Read John 14
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Isn't it comforting to know that CHRIST loves us. That HE laid down His life for us because of His (the Father's) love for us. John 14 describes
Sunday, 1 May 2011
New Life
When you become a Christian it is a life-long commitment. You are forever friends with Christ. He comes into your heart and works to transform you completely from within. He aims to make you a new person. We are to be dead to sin, but alive in Christ. Infact we are to live 'for' HIM.
Transformation within the child of GOD (Christian) could be compared to what happens in the fertilization process by which a flower undergoes. In the fertilization process part of the flower dies and what is left of it becomes a new fruit with seeds.
This reminds me of the hymn "I've found a new life"
Song:
I've found a new life, I've found a new life
And if anybody asks you
What's the matter with you my friend
Tell them that you are saved, santified, Holy Ghost filled, water-baptized
Jesus is mine!
I've found a new life.
When we accepted Christ into our lives, we are changed. We have a new life. We may not notice the change immediately, but GOD works at transforming us from within. Slowly our desires, thoughts, motives, agendas, words, actions and lives will be conformed to the will of GOD. Each day we will become more and more like Him. We will learn to love like Him, walk like Him, talk like Him. GOD has given us His holy Son Jesus Christ as an example for us to follow. And each day as we walk in His Light we will feel ourselves being renewed like a plant is hydrated when it absorbs water. Just like plants we too need light and water. We need JESUS the Light of the world AND the Living Water. All of forms of life depend on Him. All of life, happiness, joy, love, goodness, light and every kind of good gift flows out from Him. He is our Provider, 'the Author and Finisher of our Faith', our Sustainer. The One Who upholds the universe and keeps the earth turning.
I've found a new life. We are to be changed.
In GOD's Word The Bible GOD/Jesus instructs us to be fruitful. Infact HE wants us to bear the fruit of the Spirit.
Prayer:
Dear heavenly Father, help me to submit myself fully and wholeheartedly to You. I pray that You will helped me to be transformed into a new person, a person You want me to be, by the power of Your Holy Spirit and by the grace of GOD. Please help me to produce fruit of the Holy Spirit abundantly, in JESUS holy Name. Amen.
Transformation within the child of GOD (Christian) could be compared to what happens in the fertilization process by which a flower undergoes. In the fertilization process part of the flower dies and what is left of it becomes a new fruit with seeds.
This reminds me of the hymn "I've found a new life"
Song:
I've found a new life, I've found a new life
And if anybody asks you
What's the matter with you my friend
Tell them that you are saved, santified, Holy Ghost filled, water-baptized
Jesus is mine!
I've found a new life.
When we accepted Christ into our lives, we are changed. We have a new life. We may not notice the change immediately, but GOD works at transforming us from within. Slowly our desires, thoughts, motives, agendas, words, actions and lives will be conformed to the will of GOD. Each day we will become more and more like Him. We will learn to love like Him, walk like Him, talk like Him. GOD has given us His holy Son Jesus Christ as an example for us to follow. And each day as we walk in His Light we will feel ourselves being renewed like a plant is hydrated when it absorbs water. Just like plants we too need light and water. We need JESUS the Light of the world AND the Living Water. All of forms of life depend on Him. All of life, happiness, joy, love, goodness, light and every kind of good gift flows out from Him. He is our Provider, 'the Author and Finisher of our Faith', our Sustainer. The One Who upholds the universe and keeps the earth turning.
I've found a new life. We are to be changed.
In GOD's Word The Bible GOD/Jesus instructs us to be fruitful. Infact HE wants us to bear the fruit of the Spirit.
Prayer:
Dear heavenly Father, help me to submit myself fully and wholeheartedly to You. I pray that You will helped me to be transformed into a new person, a person You want me to be, by the power of Your Holy Spirit and by the grace of GOD. Please help me to produce fruit of the Holy Spirit abundantly, in JESUS holy Name. Amen.
Saturday, 16 April 2011
LIFE INSURANCE
GOD/Jesus offers us all the gift of salvation. But it came at a price Isaiah 53:5 , 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. 1 Corinthians says that we were 'bought with a price'. Our freedom was bought at a price.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%201:9&version=KJV
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If you have not accepted Christ into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, then do so today.
Say this prayer with me,
Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I know that I am a sinner. I confess that You are Lord and that You died on the cross for my sins, so that I might live/have salvation. I believe that GOD the Father raised You from the dead on the third day and that You ascended into Heaven. Please forgive me and cleanse me from my sin. And come into my heart. Change my life. I long to follow You. Amen.
If you have just said this prayer then you have entered into an everlasting friendship with JESUS.
Will you open the door of your heart to JESUS?
For HE has said “I will never leave thee(you) nor forsake thee(you)” Hebrews 13:5
Jesus offers us the best life insurance we could ever have. HE offers us life eternal. He promises (once we’ve out our trust in Him and accepted Him in to our lives) that when die we will spend eternity with Him in Heaven. We have this comforting guarantee. Jesus conquered death in the grave. We no longer have to fear death. John 16:33, John 14:27. According to 1 Thessalonians 4:12-18 we should not mourn as those who have no hope. This is our hope. Just as Jesus was raised from the dead by GOD the Father, so will we also be raised from the dead to reign and live with Christ Jesus (the King of kings and the Lord of lords) for all eternity. World without end. Amen.
Memory Verse: - Need life insurance? Come to JESUS.
John 14:6- Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
For more reading or useful links see the following: -
How Deep the Father's Love for us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voawjjqg8zw
Lyrics for this song can be found on this link
http://www.namethathymn.com/hymn-lyrics-detective-forum/index.php?a=vtopic&t=96
Kirk Franklin- Hero
Glory to HIS Name lyrics
Hebrews 13
Ephesians 5
Ephesians 6
GOD BLESS. xx
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
The Infallible WORD
Read 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
GOD's Word is infallible. It is sure and it stands forever. (Luke 21:33) We as Christians can rest secure in the fact that GOD keeps his promises. Unlike man who changes (direction, thoughts, motives) like the wind; GOD never changes. HE is consistent. We can trust HIM completely. We depend on HIM, rely on HIM, need HIM. And HE loves us and provides and cares for us, regardless of what we do. How HE treats us, how good HE is towards us does not depend on us or what we could ever do for HIM. HE loves us unconditionally. Unlike human beings, HE sees things differently. (1 Samuel:7) GOD doesn't judge us based on physical appearance or charisma. HE looks at our hearts. HE is above us and so HIS ways of doing thinking is far greater than anything we could ever even being to comprehend. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
The Word of GOD is: -
There are many comparisons made in the Scripture to help us understand the importance of God's Word in our lives. It is compared to light, fire, hammer, nail, bread, seed, shield and sword. In the book of James it is compared to a mirror.
'All Scripture is inspired by GOD'
Everything in The Bible is complete truth, because it is the Word of GOD. And GOD cannot lie. HE is honest and true.
Another useful link to look at is
http://www.holytrinitytunstead.co.uk/readings.html
"All Scripture is breathed out by GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of GOD may be competent, equipped for every good work."
GOD's Word is infallible. It is sure and it stands forever. (Luke 21:33) We as Christians can rest secure in the fact that GOD keeps his promises. Unlike man who changes (direction, thoughts, motives) like the wind; GOD never changes. HE is consistent. We can trust HIM completely. We depend on HIM, rely on HIM, need HIM. And HE loves us and provides and cares for us, regardless of what we do. How HE treats us, how good HE is towards us does not depend on us or what we could ever do for HIM. HE loves us unconditionally. Unlike human beings, HE sees things differently. (1 Samuel:7) GOD doesn't judge us based on physical appearance or charisma. HE looks at our hearts. HE is above us and so HIS ways of doing thinking is far greater than anything we could ever even being to comprehend. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
The Word of GOD is: -
- alive and powerful
- sharper than a tw-edged sword
- milk
- sword- Ephesians 6
- a hammer
- fire
- living water
There are many comparisons made in the Scripture to help us understand the importance of God's Word in our lives. It is compared to light, fire, hammer, nail, bread, seed, shield and sword. In the book of James it is compared to a mirror.
'All Scripture is inspired by GOD'
Everything in The Bible is complete truth, because it is the Word of GOD. And GOD cannot lie. HE is honest and true.
Another useful link to look at is
http://www.holytrinitytunstead.co.uk/readings.html
Friday, 8 April 2011
Monday, 4 April 2011
Salvation is of the LORD!
Salvation is of the LORD!
Salvation is of the LORD. Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Selah
Isn't it great that our salvation is fixed. No one can take away our salvation. The precious blood of JESUS CHRIST has cleansed us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. From head to toe. HE (the precious Lamb of GOD) has cleansed us from all our sin. Washed it all away.
For there is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ. (Romans 8)
That means that we have a clean slate. A fresh start. In CHRIST JESUS.
Have ever made such a mess of things that you wish you could just start over? That the mistake you made and its reprecussions would just vanish? Well that's what GOD did for us when HE sent His one and only Son (JESUS CHRIST) to die on the cross for our sins.
John 3:16- "For GOD so loved the world that HE sent HIS only begotten Son that whosever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
From the very first sin, (Adam and Eve) GOD had a Divine Plan to rescue humanity from itself. HE wants us for Himself. '
Come let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the LORD our GOD our Maker.
Come let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the LORD our GOD our Maker.
For HE is our GOD,
And we are the people of HIS pasture,
And the sheep of HIS Hand,
Just the sheep of HIS Hand.
The Almighty GOD is cradling you right now. No matter what you're going through, HE is carrying you. Just put your complete trust in HIM.
Salvation is of the LORD. Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Selah
Isn't it great that our salvation is fixed. No one can take away our salvation. The precious blood of JESUS CHRIST has cleansed us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. From head to toe. HE (the precious Lamb of GOD) has cleansed us from all our sin. Washed it all away.
For there is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ. (Romans 8)
That means that we have a clean slate. A fresh start. In CHRIST JESUS.
Have ever made such a mess of things that you wish you could just start over? That the mistake you made and its reprecussions would just vanish? Well that's what GOD did for us when HE sent His one and only Son (JESUS CHRIST) to die on the cross for our sins.
John 3:16- "For GOD so loved the world that HE sent HIS only begotten Son that whosever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
From the very first sin, (Adam and Eve) GOD had a Divine Plan to rescue humanity from itself. HE wants us for Himself. '
Come let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the LORD our GOD our Maker.
Come let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the LORD our GOD our Maker.
For HE is our GOD,
And we are the people of HIS pasture,
And the sheep of HIS Hand,
Just the sheep of HIS Hand.
The Almighty GOD is cradling you right now. No matter what you're going through, HE is carrying you. Just put your complete trust in HIM.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Suffering for the right reasons
READ 2 Corinthians 1
"Blessed be GOD, even the FATHER our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the GOD of all comfort." Vs 3
When we suffer for doing right we should be glad because we are sharing in the suffering of Christ; and therefore we will share also in the glory of Christ. (find scripture)
GOD allows us to endure suffering so that when we've come out of it- and GOD does comfort and support us right throughout our suffering- we can then support and comfort others who go through suffering. -Psalm 46: 1. We can sympathize with them and give testimony of how GOD saw them through all their troubles. Suffering can make you into a better person. It helps to mould you into the person GOD wants you to be. GOD wnats the very best for you. HE wants you to become the very best that you can be.
"For I know the thoughts I have of you."
Jeremiah 29: 11
"they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength..." (Isaiah 40:31
In the midst of trouble we can rest secure in the knowledge that "No weapon formed against thee shall prosper". For GOD promises that HE "will never leave us(you) nor forsake us(you)"
HE aims to transform you, reform you
Be not conformed to this world Romans 12: 2
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012:2&version=KJV
2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2046:%201-10&version=KJV
Psalm 46:1-10
After sunshine and rain comes a rainbow.
Job 42: vs 12 -end
(check 5)
"So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning"m
My brethren, count it all joy when you face all kinds of tribulations and trials for the testing of your faith produces patience
http://www.bible-knowledge.com/trials-tribulations/
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2029:11-12&version=NIVUK
Jeremiah 29: 11
"Blessed be GOD, even the FATHER our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the GOD of all comfort." Vs 3
When we suffer for doing right we should be glad because we are sharing in the suffering of Christ; and therefore we will share also in the glory of Christ. (find scripture)
GOD allows us to endure suffering so that when we've come out of it- and GOD does comfort and support us right throughout our suffering- we can then support and comfort others who go through suffering. -Psalm 46: 1. We can sympathize with them and give testimony of how GOD saw them through all their troubles. Suffering can make you into a better person. It helps to mould you into the person GOD wants you to be. GOD wnats the very best for you. HE wants you to become the very best that you can be.
"For I know the thoughts I have of you."
Jeremiah 29: 11
"they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength..." (Isaiah 40:31
In the midst of trouble we can rest secure in the knowledge that "No weapon formed against thee shall prosper". For GOD promises that HE "will never leave us(you) nor forsake us(you)"
HE aims to transform you, reform you
Be not conformed to this world Romans 12: 2
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012:2&version=KJV
Romans 12:2 (King James Version)
2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2046:%201-10&version=KJV
Psalm 46:1-10
After sunshine and rain comes a rainbow.
Job 42: vs 12 -end
(check 5)
"So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning"m
My brethren, count it all joy when you face all kinds of tribulations and trials for the testing of your faith produces patience
http://www.bible-knowledge.com/trials-tribulations/
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2029:11-12&version=NIVUK
Jeremiah 29: 11
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