80 lbs. at that time. I started running around with the wrong group of people. I can even remember 2 of the boys, my friend and I hung out with, getting arrested and thrown into prison for murdering two narcotic agents and mutilating them. (You never know who you are running with, when you don't know the LORD) God had plans for me then and He sent His angels out to protect me. When I think of some of the stupid things I have done in my lifetime, like running off with a truck driver once for a week, or jumping off a bridge in a nasty lake just because everyone else did, of being in a horrible car wreck when I had snuck out of my house one night. Or then, when growing older, working in the bars and sleeping in a different bed almost every night.
Those are just a few of the things in my sin filled past, but the one that hurt me the most the one I had to struggle with to receive forgiveness for, the one that took me the longest to forgive myself for, was the murder of two innocent babies. The more appropriate term used today is ABORTION. I thought how can a God who says thou shalt not kill, how can this God forgive me for what I have done? The answer is further on in the book, so don't stop reading with the 10 commandments or no one will ever find forgiveness. Jesus came, born of a virgin, walked on this earth as a man, then walked and carried all of our sins with Him on His back in the form of stripes, flesh being torn, a heavy wooden cross, that stood for so much more than our little puny minds will ever understand. He said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing. I believe He wasn't just talking about the actual people who were putting the stripes on His back, or the ones who were sreaming CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM, no, I believe He was talking about every single one of us, that when we are living in sin, without Him, we know not what we are doing. We do not realize the magnitude of what pain we are causing God's only Son to have to endure. But then, He Rose on the third day, and He lives today, so that we may live with Him and the Father one day in Eternity. I believe that when we continue to Sin today, Jesus feels and takes those stripes for you in His heart all over again. He was Crucified once and for all, but that does not mean when He sees you sinning, His heart is not breaking for you, because of the love He has for you and He knows what you are giving up.
Someone put it to me like this, and I have never forgotten it, and this is when I realized that YES, JESUS would forgive me also.
He said, Neta, do you think that Jesus' Blood is not good enough for you? Do you think that you are better than His blood that was spilt for all? Do you think that you have a higher place than the LORD JESUS? Because when you do not forgive yourself for what He already forgave you for, already took the stripes for, already spilt His blood for, then you are saying, His blood wasn't worth enough to cover your sin.
That hit me like a ton of bricks. I had to quit thinking about my poor pitiful self, and start looking to JESUS and what He said about my sin. I had to quit worrying about what everyone was going to think of me for what I had done, and start looking to Jesus for forgiveness instead of the world. There is always going to be people out there who will judge you, but God says, He has the final say, He has the final word, He is the author and finisher of your life, not the world. HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU JESUS!! For your mercy, your grace, Lord your Grace is sufficient for all! AMEN!
I am not saying that you will not hurt in your heart when you remember your abortion, or abortions, but I am here to tell you today, that JESUS loves you just the same as He loves the preacher, the apostles, and all the goody two shoe women in your church who you are worried about judging you. JESUS loves us all the same, none of us different, just like the two guys who killed the two narcotic agents, if they have repented and accepted Him as their Savior, he loves them just the same. God is no respector of men, I am here to tell you, that you can have peace in your life, and you can forgive yourself for the things of your past, if you will first turn to Jesus, and ask for His forgiveness, He is sitting there waiting with His arms outstretched to you for you to come running to Him, and fall into His arms, and say Lord Jesus Forgive me for my sins, I love you Lord, and I want to live my life for you. Please come into my heart and free me from my past. And Lord, now I forgive myself and all others who have sinned against me. I will walk in love not only toward others, but also toward myself. Now, Rejoice and know that you are forgiven, and Jesus will bring you through your valleys, and over your mountain tops and you will have peace and rest in the LORD.
I feel the Lord led me to share this with someone out there who is dealing with the pain of abortion and you have not forgiven yourself, write to me, and I will pray with you and for you so that you too may know the love of JESUS and His forgiveness for you. Jesus wants you to be set free from your condemnation of guilt and shame. Those things are from the enemy and not from the LORD.
James 5 v 15...And the prayer of the faith will save the sick, and the LORD will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed......
I Love you all, and I hope this helps someone who is dealing with the pain of the sins of their past. First you have to confess them, then you can be delivered. AMEN
Neta
Which Eternity Are You Comfortable With
The Lord was moved with compassion, because there were so many in need of healing, and the in need of the word of God. He said, they are like sheep scattered like sheep without a Shepherd.
Matthew 9 vs 36...But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered. like sheep having no shepherd.....
Matthew 9 vs 37-38...Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."....
Do you remember what is was like before you became one of Jesus' sheep? Do you remember feeling lost, and trying to find your way? Then someone told you about Jesus, and how much He loves you and how He wants to bring you into the fold of His sheep, so that you can have the assurance and the peace that no matter what life throws at you, you will come out the VICTOR, because He has already won the battle for you. HALLELUJAH!!!
1 Cor. 15 vs 57...But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.....
If you have not already made the decision to follow Jesus, then let me ask you this. Who or What are you following? Where do you get your peace? When your days are done here on earth, where will you spend eternity? Because you will spend eternity somewhere. The question is, does the answer to that question give you peace or does that cause you discomfort to think about? In other words, if the world ended today, or if you, yourself died today, do you have peace and happiness about what happens next, or are you afraid or unsure of what happens next?
John 3 v 16...God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life...
John 10 vs 27-28...My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand...
I want to share with you today what God says about it. God says, His Son is the only way to Him. God is for all eternity, so if Jesus is the only way to Him, then He is the only way to eternity with the Father who created you, where there will be no tears of mourning.
Rev. 21 v 4...And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."...
There is another eternity, that the word says is Hell, where there is gnashing of teeth, and a fire that can not be quenched where those there are crying out for mercy, but will not find it, for once in that pit, there is never a way out, you are there for eternity. You do not get to change your mind and then decide to follow Jesus.
Matthew 25 v 41...Then He will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels....
So when making this decision, know that this one decision in your life is for eternity. Which of these do you feel the most comfortable with? I know that sounds like a stupid question, but there are people still today who choose hell over God, and then there are those who just do not know the word of God, and what He says, so let me share with you today how you can receive the promise of the Father with the assurance of peace of knowing that you will spend eternity with Him.
Pray with me,
"Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I ask that you forgive me of my sins. Lord, I ask that you cleanse me of my past,and come into my heart to live so that I might live through you and renew my mind with your word, so that I can put off the old man, and become a born again man or woman of Christ. So that I may live my days out serving you and the Father. Lord, send the Holy Spirit upon me to dwell in me, to give me guidance and direction and to quicken me to follow in your footsteps, and to pick me up and put me back on the path when I fall. Thank you Jesus for dying on that cross for my sins, and I receive you now as my personal savior as my Lord and King. In Jesus name. AMEN AMEN!
Now write me with your good report that you have received the Lord today as your Savior, and I will rejoice with you that one day we will be in eternity together. HALLELUJAH!!!
Neta
Matthew 9 vs 36...But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered. like sheep having no shepherd.....
Matthew 9 vs 37-38...Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."....
Do you remember what is was like before you became one of Jesus' sheep? Do you remember feeling lost, and trying to find your way? Then someone told you about Jesus, and how much He loves you and how He wants to bring you into the fold of His sheep, so that you can have the assurance and the peace that no matter what life throws at you, you will come out the VICTOR, because He has already won the battle for you. HALLELUJAH!!!
1 Cor. 15 vs 57...But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.....
If you have not already made the decision to follow Jesus, then let me ask you this. Who or What are you following? Where do you get your peace? When your days are done here on earth, where will you spend eternity? Because you will spend eternity somewhere. The question is, does the answer to that question give you peace or does that cause you discomfort to think about? In other words, if the world ended today, or if you, yourself died today, do you have peace and happiness about what happens next, or are you afraid or unsure of what happens next?
John 3 v 16...God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life...
John 10 vs 27-28...My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand...
I want to share with you today what God says about it. God says, His Son is the only way to Him. God is for all eternity, so if Jesus is the only way to Him, then He is the only way to eternity with the Father who created you, where there will be no tears of mourning.
Rev. 21 v 4...And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."...
There is another eternity, that the word says is Hell, where there is gnashing of teeth, and a fire that can not be quenched where those there are crying out for mercy, but will not find it, for once in that pit, there is never a way out, you are there for eternity. You do not get to change your mind and then decide to follow Jesus.
Matthew 25 v 41...Then He will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels....
So when making this decision, know that this one decision in your life is for eternity. Which of these do you feel the most comfortable with? I know that sounds like a stupid question, but there are people still today who choose hell over God, and then there are those who just do not know the word of God, and what He says, so let me share with you today how you can receive the promise of the Father with the assurance of peace of knowing that you will spend eternity with Him.
Pray with me,
"Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I ask that you forgive me of my sins. Lord, I ask that you cleanse me of my past,and come into my heart to live so that I might live through you and renew my mind with your word, so that I can put off the old man, and become a born again man or woman of Christ. So that I may live my days out serving you and the Father. Lord, send the Holy Spirit upon me to dwell in me, to give me guidance and direction and to quicken me to follow in your footsteps, and to pick me up and put me back on the path when I fall. Thank you Jesus for dying on that cross for my sins, and I receive you now as my personal savior as my Lord and King. In Jesus name. AMEN AMEN!
Now write me with your good report that you have received the Lord today as your Savior, and I will rejoice with you that one day we will be in eternity together. HALLELUJAH!!!
Neta
The Measure Of Faith
How would you say you measure Faith? We always think of the scripture, "if ye had faith of a mustard seed" what does that mean? Does a mustard seed have faith? I believe that Jesus is saying all it takes is for you to believe. If you will just open your heart a little bit, just big enough to let a mustard seed in, just that little bit of belief, will cause you to have whatsoever you shall ask.
A mustard seed is about as big as a pin head, but when planted, out grows all other seeds, it just continuously gets bigger and bigger. Your heart is the soil, the word talks about, so if you let that mustard seed into your soil (your heart) then your faith will grow bigger and bigger in all things that you believe.
You see, this can go both ways for the good and the bad. If someone speaks one little word toward you that is not good, and you let that into your heart, then it can grow bigger and bigger also until it consumes you. When we focus on our problems, we give life to them, in other words we plant them into our hearts (our soil) and we let them grow bigger and bigger, because the more we focus on them by talking about them, it is like pouring fertilizer on the seed we planted. Why do we find it so easy to water our problems, but not our promises? In other words, why do we always focus on our problems, instead of looking up the word of God and see what He has to say about it, then water God's promise over that problem, so that the promise can grow bigger and choke out the root of the problem. AMEN!
Matthew 13 vs 31-32....Another parable He put forth to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and rest in its branches."......
I believe Jesus is saying, if you will just open a space the size of a mustard seed in your heart for Me, I will come in and if you will feed the Spirit with the word of My Father, My Spirit will grow and bring you rest, and I will give you My Father's promises and they shall outgrow your problems. And when you ask anything in My name it shall be given unto you.
The apostles asked the Lord to increase their faith, the size of faith is not the answer, the answer is to have faith to start with.
Luke 17 v 6....so the Lord said, "If you have the faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you.".....
In other words, if you could just believe a little bit, you could speak the word to your problem, get out of me and it will have to go. When you speak the word of God with authority, the authority the LORD HIMSELF gave you to speak with, then with that confidence, comes faith and the enemy will run the other way. That mustard seed will explode in your heart when you feed it with the right fertilizer, Trust/Confidence/Faith and then mix with Authority when applying. HALLELUJAH!!!!
Mark 11 vs23...For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain; be removed and be cast into the sea; and does not doubt in his heart, but believe that those things which he says will be done, he shall have whatever he says.......
Wow, there you have it, every way Jesus can say it. Trust in Him, and let that mustard seed of faith get into your heart, and then feed it everyday with the word of God, and you shall have what you ask.
Neta
A mustard seed is about as big as a pin head, but when planted, out grows all other seeds, it just continuously gets bigger and bigger. Your heart is the soil, the word talks about, so if you let that mustard seed into your soil (your heart) then your faith will grow bigger and bigger in all things that you believe.
You see, this can go both ways for the good and the bad. If someone speaks one little word toward you that is not good, and you let that into your heart, then it can grow bigger and bigger also until it consumes you. When we focus on our problems, we give life to them, in other words we plant them into our hearts (our soil) and we let them grow bigger and bigger, because the more we focus on them by talking about them, it is like pouring fertilizer on the seed we planted. Why do we find it so easy to water our problems, but not our promises? In other words, why do we always focus on our problems, instead of looking up the word of God and see what He has to say about it, then water God's promise over that problem, so that the promise can grow bigger and choke out the root of the problem. AMEN!
Matthew 13 vs 31-32....Another parable He put forth to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and rest in its branches."......
I believe Jesus is saying, if you will just open a space the size of a mustard seed in your heart for Me, I will come in and if you will feed the Spirit with the word of My Father, My Spirit will grow and bring you rest, and I will give you My Father's promises and they shall outgrow your problems. And when you ask anything in My name it shall be given unto you.
The apostles asked the Lord to increase their faith, the size of faith is not the answer, the answer is to have faith to start with.
Luke 17 v 6....so the Lord said, "If you have the faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you.".....
In other words, if you could just believe a little bit, you could speak the word to your problem, get out of me and it will have to go. When you speak the word of God with authority, the authority the LORD HIMSELF gave you to speak with, then with that confidence, comes faith and the enemy will run the other way. That mustard seed will explode in your heart when you feed it with the right fertilizer, Trust/Confidence/Faith and then mix with Authority when applying. HALLELUJAH!!!!
Mark 11 vs23...For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain; be removed and be cast into the sea; and does not doubt in his heart, but believe that those things which he says will be done, he shall have whatever he says.......
Wow, there you have it, every way Jesus can say it. Trust in Him, and let that mustard seed of faith get into your heart, and then feed it everyday with the word of God, and you shall have what you ask.
Neta
Cleansed
Cleansed
I have been praying that the Lord will give me a word each day to use to study His word. My word today was cleansed. Not clean, cleaning, cleansing, cleaner but just cleansed. Important point here is the word cleansed is past tense of clean. In other words, it has already been cleaned.
Lev. 14 v 8..He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp and shall stay outside his tent seven days.
Even in the old testament days, God was telling people how to use proper hygiene in keeping themselves clean and presentable. People say all the time, God loves everyone even the dirty. Yes that is true, but He also instructs the dirty how to be clean. He wasn't just wasting His breath on telling you how to wash. I mean if we are going to give God our best, that would have to include that we be cleansed. Not just of our filthy ways, but also of our filthy rags. You notice He even told them to wash their clothes. Now I know this verse is talking about a leper, but this could be for everyone. In this day and time especially, we need to pay attention to our personal hygiene. The reason this cleansing was set up this way was to keep from spreading the disease to others. I think God is saying if you would follow these simple steps, you would be in better health.
Matt. 8 v 3...Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him saying, "I am willing, be cleansed....
You see, Jesus didn't say, well, I don't know if that is My will or not for you to be cleansed. Maybe you should stay sick a little longer, I just don't know. Give me a break! Jesus, said I AM WILLING.
Jesus does not ever want you sick. Why in the earth anyone would ever think such a thing, is beyond me. Why would He have taken all those stripes for you, and said by His stripes you were healed, if He was going to later let you suffer after He had already suffered the ultimate for you. I mean think about it. When you do not accept your healing, it is the same as you saying that blood He spilt was for nothing. I for one, am going to receive my healing, because I know that it is His will for me to be healed. HALLELUJAH!!! I do not want one drop of that precious blood to be accounted for nothing because of my unbelief, or lack of trust. AMEN.
Acts. 10 v 15... and a voice spoke to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed you must not call common....
Here, we find scripture telling us that we had better not call someone or something common, that God has already cleansed. In other words, when we have prejudice against someone we are in a word calling them unclean. That is how God looks at our actions. We just think of prejudice as a difference of opinion toward a race of people that is not the same as we are, but God says, it is the same as you calling them unclean, and His Son's blood was spilled for them just the same as it was for you. So you might want to think about the next time you get ready to judge someone because of their skin color, or the way they worship, or the foods they eat, God says, what I have called clean you better back off. Of course I am paraphrasing there, but you get the point.
I am excited about this word cleansed. God showed us three different ways of using cleansed in His word today. I can't wait to see what word God gives me tomorrow.
Neta
I have been praying that the Lord will give me a word each day to use to study His word. My word today was cleansed. Not clean, cleaning, cleansing, cleaner but just cleansed. Important point here is the word cleansed is past tense of clean. In other words, it has already been cleaned.
Lev. 14 v 8..He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp and shall stay outside his tent seven days.
Even in the old testament days, God was telling people how to use proper hygiene in keeping themselves clean and presentable. People say all the time, God loves everyone even the dirty. Yes that is true, but He also instructs the dirty how to be clean. He wasn't just wasting His breath on telling you how to wash. I mean if we are going to give God our best, that would have to include that we be cleansed. Not just of our filthy ways, but also of our filthy rags. You notice He even told them to wash their clothes. Now I know this verse is talking about a leper, but this could be for everyone. In this day and time especially, we need to pay attention to our personal hygiene. The reason this cleansing was set up this way was to keep from spreading the disease to others. I think God is saying if you would follow these simple steps, you would be in better health.
Matt. 8 v 3...Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him saying, "I am willing, be cleansed....
You see, Jesus didn't say, well, I don't know if that is My will or not for you to be cleansed. Maybe you should stay sick a little longer, I just don't know. Give me a break! Jesus, said I AM WILLING.
Jesus does not ever want you sick. Why in the earth anyone would ever think such a thing, is beyond me. Why would He have taken all those stripes for you, and said by His stripes you were healed, if He was going to later let you suffer after He had already suffered the ultimate for you. I mean think about it. When you do not accept your healing, it is the same as you saying that blood He spilt was for nothing. I for one, am going to receive my healing, because I know that it is His will for me to be healed. HALLELUJAH!!! I do not want one drop of that precious blood to be accounted for nothing because of my unbelief, or lack of trust. AMEN.
Acts. 10 v 15... and a voice spoke to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed you must not call common....
Here, we find scripture telling us that we had better not call someone or something common, that God has already cleansed. In other words, when we have prejudice against someone we are in a word calling them unclean. That is how God looks at our actions. We just think of prejudice as a difference of opinion toward a race of people that is not the same as we are, but God says, it is the same as you calling them unclean, and His Son's blood was spilled for them just the same as it was for you. So you might want to think about the next time you get ready to judge someone because of their skin color, or the way they worship, or the foods they eat, God says, what I have called clean you better back off. Of course I am paraphrasing there, but you get the point.
I am excited about this word cleansed. God showed us three different ways of using cleansed in His word today. I can't wait to see what word God gives me tomorrow.
Neta
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
God's Word Is Truth Not Satans'
When the enemy tries to come in and steal God's word from our hearts, we have to be strong, and take a stand against his lies. The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy. BUT, GOD comes to give life and give it more abundantly. Why do we confess God's word over ourself and then as soon as the enemy tries to throw something at us, we let fear come in and steal our victory? God says the victory is ours, the battle has already been fought and won by Jesus. No weapon formed against us shall prosper. So why then are we listening to the enemy of fear? Fear will grab us so quickly and try to snatch the victory away from us, but God says, we are His and the enemy cannot take us away. HALLELUJAH!
John 10 v 27-30...."My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me, and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one."......
Thank you to my friend and prayer partner Linda, We all need a Linda in our lives, someone who we can call when we need prayer but not just prayer, but someone you know believes and has the faith that you have. Someone you know will not drop the ball, but will see what it is that is coming against you and rebuke that enemy with you.
When someone calls you for prayer, they are not calling you so you can start talking about the problem and building the problem up. NO, they are asking you to stand in agreement with them against this problem, and rebuke the enemy and don't give the problem any life. So the next time someone calls you for prayer, pray for deliverance with them, instead of getting in the boat with them and the problem, pull them out and help them come back to their faith, and walk back across that water to Jesus and not stay in the boat with the problem.
We all at times need a strong prayer partner like Linda, I hope when any of you need prayer you will call or write and ask me to pray with you and to stand with you in agreement. But, I will not get in the boat with you, I am going to yank you out of that boat. AMEN!
And remember this point of prayer, sometimes someone may need prayer about an area in their life that they are not proud of, but need help in, when you cover someone in prayer, that does not give you the authority to go and talk about it with others. That is not being a prayer partner, that is being a gossip. AMEN!
So choose your prayer partner carefully and prayerfully.
God bless you each with a strong, faithful prayer partner like Linda in your life.
I Love you all
Neta
John 10 v 27-30...."My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me, and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one."......
Thank you to my friend and prayer partner Linda, We all need a Linda in our lives, someone who we can call when we need prayer but not just prayer, but someone you know believes and has the faith that you have. Someone you know will not drop the ball, but will see what it is that is coming against you and rebuke that enemy with you.
When someone calls you for prayer, they are not calling you so you can start talking about the problem and building the problem up. NO, they are asking you to stand in agreement with them against this problem, and rebuke the enemy and don't give the problem any life. So the next time someone calls you for prayer, pray for deliverance with them, instead of getting in the boat with them and the problem, pull them out and help them come back to their faith, and walk back across that water to Jesus and not stay in the boat with the problem.
We all at times need a strong prayer partner like Linda, I hope when any of you need prayer you will call or write and ask me to pray with you and to stand with you in agreement. But, I will not get in the boat with you, I am going to yank you out of that boat. AMEN!
And remember this point of prayer, sometimes someone may need prayer about an area in their life that they are not proud of, but need help in, when you cover someone in prayer, that does not give you the authority to go and talk about it with others. That is not being a prayer partner, that is being a gossip. AMEN!
So choose your prayer partner carefully and prayerfully.
God bless you each with a strong, faithful prayer partner like Linda in your life.
I Love you all
Neta
Being Obedient In All Things
When you are suffering a trial, look into your life and see when maybe you did not obey God somewhere. It may be so small that you didn't give it a second thought. But God Did!
Sometimes, we think we know better than God. I mean if the Holy Spirit told us to do something, and we dismiss it as thinking it is insignificant, then basically we are saying that we know better than God, in this matter.
God showed me in my own life, how by being disobedient to something that He was dealing with me about, that I was causing division in my house and the word says that a house divided against itself will not stand.
Luke 11 vs 17-23.....but He knowing their thoughts, said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed, gaurds his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. he who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.....
Another point here is that if someone or something comes against you, whose armor is stronger than yours, you will lose your peace and begin to succomb and fall into their snares. Your armor is the word of God, not just the word of God but the word of God mixed with Faith and spoken out loud. When you speak the word of God, it is as if God Himself is speaking and His word spoken will not come back void. So when God tells you to do something don't dismiss it as that you will do it later, or just thinking well, that won't be so bad if I do not do it. God would not waste His time telling you to do something, if He did not mean for you to do it.
And the third point in this scripture is he who does not gather with Me scatters. This is telling us that if we are not working with God and doing what He tells us to do, then we are like scattering His angels in other directions instead of bringing them together to help us fight our battles. In other words, we are trying to fight on our own strengths and our own understandings and not with God's army of angels that He has at the ready for us when we use His spoken word.
God gives us the authority to speak what He says into action, all we have to do is be obedient.
Stop trying to fight your own battles, and be obedient to what God is telling you to do.
God Bless you each one with Victory in all your battles
Neta
Sometimes, we think we know better than God. I mean if the Holy Spirit told us to do something, and we dismiss it as thinking it is insignificant, then basically we are saying that we know better than God, in this matter.
God showed me in my own life, how by being disobedient to something that He was dealing with me about, that I was causing division in my house and the word says that a house divided against itself will not stand.
Luke 11 vs 17-23.....but He knowing their thoughts, said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed, gaurds his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. he who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.....
Another point here is that if someone or something comes against you, whose armor is stronger than yours, you will lose your peace and begin to succomb and fall into their snares. Your armor is the word of God, not just the word of God but the word of God mixed with Faith and spoken out loud. When you speak the word of God, it is as if God Himself is speaking and His word spoken will not come back void. So when God tells you to do something don't dismiss it as that you will do it later, or just thinking well, that won't be so bad if I do not do it. God would not waste His time telling you to do something, if He did not mean for you to do it.
And the third point in this scripture is he who does not gather with Me scatters. This is telling us that if we are not working with God and doing what He tells us to do, then we are like scattering His angels in other directions instead of bringing them together to help us fight our battles. In other words, we are trying to fight on our own strengths and our own understandings and not with God's army of angels that He has at the ready for us when we use His spoken word.
God gives us the authority to speak what He says into action, all we have to do is be obedient.
Stop trying to fight your own battles, and be obedient to what God is telling you to do.
God Bless you each one with Victory in all your battles
Neta
My God Is Bigger Than That
We are always saying how big our God is, how awesome God is, and when we get a cold, or virus, we say we are healed in Jesus name, and we receive our healing. THEN, let a doctor tell you that there is something more dramatic going on, let them use the "C" word, in referring to us, and BOOM, we fall apart. We start wringing our hands, LORD, what am I going to do? LORD, how am I going to get through this?
First of all, how fickle is our faith? Why do we think God can heal a cold, but He can't heal something like cancer, or other bad diseases? This is the same God that you say you believe that He spoke the entire universe into existence, right? This is the same God, that you say you believe that He created the moon, stars, sun, the firmament, the waters, in other words the heavens and the earth? This is the same God, that you say you believe that He forgave all of your sins, and that you will live in eternity with Him one day, right?
Then why do we put Him in a box when someone says the "C" word. Why do we think a word is bigger than God? You see when someone says the "C" word, they give life to that word immediately and they blow it up so big, that they think God, Himself has no control over it. If you believe that God, Himself made you, then why in the world would you not believe that He has the power to take something out of you, that does not belong there in the first place. We need to magnify God to what His word says He is, instead of what our little minds are trying to make Him out to be.
Someone shared with me, that when they were faced with a bad situation, they were trying to let fear slip in, and then God showed them, that fear will sneak in and steal the word, steal your victory from you, but Jesus says, He did not give you the spirit of fear, but of power, peace and a sound mind. You can not have a sound mind, peace or power if you have fear in your life. So when the enemy tries to rear its ugly head and give you fear over your situation, then you need to immediately with Faith, speak the word of God over your situation. Remember to put the word of God on your situation. Now, the enemy has to flee. That does not mean that he will not try to creep back into your thought life, but you have to stop him immediately when he tries to creep in and rebuke him out of your mind, Jesus did not leave you with a sound mind just so the enemy could come and disturb it with doubts. The Lord tells us, that we have authority over the enemy and that nothing by any means shall hurt you.
Luke 10 v 19...."Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."......
Notice, He said, ALL the power of the enemy, and NOTHING shall hurt you.
We need to quit putting limits on what God can do. He did not in His word, say well, I can heal this or that, or I can do this or that. NO, He said you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Not just some of the little insignificant things, but ALL things.
Read Mark 2 vs 8-12....But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins".. HE said to the parlytic, "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"......
Jesus is probably thinking, where do you base your beliefs? Why is this easy to believe, but not all that I say? What kind of faith do you have in the word of God? Do you believe the entire book, or just what is easy for you to believe?
One of my favorite passages in one of my books I have is
That which God has not planted is dissolved and rooted out of my body in JESUS' name. 1 Peter 2:24 is engrafted into every fiber of my being and I am alive with the life of God. (Mark 11:23, John 6:63)
1 Pet 2 v 24....who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness, by whose stripes you were healed.....
Mark 11:23...."for assuredly I say unto you, whoever says to this mountain, be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says".............
John 6:63...."It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life"........
So, no matter how big you think your problem is today, first of all, put it in the right perspective, it is not bigger than GOD! AMEN!
I hope this blesses someone as much as it has me today.
Love you all and God bless you
Neta
First of all, how fickle is our faith? Why do we think God can heal a cold, but He can't heal something like cancer, or other bad diseases? This is the same God that you say you believe that He spoke the entire universe into existence, right? This is the same God, that you say you believe that He created the moon, stars, sun, the firmament, the waters, in other words the heavens and the earth? This is the same God, that you say you believe that He forgave all of your sins, and that you will live in eternity with Him one day, right?
Then why do we put Him in a box when someone says the "C" word. Why do we think a word is bigger than God? You see when someone says the "C" word, they give life to that word immediately and they blow it up so big, that they think God, Himself has no control over it. If you believe that God, Himself made you, then why in the world would you not believe that He has the power to take something out of you, that does not belong there in the first place. We need to magnify God to what His word says He is, instead of what our little minds are trying to make Him out to be.
Someone shared with me, that when they were faced with a bad situation, they were trying to let fear slip in, and then God showed them, that fear will sneak in and steal the word, steal your victory from you, but Jesus says, He did not give you the spirit of fear, but of power, peace and a sound mind. You can not have a sound mind, peace or power if you have fear in your life. So when the enemy tries to rear its ugly head and give you fear over your situation, then you need to immediately with Faith, speak the word of God over your situation. Remember to put the word of God on your situation. Now, the enemy has to flee. That does not mean that he will not try to creep back into your thought life, but you have to stop him immediately when he tries to creep in and rebuke him out of your mind, Jesus did not leave you with a sound mind just so the enemy could come and disturb it with doubts. The Lord tells us, that we have authority over the enemy and that nothing by any means shall hurt you.
Luke 10 v 19...."Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."......
Notice, He said, ALL the power of the enemy, and NOTHING shall hurt you.
We need to quit putting limits on what God can do. He did not in His word, say well, I can heal this or that, or I can do this or that. NO, He said you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Not just some of the little insignificant things, but ALL things.
Read Mark 2 vs 8-12....But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins".. HE said to the parlytic, "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"......
Jesus is probably thinking, where do you base your beliefs? Why is this easy to believe, but not all that I say? What kind of faith do you have in the word of God? Do you believe the entire book, or just what is easy for you to believe?
One of my favorite passages in one of my books I have is
That which God has not planted is dissolved and rooted out of my body in JESUS' name. 1 Peter 2:24 is engrafted into every fiber of my being and I am alive with the life of God. (Mark 11:23, John 6:63)
1 Pet 2 v 24....who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness, by whose stripes you were healed.....
Mark 11:23...."for assuredly I say unto you, whoever says to this mountain, be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says".............
John 6:63...."It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life"........
So, no matter how big you think your problem is today, first of all, put it in the right perspective, it is not bigger than GOD! AMEN!
I hope this blesses someone as much as it has me today.
Love you all and God bless you
Neta
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Again I Say, REJOICE!
When we are in a pickle, or in a bad way waiting on a report back from a doctor's office, or about a job, or whatever. We should be praying to God in praise and thanksgiving, rejoicing in His goodness and thanking Him for the good report, before we ever even get it back. This is called praying with faith. We as children of God cannot pray out to Him in desperation for deliverance over our situation, because that would be double-minded. We as children of God have already been delivered. I saw this in my devotional today, that when a sinner prays, he prays out of desperation, but when a child of God prays, he prays out of thanksgiving, rejoicing for a good report.
God says when we pray out of thanksgiving and good cheer, that He will give us a peace of understanding, that He will guard our hearts and our minds through Christ Jesus. Now wouldn't you rather have a peace and understanding in your heart and mind over your situation, instead of worrying over something? I know I would. So next time you go to God with your prayers, go to Him with thanksgiving, already praising Him for the good report. Amen!
Phil. 4 v 4-9.....Rejoice in the Lord always, Again I say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.......
Neta
God says when we pray out of thanksgiving and good cheer, that He will give us a peace of understanding, that He will guard our hearts and our minds through Christ Jesus. Now wouldn't you rather have a peace and understanding in your heart and mind over your situation, instead of worrying over something? I know I would. So next time you go to God with your prayers, go to Him with thanksgiving, already praising Him for the good report. Amen!
Phil. 4 v 4-9.....Rejoice in the Lord always, Again I say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.......
Neta
Friday, April 18, 2008
The Awesome Power of God
I was awestruck by a scripture last night, while Rob and I was doing our nightly devotional. I mean I know I have probably read this scripture numerous times but something caught my attention last night like never before.
Exodus 33 vs 20-23...but He said, "you cannot see My face; for no man, shall see Me, and live." And the LORD said, "Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. So it shall be, while My glory passes by that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not seen.".........
It struck me how awesome and powerful God truly is, so much so, that His power could wipe you out if you looked upon His face. Now that is what I call power. There is no other power that comes close to this kind of power. So you see, what ever you are dealing with, God says, come stand here by my side, while I pass my glory through and around you so that nothing can come near you as long as you are abiding by my side. Because nothing can withstand the power of God that is surrounding you. WHOOOO!! HOOOO!! If that does not set your hairs on end, I don't think you are breathing. So you see, how can sickness, or poverty or diseases come near you if you are surrounded by the Magnificent Glory of God. It just can not. When He tells us to stand on the rock, He is telling us to stand on the foundation that Jesus has given us. We have the word of God to build our foundation. When we stay in His word, we are in His presence, and when we are in His presence, NOTHING can come near us to harm us, or steal the word of promise from us. That is why the Lord told us to pray without ceasing, and to keep the word on our lips and in our hearts always.
Man, I don't know about you but the presence of the LORD will never be the same for me again. When I think about that power that is so great, He has to hide our face from it, I just get goose bumps. I love the LORD, our God. What about you. Give Him praise today. HALLELUJAH!!
Neta
Exodus 33 vs 20-23...but He said, "you cannot see My face; for no man, shall see Me, and live." And the LORD said, "Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. So it shall be, while My glory passes by that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not seen.".........
It struck me how awesome and powerful God truly is, so much so, that His power could wipe you out if you looked upon His face. Now that is what I call power. There is no other power that comes close to this kind of power. So you see, what ever you are dealing with, God says, come stand here by my side, while I pass my glory through and around you so that nothing can come near you as long as you are abiding by my side. Because nothing can withstand the power of God that is surrounding you. WHOOOO!! HOOOO!! If that does not set your hairs on end, I don't think you are breathing. So you see, how can sickness, or poverty or diseases come near you if you are surrounded by the Magnificent Glory of God. It just can not. When He tells us to stand on the rock, He is telling us to stand on the foundation that Jesus has given us. We have the word of God to build our foundation. When we stay in His word, we are in His presence, and when we are in His presence, NOTHING can come near us to harm us, or steal the word of promise from us. That is why the Lord told us to pray without ceasing, and to keep the word on our lips and in our hearts always.
Man, I don't know about you but the presence of the LORD will never be the same for me again. When I think about that power that is so great, He has to hide our face from it, I just get goose bumps. I love the LORD, our God. What about you. Give Him praise today. HALLELUJAH!!
Neta
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Body Of Christ, Joints Working Together
Tonight while at church, God gave me a tid-bit off of what Pastor John was preaching. He was talking about the Family of God, and about having unity and peace, and then he started talking on confrontation. That is where my tid-bit from God came in. He was talking and illustrating with his hands how when joints rub together, and even though this is not exactly how he put it, the idea hit me that when two joints rub together against each other, how this sometimes causes inflammation in the joints, this can lead to worse things like arthritis of the joints and a host of other joint ailments.
Well, this is like the body of Christ, and we are the joints working together in the body to keep the body walking straight, functioning properly. But sometimes there is confrontation in the church family, and this causes division among the joints, so to speak. Sometimes though we need confrontation in the form of communication, like Pastor John said. All confrontation is not bad. In other words, you have to be willing to communicate and not just get your feelings on your shoulders and walk off. You need to communicate with the joint that you are having aggravation with. It is like putting on the Ben-Gay to soothe the pain. But sometimes communication is not enough, there also needs to be prayer, this is like the sling that will hold the joint still while it is being restored. And we all know that God will bring the restoration to the body of Christ.
So what part of the body of the family of Christ are you playing? Are you the aggravation in the joint, are you the Ben-Gay that soothes the pain, or are you the Communication and prayer that will support the joint to help bring the restoration to the body of Christ, so that division does not occur?
We as a Family of God, need to all pray for each other daily, to keep our joints lubricated with prayer, so that division does not occur. I sense that we need this now more than ever, and I hope that God will use me as a sling, or lubricant to help restore His Family, so that there will be peace and Unity in the body of Christ.
We can not pick and choose whom we will love in Christ. Our commandment from God is this. That we love our neighbor as ourself. And like Pastor John said, this is not a suggestion, this is a commandment. God did not say, do this if it makes you feel good. No, He said DO IT!
1 John 4 vs 20-21...If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him, that he who loves God must love his brother also.....
Sounds like He is pretty clear on what He is telling you here. So you can not get mad at me, because I say the word says you have to love your brother, and that is not your biological brother, that is your brother in the family of God. And in the family of God, we are ALL brothers and sisters in Christ, so that means everybody, (not just your denomination, but all denominations in Christ). In other words, you can not take care of your joints properly, if you have a grievance against your brother. If there is any un-forgiveness toward your brother or sister, you are causing inflammation in the joints of God's church family. So there needs to be communication and prayer applied, to bring about restoration.
Neta
Well, this is like the body of Christ, and we are the joints working together in the body to keep the body walking straight, functioning properly. But sometimes there is confrontation in the church family, and this causes division among the joints, so to speak. Sometimes though we need confrontation in the form of communication, like Pastor John said. All confrontation is not bad. In other words, you have to be willing to communicate and not just get your feelings on your shoulders and walk off. You need to communicate with the joint that you are having aggravation with. It is like putting on the Ben-Gay to soothe the pain. But sometimes communication is not enough, there also needs to be prayer, this is like the sling that will hold the joint still while it is being restored. And we all know that God will bring the restoration to the body of Christ.
So what part of the body of the family of Christ are you playing? Are you the aggravation in the joint, are you the Ben-Gay that soothes the pain, or are you the Communication and prayer that will support the joint to help bring the restoration to the body of Christ, so that division does not occur?
We as a Family of God, need to all pray for each other daily, to keep our joints lubricated with prayer, so that division does not occur. I sense that we need this now more than ever, and I hope that God will use me as a sling, or lubricant to help restore His Family, so that there will be peace and Unity in the body of Christ.
We can not pick and choose whom we will love in Christ. Our commandment from God is this. That we love our neighbor as ourself. And like Pastor John said, this is not a suggestion, this is a commandment. God did not say, do this if it makes you feel good. No, He said DO IT!
1 John 4 vs 20-21...If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him, that he who loves God must love his brother also.....
Sounds like He is pretty clear on what He is telling you here. So you can not get mad at me, because I say the word says you have to love your brother, and that is not your biological brother, that is your brother in the family of God. And in the family of God, we are ALL brothers and sisters in Christ, so that means everybody, (not just your denomination, but all denominations in Christ). In other words, you can not take care of your joints properly, if you have a grievance against your brother. If there is any un-forgiveness toward your brother or sister, you are causing inflammation in the joints of God's church family. So there needs to be communication and prayer applied, to bring about restoration.
Neta
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
All Parts Have to Work to Move Forward
We read over and over how Christ tells us we are one body, one faith, one spirit.
Ephes. 4 vs 4...There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.....
We are told how one might be the eye, and another, the tongue, or ears. How one might be the foot, and one the leg. Well, when we get ready to go out into the mission field, or into the world to speak the gospel of Christ, we need to make sure all of our body is with us. The body can not move forward if all the parts are not moving together in sequence. Have you ever seen the kids on field day running the 3 legged race, where two kids are tied together with a strap around their two legs, so they are running with 3 legs instead of 4. Well, if they do not get in sequence with their two legs tied together and use those legs as one, they will stumble and fall. It is the same with Christians taking the message out into the world. If we do not get together, and live like Christ tells us to live, if one of us stumbles and strays off the path, others will look and will judge us all by this ones actions. You see we need all of our parts working in the body of Christ. Just like in the churches, if some do not do their part, like helping with the nursery, cleaning the church, greeting the visitors, teaching the youth, then the body will start to stumble and if another part does not jump in to catch us, we will fall. We need to quit causing some parts of our body to work harder because we are not doing our part. After a while the part doing all of the work will wear down. Christ says we are one body, so lets start acting like one body so that we may move forward and take the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Ephes. 4 v 11-16....And He Himself gave some to the apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, and the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-Christ- from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love..........
So let us become one like Christ intended and when we send someone off into the mission field, let us send them with our prayers, and support, and let us not stop with the sending off, but continue to pray without ceasing for them and standing together with them on their work in Christ Jesus.
Neta
I will be gone now for about 2 weeks. I encourage you all to go to the blog site, and re-read some of the tid-bits there. I will re-join you with more tid-bits when I land at my destination.
I will be seeking the Lord while traveling across the US, and I will bring you what He gives me when I get settled in.
Love you all
Homey, Neta, Netris, Huz whatever name you might know me by.
http://godstidbitstome.blogspot.com/
Ephes. 4 vs 4...There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.....
We are told how one might be the eye, and another, the tongue, or ears. How one might be the foot, and one the leg. Well, when we get ready to go out into the mission field, or into the world to speak the gospel of Christ, we need to make sure all of our body is with us. The body can not move forward if all the parts are not moving together in sequence. Have you ever seen the kids on field day running the 3 legged race, where two kids are tied together with a strap around their two legs, so they are running with 3 legs instead of 4. Well, if they do not get in sequence with their two legs tied together and use those legs as one, they will stumble and fall. It is the same with Christians taking the message out into the world. If we do not get together, and live like Christ tells us to live, if one of us stumbles and strays off the path, others will look and will judge us all by this ones actions. You see we need all of our parts working in the body of Christ. Just like in the churches, if some do not do their part, like helping with the nursery, cleaning the church, greeting the visitors, teaching the youth, then the body will start to stumble and if another part does not jump in to catch us, we will fall. We need to quit causing some parts of our body to work harder because we are not doing our part. After a while the part doing all of the work will wear down. Christ says we are one body, so lets start acting like one body so that we may move forward and take the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Ephes. 4 v 11-16....And He Himself gave some to the apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, and the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-Christ- from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love..........
So let us become one like Christ intended and when we send someone off into the mission field, let us send them with our prayers, and support, and let us not stop with the sending off, but continue to pray without ceasing for them and standing together with them on their work in Christ Jesus.
Neta
I will be gone now for about 2 weeks. I encourage you all to go to the blog site, and re-read some of the tid-bits there. I will re-join you with more tid-bits when I land at my destination.
I will be seeking the Lord while traveling across the US, and I will bring you what He gives me when I get settled in.
Love you all
Homey, Neta, Netris, Huz whatever name you might know me by.
http://godstidbitstome.blogspot.com/
God Gives You Treasures
While reading in Proverbs the other day, Rob and I came across yet another passage of scripture telling how God gives you riches and wealth. Actually this scripture is telling about treasures and wealth of a different type.
Prov. 8 vs 21...That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, that I may fill their treasuries.
This verse is telling how wisdom leads you to these things. Before anything else God created, there was wisdom. And you know it is true, it helps to have wisdom to understand the ways of finances. You re-call the parable where Jesus is teaching about how can He trust you with alot if you can not handle the little first. That is why He encourages you to study the word of God, so that you may be given wisdom into how to handle your affairs. We all could use some wisdom in our lives, on how to raise our families, how to take care of our finances, how to walk in love toward others, how to take care of our bodies. I believe if we would spend more time getting into the word of God, and soaking in His wisdom, we would all find our lives running so much more smoothly.
While at WOL, sister Becky told us once when she was delivering the message, how she likes to read 1 Chapter of Proverbs, and 5 chapters of Psalms a day, and in a month you would have read PS and PROV. I think if we would do this over and over again, we would finally start soaking up some of the wisdom that is found in these 2 books. So, I challenge all my readers to read these and lets see how much easier life becomes for us, and how we can better handle situations that arise in our lives. I know I personally could always use a little more wisdom.
Prov. 8 v 32-35... Now therefore, listen to me, my children, for blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and do not disdain it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gate, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the LORD;..........
Neta
Prov. 8 vs 21...That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, that I may fill their treasuries.
This verse is telling how wisdom leads you to these things. Before anything else God created, there was wisdom. And you know it is true, it helps to have wisdom to understand the ways of finances. You re-call the parable where Jesus is teaching about how can He trust you with alot if you can not handle the little first. That is why He encourages you to study the word of God, so that you may be given wisdom into how to handle your affairs. We all could use some wisdom in our lives, on how to raise our families, how to take care of our finances, how to walk in love toward others, how to take care of our bodies. I believe if we would spend more time getting into the word of God, and soaking in His wisdom, we would all find our lives running so much more smoothly.
While at WOL, sister Becky told us once when she was delivering the message, how she likes to read 1 Chapter of Proverbs, and 5 chapters of Psalms a day, and in a month you would have read PS and PROV. I think if we would do this over and over again, we would finally start soaking up some of the wisdom that is found in these 2 books. So, I challenge all my readers to read these and lets see how much easier life becomes for us, and how we can better handle situations that arise in our lives. I know I personally could always use a little more wisdom.
Prov. 8 v 32-35... Now therefore, listen to me, my children, for blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and do not disdain it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gate, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the LORD;..........
Neta
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Glorify God With One Mind
God wants us to be of one mind. Now this is not saying we all have to think just a like. No what this means, is we all need to believe in the word of God and what He has to say. God says we are to receive one another, just as Christ loved each of us. In other words, no matter what this one or that one may look like on the outside, no matter what they may have been taught and brought up to believe, we need to love them where they are and love them into the kingdom of God.
So many times we as Christians, want to only love other Christians, and to look down our noses on people of other faiths. We are always quoting the word about how we are to love our neighbors, and we even quote on how we are to love our enemies. But yet we somehow think that we do not have to love people of other faiths. We just want to condemn and talk about them. One of the worst is when people talk about Catholics. For some reason, people are mis-led into believing that Catholics are not Christians. I do not understand where they get their teachings from that lead them to believe this. You see sometimes people take just a little bit of what they hear and mix their own thoughts with it, and come up with the wrong conclusion.
I know that the Catholics have a different doctrine than some other denominations. But each denomination does have their own doctrine. And that is just it, these are denominations, this is religion, not Christianity. I know from being in the Catholic church myself, that there are those who think that they will get to heaven just because they were Christened as a child. I have to blame that on the old teachings of the church. The word is clear about how you enter into heaven. But yet the same people believe that their baby will still go to heaven even if the baby has not been christened yet. Do you see the double-mindedness here? How can you say you go to heaven just because you are Baptized, but yet if you are not you will still go to heaven. You see, they take the part of the word about being of the age of accountability as the way to heaven for the child that was not baptized before death, but then they hasten to get their children baptized as a baby, so that they will not die and go to hell. Number 1, you going to heaven does not have anything to do with whether or not you were baptized. There is only one way to heaven and that is through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as your savior. So you would have to be of the age of accountability, in order to make the decision to make Him your savior. In other words if a baby or a small child dies, and has not been baptized, or has not came to the age of making an informed decision as to follow Jesus, they are most certainly not going to hell. The God, I serve is not one who would condemn a baby or small child to hell, just because they were not baptized with water. So for all those who are rushing to get their children sprinkled, your time would be better spent in starting to teach your child early on all about Jesus and how He wants to be with them for eternity. We are so quick to buy all these learning toys for our children, but what about the best book of all for teaching our children. The word of God. Yes, they have little children's bibles that have the stories written so that even little children can understand the word of God. In fact, didn't Jesus say, that unless you come to Him like one of these little children, you will not enter into His Kingdom.
Matt 18 v 2-3...Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, "assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.".......
In other words, you need to be taught also what the word of the Lord says. We are not any of us, so grown up in the word that we know it all. We need to be continually taught on a daily basis the word of God. Just like a baby can not live without being fed milk and food, you can not live without being fed the word of God.
Romans 15 v 4-6.....For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ......
I know I got a little side tracked, but having been a Catholic, for a while and a born again child of God at the same time, I know how it feels to be judged by others, just because of what denomination you call yourself. We as Christians need to quit fighting with each other about what our doctrine says, versus their doctrine, and go out into the world and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ as He told us to do. We need to be of one mind, one church, one body of Christ, if we are ever going to do any good for building His Kingdom. Let's quit tearing the Kingdom down and start living as one family in Christ Jesus. AMEN.....
Neta
So many times we as Christians, want to only love other Christians, and to look down our noses on people of other faiths. We are always quoting the word about how we are to love our neighbors, and we even quote on how we are to love our enemies. But yet we somehow think that we do not have to love people of other faiths. We just want to condemn and talk about them. One of the worst is when people talk about Catholics. For some reason, people are mis-led into believing that Catholics are not Christians. I do not understand where they get their teachings from that lead them to believe this. You see sometimes people take just a little bit of what they hear and mix their own thoughts with it, and come up with the wrong conclusion.
I know that the Catholics have a different doctrine than some other denominations. But each denomination does have their own doctrine. And that is just it, these are denominations, this is religion, not Christianity. I know from being in the Catholic church myself, that there are those who think that they will get to heaven just because they were Christened as a child. I have to blame that on the old teachings of the church. The word is clear about how you enter into heaven. But yet the same people believe that their baby will still go to heaven even if the baby has not been christened yet. Do you see the double-mindedness here? How can you say you go to heaven just because you are Baptized, but yet if you are not you will still go to heaven. You see, they take the part of the word about being of the age of accountability as the way to heaven for the child that was not baptized before death, but then they hasten to get their children baptized as a baby, so that they will not die and go to hell. Number 1, you going to heaven does not have anything to do with whether or not you were baptized. There is only one way to heaven and that is through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as your savior. So you would have to be of the age of accountability, in order to make the decision to make Him your savior. In other words if a baby or a small child dies, and has not been baptized, or has not came to the age of making an informed decision as to follow Jesus, they are most certainly not going to hell. The God, I serve is not one who would condemn a baby or small child to hell, just because they were not baptized with water. So for all those who are rushing to get their children sprinkled, your time would be better spent in starting to teach your child early on all about Jesus and how He wants to be with them for eternity. We are so quick to buy all these learning toys for our children, but what about the best book of all for teaching our children. The word of God. Yes, they have little children's bibles that have the stories written so that even little children can understand the word of God. In fact, didn't Jesus say, that unless you come to Him like one of these little children, you will not enter into His Kingdom.
Matt 18 v 2-3...Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, "assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.".......
In other words, you need to be taught also what the word of the Lord says. We are not any of us, so grown up in the word that we know it all. We need to be continually taught on a daily basis the word of God. Just like a baby can not live without being fed milk and food, you can not live without being fed the word of God.
Romans 15 v 4-6.....For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ......
I know I got a little side tracked, but having been a Catholic, for a while and a born again child of God at the same time, I know how it feels to be judged by others, just because of what denomination you call yourself. We as Christians need to quit fighting with each other about what our doctrine says, versus their doctrine, and go out into the world and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ as He told us to do. We need to be of one mind, one church, one body of Christ, if we are ever going to do any good for building His Kingdom. Let's quit tearing the Kingdom down and start living as one family in Christ Jesus. AMEN.....
Neta
Monday, April 7, 2008
Wives Tales- Superstitions- Word Of God
Why is it so easy to believe old wives tales, or superstitions passed down, and yet people find it hard to believe the Word of God. It is the same with people who go to psychics to have their fortune told to them. Why is this person who has only been on the earth a short time, so much more believable than the Word of God which has been around for over 2000 years? Did you ever stop to think about that? Why would someone who decided one day to start a business as a fortune teller, buys some little toy magic ball to look into, or some tarot cards that are sold in all magic shops, or mystic shops around the world, probably even in some department stores, why would they have more accreditation than the creator Himself of all the earth and the heavenlies. I mean He created the very stars that these nut jobs are trying to tell you they can predict your future from. I am confused. People say we as Christians, are peculiar. Why is it that we are peculiar because we believe documentation from over 2000 years ago, but these people are not peculiar, because they make up what ever they want and then sell it to whomever will pay for it?
And people pay big bucks for this. Yet the word of God is free to all who will listen.
The word of God tells you how you can have eternal life, and have it abundantly. The word tells you how God wants to bless you with all good things, excellent health, prosperity, salvation. Yet some people would rather throw money away to someone who can not guarantee them anything. I mean do they give you a written guarantee that you will get rich, that you will live a long life, or that you will spend eternity in the heavenlies. No, they can not guarantee you anything. But yet the word of God does guarantee you that if you do what God says, and believe with the Faith God tells you to believe with, you will have what the word of God says. Because when God says it, it has to be brought about, because God can not tell a lie.
It just amazes me at how quick people will jump on board with someone who just started some new movement about how you can believe what ever way you choose and its ok, we just all want to get along together, and when someone is generous they are doing God's work, where do they get that? Certainly not from the word of God. Works without faith get you nowhere. Just like Faith without works will get you nowhere. The anti-christ will come in the form of a generous well liked person, because that is what he comes for, to deceive and confuse those who are following God. And do not be mis-led by the word (he). There are many helpers with the anti-christ who may be in the form of a woman. Someone who gives and gives so generously, then tries to put a twist on these actions and lead people away from Christ. A person who diligently works to the good of others, only one day to try to inject their beliefs about how the Lord Jesus is not the only way to heaven and to salvation, when God, Himself clearly says that Jesus is the only way. I mean who is their god that they believe he would have more power than the God who created them?
There is not one God for this one, and one God for that one. No there is only one God, and He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the author and finisher of your life. He created you from the spoken word in the beginning and He will be the finisher of your life. So do not look to fortune tellers for your future, just open the Word of God, and you can find your entire future right in the pages of His word.
Jer. 50 v 36....A sword is against the soothsayers, and they will be fools. A sword is against her mighty men and they will be dismayed....
(soothsayer meaning fortune tellers) Sword meaning the sword of God
Daniel 2 v 27-28..Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, "The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days.......
Rev. 22 v 14-15...Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie....
John 10 v 25-30... Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one."......
Ephes. 2 v 8-9....For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.....
Revelation 2 v 4-8...And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." and He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful." And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.".......
I say all of this in love for you through Jesus Christ who lives in me.
Neta
And people pay big bucks for this. Yet the word of God is free to all who will listen.
The word of God tells you how you can have eternal life, and have it abundantly. The word tells you how God wants to bless you with all good things, excellent health, prosperity, salvation. Yet some people would rather throw money away to someone who can not guarantee them anything. I mean do they give you a written guarantee that you will get rich, that you will live a long life, or that you will spend eternity in the heavenlies. No, they can not guarantee you anything. But yet the word of God does guarantee you that if you do what God says, and believe with the Faith God tells you to believe with, you will have what the word of God says. Because when God says it, it has to be brought about, because God can not tell a lie.
It just amazes me at how quick people will jump on board with someone who just started some new movement about how you can believe what ever way you choose and its ok, we just all want to get along together, and when someone is generous they are doing God's work, where do they get that? Certainly not from the word of God. Works without faith get you nowhere. Just like Faith without works will get you nowhere. The anti-christ will come in the form of a generous well liked person, because that is what he comes for, to deceive and confuse those who are following God. And do not be mis-led by the word (he). There are many helpers with the anti-christ who may be in the form of a woman. Someone who gives and gives so generously, then tries to put a twist on these actions and lead people away from Christ. A person who diligently works to the good of others, only one day to try to inject their beliefs about how the Lord Jesus is not the only way to heaven and to salvation, when God, Himself clearly says that Jesus is the only way. I mean who is their god that they believe he would have more power than the God who created them?
There is not one God for this one, and one God for that one. No there is only one God, and He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the author and finisher of your life. He created you from the spoken word in the beginning and He will be the finisher of your life. So do not look to fortune tellers for your future, just open the Word of God, and you can find your entire future right in the pages of His word.
Jer. 50 v 36....A sword is against the soothsayers, and they will be fools. A sword is against her mighty men and they will be dismayed....
(soothsayer meaning fortune tellers) Sword meaning the sword of God
Daniel 2 v 27-28..Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, "The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days.......
Rev. 22 v 14-15...Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie....
John 10 v 25-30... Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one."......
Ephes. 2 v 8-9....For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.....
Revelation 2 v 4-8...And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." and He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful." And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.".......
I say all of this in love for you through Jesus Christ who lives in me.
Neta
Friday, April 4, 2008
Take Up Your Bed
We all at one time or another have had to take up our bed and walk. When we read this we immediately think of the man with the infirmary and Jesus says take up your bed and walk, and the man gets up, picks up his bed and walks out healed. Well, sometimes our bed might not be a sick bed, maybe it is a bed of a different nature. You see when we do not do what the word of God says, we can be bound to different types of strongholds. For instance in tithing, if we do not give back to God what is His like He tells us to do, and more importantly if we do not give it with the right heart, then we may be stuck in a bed of poverty. Or if we walk around talking about others, and complaining all the time, then we may be just spending our days wallowing in a bed of misery. (In other words, nothing going our way, and we are just miserable and negative all the time, and we want everybody else to be miserable with us.) Or maybe it is a bed of sickness, and we just can't seem to get our healing.
Then we need to do what Jesus told this man to do, and "PICK UP OUR BED!" I just do not see how He could make it any more clearer than that. In other words, quit whining and letting the devil keep you down, PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK AWAY FROM THAT STRONGHOLD. You need to get a revelation of what Jesus is saying here. He is saying that the only thing holding you in that bed is YOU. He already said it was finished. Now you just have to believe it and PICK UP YOUR BED!!! The ball is in your court now, do you have the faith to PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK?
I know someone right now who is picking up their bed, and they are determined to get out of that bed. I am so proud of this person, and I know that they will not return to this bed, because they have finally gotten tired of being in that bed. Sometimes, you just have to get so fed up with being held down by whatever your stronghold is, that you just say forget it, I am getting out of this bed, and this bed is not carrying me any longer, I will PICK IT UP and take back control over my life, and my LORD will give me the strength to endure. AMEN.
Matt. 9 v 2....Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you.".......
Matt. 9 v 4....But Jesus, knowing their thoughts said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier to say, "Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk?" "But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins," then He said to the paralytic, "Arise take up your bed, and go to your house." And he arose and departed to his house....
If you truly believe that Jesus can forgive all sins, then why would you doubt that He can do something as simple as healing you?
So if you feel like this is you, then I say again, PICK UP YOUR BED!!! Start seeing yourself out of that bed, and hold on to that image, and believe what Jesus said and you too will PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK. HALLELUJAH!!!!
Neta
Then we need to do what Jesus told this man to do, and "PICK UP OUR BED!" I just do not see how He could make it any more clearer than that. In other words, quit whining and letting the devil keep you down, PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK AWAY FROM THAT STRONGHOLD. You need to get a revelation of what Jesus is saying here. He is saying that the only thing holding you in that bed is YOU. He already said it was finished. Now you just have to believe it and PICK UP YOUR BED!!! The ball is in your court now, do you have the faith to PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK?
I know someone right now who is picking up their bed, and they are determined to get out of that bed. I am so proud of this person, and I know that they will not return to this bed, because they have finally gotten tired of being in that bed. Sometimes, you just have to get so fed up with being held down by whatever your stronghold is, that you just say forget it, I am getting out of this bed, and this bed is not carrying me any longer, I will PICK IT UP and take back control over my life, and my LORD will give me the strength to endure. AMEN.
Matt. 9 v 2....Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you.".......
Matt. 9 v 4....But Jesus, knowing their thoughts said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier to say, "Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk?" "But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins," then He said to the paralytic, "Arise take up your bed, and go to your house." And he arose and departed to his house....
If you truly believe that Jesus can forgive all sins, then why would you doubt that He can do something as simple as healing you?
So if you feel like this is you, then I say again, PICK UP YOUR BED!!! Start seeing yourself out of that bed, and hold on to that image, and believe what Jesus said and you too will PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK. HALLELUJAH!!!!
Neta
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Put The Word On It
Sometimes we are in a pickle and we just can't seem to find what we are looking for in the word of God to get us out. Well, I get these sent to me all the time, and I find them to be a good quick reference when you need them. I always suggest people cut them out and laminate them and put them in your bible, so when you are trying to find that scripture that you need to help you out that day, it will be handy at your fingertips. I call it putting the Word of God on it. In other words, see what God says about it and then speak the word of God over your problems, and see how fast they will clear up. Here are just a few. Don't just read them and memorize them in your head, get them down into your heart, and before you know it you won't need your cheat sheet any longer, you will just know where to look. Neta
You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible
(Luke 18:27)
You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest
(Matthew 11:28-30)
You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you
(John 3:1 6)
You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient
(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)
You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps
(Proverbs 3:5- 6)
You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things
(Philippians 4:13)
You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able
(II Corinthians 9:8)
You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it
(Roman 8:28 )
You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I Forgive you
(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)
You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs
(Philippians 4:19)
You say: "I'm afraid"
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
(II Timothy 1:7)
You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME
(I Peter 5:7)
You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom
(I Corinthians 1:30)
You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)
You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible
(Luke 18:27)
You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest
(Matthew 11:28-30)
You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you
(John 3:1 6)
You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient
(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)
You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps
(Proverbs 3:5- 6)
You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things
(Philippians 4:13)
You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able
(II Corinthians 9:8)
You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it
(Roman 8:28 )
You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I Forgive you
(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)
You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs
(Philippians 4:19)
You say: "I'm afraid"
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
(II Timothy 1:7)
You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME
(I Peter 5:7)
You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom
(I Corinthians 1:30)
You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Praying Into Empty Space
When you pray, do you really go to the throne of God with your petitions, or do you pray into the air. Do you just pray into empty space. Because if you do not believe that you receive when you pray, you are basically just praying into empty space.
You see when Christ died on the cross for us he took our bodies (our sins) with Him on that cross, so that we could be reconciled to the Father for our sins. He took all the suffering so that we would not have to taste the sting of death. And then when He left us, He told us He was leaving His helper with us. That would be the Holy Spirit. So we as believers could be made one with Him. So if we are indeed one with Him, then when we go to the throne of God with our petitions, (our prayers) then it is the same as if He, (Jesus) was going to the Father and asking for Himself. And you know that the Father is not going to deny anything that we ask, if we ask with faith, and believing and if what we ask lines up with His word. If we could just grasp that we are joint heirs with Christ, that we do belong to the royal family line, then we would have no problem believing that we will receive what it is we ask for. I mean if we are truly taking our prayers to the throne, and not just speaking into empty space with a practiced prayer that we pray over and over. We have to really pray with our hearts and not just out of habit praying into the air so to speak. The next time you get ready to pray for something, think about it first, did you search out God's word to see what He says, did you reach down into your heart for the words to speak to the Father, are you really seeking Him first. I mean when we were children and we wanted to ask our parents for something, we would think over and over what we were going to say, how we could best make our point to them about what we wanted, we would really look at how we presented our petition to them, how can we put this so that they will be in agreement, well don't you think you need to do the same when you go to your heavenly Father about something? I mean you do not have to go begging, because the word says He wants you to have the desires of your heart, but you do need to go believing and with faith that He will grant you what you ask. That is why we sometimes pray in the spirit, because sometimes we do not understand what it is we really need, but God does, so we pray in His understanding, then we know we are truly in the presence of God seeking Him for help in our situation.
Ephesians 3 vs 14-23....For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the width and length and depth and height; to know the love of Christ which passes all knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever AMEN>.....
According to the power that works in us. That power would be our faith. In other words, next time you pray, pray knowing that Christ is going with you to the Throne of the Father to intercede on your behalf, because that is how much He loves you. He wants us to have it all. Don't just speak hollow words into the air. Pray with your whole heart to the Father.
Neta
When you pray, do you really go to the throne of God with your petitions, or do you pray into the air. Do you just pray into empty space. Because if you do not believe that you receive when you pray, you are basically just praying into empty space.
You see when Christ died on the cross for us he took our bodies (our sins) with Him on that cross, so that we could be reconciled to the Father for our sins. He took all the suffering so that we would not have to taste the sting of death. And then when He left us, He told us He was leaving His helper with us. That would be the Holy Spirit. So we as believers could be made one with Him. So if we are indeed one with Him, then when we go to the throne of God with our petitions, (our prayers) then it is the same as if He, (Jesus) was going to the Father and asking for Himself. And you know that the Father is not going to deny anything that we ask, if we ask with faith, and believing and if what we ask lines up with His word. If we could just grasp that we are joint heirs with Christ, that we do belong to the royal family line, then we would have no problem believing that we will receive what it is we ask for. I mean if we are truly taking our prayers to the throne, and not just speaking into empty space with a practiced prayer that we pray over and over. We have to really pray with our hearts and not just out of habit praying into the air so to speak. The next time you get ready to pray for something, think about it first, did you search out God's word to see what He says, did you reach down into your heart for the words to speak to the Father, are you really seeking Him first. I mean when we were children and we wanted to ask our parents for something, we would think over and over what we were going to say, how we could best make our point to them about what we wanted, we would really look at how we presented our petition to them, how can we put this so that they will be in agreement, well don't you think you need to do the same when you go to your heavenly Father about something? I mean you do not have to go begging, because the word says He wants you to have the desires of your heart, but you do need to go believing and with faith that He will grant you what you ask. That is why we sometimes pray in the spirit, because sometimes we do not understand what it is we really need, but God does, so we pray in His understanding, then we know we are truly in the presence of God seeking Him for help in our situation.
Ephesians 3 vs 14-23....For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the width and length and depth and height; to know the love of Christ which passes all knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever AMEN>.....
According to the power that works in us. That power would be our faith. In other words, next time you pray, pray knowing that Christ is going with you to the Throne of the Father to intercede on your behalf, because that is how much He loves you. He wants us to have it all. Don't just speak hollow words into the air. Pray with your whole heart to the Father.
Neta
Covenant of Peace
While reading in IS. the 54th chapter the other day, Rob and I were really captured by some scripture that just confirms over and over what we say about how God does not bring harm or misery on you, that He will only bring good to you.
IS 54 v 9-10...."For this is like the waters of Noah to Me, For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has mercy on you....
IS 54 v 13-15....All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. In righteousness you shall be established, you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you. Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.....
IS 54 v 17.....No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from ME," says the LORD.....
WHoo Hoo, do you get what this is saying? Do you see what your inheritance from the Lord is? You are the righteousness of the Lord. He says so right here. He says your enemies don't stand a chance against you. Your enemies, being in the form of sin, sickness, or whatever. He says right here that He is not the one that assembles against you, and that no matter what they throw at you, they shall not prosper. And this part we all need to pay close attention to, because this speaks to us as well, "every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn" be very careful that you do not speak against one of God's children judging them because you will be condemned. You see this is a two way street, we do not just get all the good things God has for us, we also must be obedient to what He says. And when we are, He says His covenant of Peace will always be there with us. That is so good, it just about makes me jump up out of this chair. You do not have to be in turmoil over anything, You have the peace of God with you always, turn to Him and let His peace comfort you. AMEN Isaiah is such a great book, I would encourage each of you to read it this month and receive revelation from it, about who God really is to you and what HE wants to do for each of you.
Neta
IS 54 v 9-10...."For this is like the waters of Noah to Me, For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has mercy on you....
IS 54 v 13-15....All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. In righteousness you shall be established, you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you. Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.....
IS 54 v 17.....No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from ME," says the LORD.....
WHoo Hoo, do you get what this is saying? Do you see what your inheritance from the Lord is? You are the righteousness of the Lord. He says so right here. He says your enemies don't stand a chance against you. Your enemies, being in the form of sin, sickness, or whatever. He says right here that He is not the one that assembles against you, and that no matter what they throw at you, they shall not prosper. And this part we all need to pay close attention to, because this speaks to us as well, "every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn" be very careful that you do not speak against one of God's children judging them because you will be condemned. You see this is a two way street, we do not just get all the good things God has for us, we also must be obedient to what He says. And when we are, He says His covenant of Peace will always be there with us. That is so good, it just about makes me jump up out of this chair. You do not have to be in turmoil over anything, You have the peace of God with you always, turn to Him and let His peace comfort you. AMEN Isaiah is such a great book, I would encourage each of you to read it this month and receive revelation from it, about who God really is to you and what HE wants to do for each of you.
Neta
Are You Catching Anything?
We have probably all read the story about when the disciples went out fishing all night and did not catch anything. Then the next morning Jesus was standing on the shore and hollered out to them, "did you catch anything" They answered Him no. So He tells them to cast the nets to the right side of the boat, and they do so, and then they catch so many fish, they can not even pull the nets back into the boat.
Now I know this story is telling about Jesus showing Himself to the disciples for the third time since His death, but to me there was something different in this story. You see Jesus tells us all to be fishers of men. To bring them into the kingdom. When we go out fishing, what kind of bait do we use? Are we using any bait? And are we fishing in the right waters, are we fishing from the right side of the boat? And if you have ever been fishing, you know that fishing takes patience and time. You can not just throw your hook in and expect a fish to bite it and jump right into the boat with you. No, they are going to circle around and watch that bait, and see what that bait is going to do next, then if the bait is steady and doesn't make any sudden changes, then they will bite, but then they are going to give you a run for your money, they are going to twist, and swim with all they have trying to let go of that hook so they can be set free. You might end up with a fish, or you might end up with a half eaten worm. What are you going to do then? Are you just going to give up, or are you going to cast your line back into the water and try again?
You see when we are trying to witness to others about Christ, when we are fishing for men, we can not just give up every time our fish gets off the hook. No, we have to be steady in our walk with the LORD, so that person sees, that we are what we say, we are not just preaching at them, we are actually living what we preach. We have to be constant with our love for them, and when we show them the love of Christ, and they jump off the hook, we can't give up on them, we have to be persistent in our prayers for them. And when we are fishing in waters where no one is biting, then maybe we just need to change to the right side of the boat. Maybe we need to change lakes all together. But never do we need to give up and throw our pole in the water and just quit. We were told to be fishers of men, but now our fish have to be cleaned. And that is where Jesus comes in. He will clean our fish for us. Our job is just bringing in the nets full with fish. And when we have caught so many our nets are heavy and we are afraid of them breaking, God will mend them for you and have them ready for your next fishing trip. Next time you see people coming to the altar to receive the Lord, just think of that net being filled with a multitude of fish getting ready for Jesus to clean.
John 21 v 3-6....Simon Peter said to them "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to them, "Children have you any food?" They answered Him, "No." And He said to them, "Cast your nets to the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.....
Matt. 4 v 19....Then He said to them, "Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men."......
So you see, you really have the easy part, fishing, Jesus has the part everyone dreads. Cleaning the fish. Isn't it amazing how easy He makes it for us? We just have to do our part. So, I say why don't we all take a day off from our busy lives, and do like Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer and go fishing. (But let's go fishing for the Lord.) AMEN
Neta
Now I know this story is telling about Jesus showing Himself to the disciples for the third time since His death, but to me there was something different in this story. You see Jesus tells us all to be fishers of men. To bring them into the kingdom. When we go out fishing, what kind of bait do we use? Are we using any bait? And are we fishing in the right waters, are we fishing from the right side of the boat? And if you have ever been fishing, you know that fishing takes patience and time. You can not just throw your hook in and expect a fish to bite it and jump right into the boat with you. No, they are going to circle around and watch that bait, and see what that bait is going to do next, then if the bait is steady and doesn't make any sudden changes, then they will bite, but then they are going to give you a run for your money, they are going to twist, and swim with all they have trying to let go of that hook so they can be set free. You might end up with a fish, or you might end up with a half eaten worm. What are you going to do then? Are you just going to give up, or are you going to cast your line back into the water and try again?
You see when we are trying to witness to others about Christ, when we are fishing for men, we can not just give up every time our fish gets off the hook. No, we have to be steady in our walk with the LORD, so that person sees, that we are what we say, we are not just preaching at them, we are actually living what we preach. We have to be constant with our love for them, and when we show them the love of Christ, and they jump off the hook, we can't give up on them, we have to be persistent in our prayers for them. And when we are fishing in waters where no one is biting, then maybe we just need to change to the right side of the boat. Maybe we need to change lakes all together. But never do we need to give up and throw our pole in the water and just quit. We were told to be fishers of men, but now our fish have to be cleaned. And that is where Jesus comes in. He will clean our fish for us. Our job is just bringing in the nets full with fish. And when we have caught so many our nets are heavy and we are afraid of them breaking, God will mend them for you and have them ready for your next fishing trip. Next time you see people coming to the altar to receive the Lord, just think of that net being filled with a multitude of fish getting ready for Jesus to clean.
John 21 v 3-6....Simon Peter said to them "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to them, "Children have you any food?" They answered Him, "No." And He said to them, "Cast your nets to the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.....
Matt. 4 v 19....Then He said to them, "Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men."......
So you see, you really have the easy part, fishing, Jesus has the part everyone dreads. Cleaning the fish. Isn't it amazing how easy He makes it for us? We just have to do our part. So, I say why don't we all take a day off from our busy lives, and do like Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer and go fishing. (But let's go fishing for the Lord.) AMEN
Neta
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