When is it time to go home?

Where do you live? Is it nice and welcoming? Can you stand to be apart from your home for long? Picture a child going camping. You set up the tents (a temporary dwelling place)

For the Christian, Heaven is our home which we are going to and this life is a mere tent. A temporary dwelling place. We are going on to a place beyond the sky, so we hold loosely to earthly things that we may inherit eternal life. The next life awaits us but where will you go? Are you certain of the place where you will spend your eternity. Eternity is a long time. Who can you trust? You can trust the One who purchased your salvation, my Hero and greatest Friend Jesus Christ. Lift Him up.

²³ Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? ²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare^[e] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? ²⁵ Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
²⁶ The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” Genesis 18:23-26

In this passage of Scripture Abraham pleads with God on behalf of the evil city of Sodom. The destruction of that city is calling to wake up. The destruction of that city is "an example", the Bible says "of what is going to happen to the ungodly". 2 Peter 2:6

Whilst living in this world you may think "I am enjoying myself, I don't need Christ", but God is no respecter of persons and He will judge you according to the way you have lived. It's time to open up your Bible. Dust off the cobwebs. It time to get to know your Saviour and get ready for His coming. And He is coming. Jesus is coming again. How will His return find you? Awake or asleep. Comfortable or living. Compromising or committed? You choose. It's your life and you alone are responsible for it. It's time to wake up.

If you are coasting through this life, it's time to wake up!, get up sleepy head! your salvation is nearer than when you first believed. Stop fearing, start trusting, imitate Christ and allow His love to fill you and then flow through you.

"For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering." Romans 8:3

Many of you may be wondering what this passage of Scripture means. If so, allow me to enlighten you.
The 'law' is rules we must obey in order to live a righteous life in the sight of God. But there's one problem. No one on earth, not one single human being has been able to keep God's perfect law. We all stumble in some area or another. So that means we are sinners and worthy of death. God, however, made a provision. He (Jesus) decided to enter the world in order to solve this problem. He took on the form of a servant (Philippians 2:7). He was born in our flesh, He took on our very nature and lived the perfect life that we could never live and pleased the Father. And then He died an excruciating death on a Roman cross for our sake. At that moment God laid on Jesus His Son every sin every human being has ever committed and ever will commit. For every mistake we have ever made or will even make, He paid the ultimate price. Knowing that,will you turn away from and reject the One who loves you so much that He would give up His life for you? His life was poured out for you and His blood, that day at Calvary. He became a sin offering that pleased God for you. If you will only accept His free gift of salvation you will enter into an everlasting communion with the everlasting and eternal God. Jesus died to save you. Will you run to Him?

 God bless. x

Allowing GOD to shape your mind

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2

When you read the Bible something happens on the inside of you. You are transformed, made whole, at peace. If you are secretly struggling with issues of the mind, troubled thoughts, depression, what you need is some quiet time with the LORD. Stay awhile with Him, tell Him your thoughts..what's on your mind and all that is troubling you. He will deal with it in time. For now just trust His plan and rely on His tender love for you. GOD bless you. 

BRING THEM TO JESUS

Read Mark 7:31-37

The Healing of a Deaf and Mute Man

³¹ Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.^[i] 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man.

³³ After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. ³⁴ He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him,“Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”). ³⁵ At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

³⁶ Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. ³⁷ People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

In the Bible throughout the New Testament we see people who are in dire need of Jesus healing hand and they are brought to Him to receive that healing by faith. Whether it is the sick themselves who come to Him or people who are related to the sick bringing them to Jesus feet, they all have one thing in common. They know that the healing comes from Him (GOD). It is He who heals, no matter what medium or vessel He chooses. It is the same today. When we are sick, it is GOD who brings the healing that we require. He may minister to us through people or supernaturally. He may choose to heal us through a doctor, or through the laying on of hands, through the prayers of others or through His ministering Spirit. GOD can do anything, so don't limit Him to your expectations. He is almighty GOD and in His wisdom and infinite love for you He will pick the best method of healing for you. Trust. Don't doubt, just trust and believe. GOD bless you. x

KEEPING IN TOUCH...

The internet has become a way for people to stay in touch. People are constantly on Facebook or Twitter, checking emails or on Skype. They have to stay "connected". Don't get me wrong, I think it's very important to keep in touch with family and friends and maintain healthy relationships. But there is one relationship which is more important than all others. It's our relationship with our Father GOD. He created us and therefore He knows what is best for us and that is our constant communication with Him. One of our most basic humans needs is our need for relationship: Meaningful relationship that is. Today, Jesus offers us just that. The most satisfying relationship we can enter into is what has already been provided for us in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, GOD's own beloved Son. 

"For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16,

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" 1 John 3:1

GOD has expressed a love for us so deep that it demands a response. GOD is waiting for you, so get in touch. 

Note: If you have been touched by this message then please contact me at GODs-child4ever@hotmail.co.uk or just leave a comment if you want to find out more information about how you can have a relationship with GOD.

Dear Lord Jesus,
I believe that You died on the cross for my sins and that You rose again on the third day. I repent of my sins and ask that You forgive me. Please be my Lord and Saviour and take full control of my life. From this moment on I will live to serve You. In Jesus' name I pray.

Amen.

New to the world

Many people today are searching for something meaningful in their lives. Some turn to riches, some to fame, others to sex, drugs and alcohol, but nothing seems to fill that deep void in their being. The truth is, it will never be filled. Not if you're misguided in your search that is. True wisdom and true life, true joy and peace and also love is found in the presence of GOD and by getting to know Him as revealed through Jesus Christ. True satisfaction and true purpose and meaning    A relationship with Christ brings both belonging and security. Which is what most people are searching for: something or Someone stable which will never fail, fall or give way. A lighthouse in the storm, a flow of abundance in pressure or famine. Something to cling onto when the tide is high and the waters roll in. A Rock. If you are searching for peace, for hope, then look no further than Christ Himself. Who loved this world (I mean all the people in it) that He laid down His life and died on the cross for you and for me. In other words we are able to draw near to GOD through the precious blood of Christ that was shed for you and for me. It's flow is the cleansing from sin and GOD's free offer of salvation still stands. The invitation to receive forgiveness of sins and be welcomed as a part of GOD's family. The debt has been paid (the debt that we owe). Jesus died to provide salvation. All we must do is place our trust in Him. A hope so firm, so secure, who would dare turn it down? GOD bless you, all who are reading this. Make the right decision. Choose to be free from your burden of sin. Only GOD can forgive and justify and we cannot earn salvation.

"That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:7-10

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. (Romans 5:6)

Psalm 103:10 "He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities."

To the world the idea that you can receive something so wonderful, a precious and priceless gift that cannot be earned or attained through effort is mind-blowing. But what does the Bible say:-

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)


Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

Powerful Revelation of Truth

Hey everyone. This is a Word the LORD gave me just now when I was in my kitchen.

The Word of GOD is not open to interpretation. If humans could give it their own definition then it would no longer be the Word of GOD but the word of man. How then could it be applied to anyone’s life? The Bible is to be applied just like medicine. You do not decide where the medicine goes yourself if the instruction is written as to how and when you should use it. In the same way the Word of GOD is not to be misapplied but used in its appropriate context as to be healing to its user.

Thank You Holy Spirit for that Word of wisdom You are teaching me.