Monthly Archives: December 2016

SIN’S FORGIVER

THE ONLY MESSIAH

“This is a true saying and everyone should believe it, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners and I was one of the worse of them all; But that is why God had mercy on me, so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of His great patience with even the worse  sinners; then others will realize that they too, can believe in Him(Jesus) and receive eternal life (1 Timothy 1:15-16).Then John 3:16 tells us that ,God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son Jesus Christ to save us and not condemn us. 1 Timothy 2:4-6 confirms this by telling us;

  “For He (Jesus) wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and people. He is the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message that God gave to the world at the proper time.” Have a blessed day.

GOD’S MASTERPIECE  

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it  was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.{Genesis 1:26‭-‬27‭, ‬31}

LISTEN:

“God does not make mistakes. He is a meticulous perfectionist. And you my darling, are a walking masterpiece. I don’t care if you are an astrophysicist or a garbage man, you are fearfully, wonderfully and masterfully created. You can and will do all things. We have all heard this verse…. “I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me.” But there is something superbly profound when you allow those words to truly take root in your soul and when you wholeheartedly accept that you really can do ALL things. You begin to let go of inhibition and doubt and instead you walk boldly into the unknown with a new found confidence that you can and will conquer it.”-by Brianna Carey © ❤️

GOD SAYS:

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can  be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It  is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It  is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”.[Romans 8:31‭-‬39]

CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS 

​Many times during our lives we allow things that’s not beneficial to our health and well being,occupy,rule and ruin our thoughts. Job is a perfect example. He said,” For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me”.{Job 3:25}.

Therefore,the question is how do we Govern our Thoughts . I am glad you ask,because 2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us How. It says:

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ…

Then Proverb 23:7 points to the fact that,”For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…”.

LISTEN :

-The thoughts you think good or bad can eventually go from your mind (soul) to your heart and then to your body, and also to other areas of your life. 

-Your thoughts can affect you. Only think thoughts that are good and healthy. 

Philippians 4:8 

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are True, Honest, Just, Pure, Lovely, things that are of Good Report; if there be any Virtue, and if there be any Praise, think on these things. 

-Remember thoughts can become beliefs, and beliefs can become a reality. Govern your thoughts. 

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

Compliments of my brother,Anthony Rose.

GODS AMAZING  LOVE FOR US

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. {John 3:16‭-‬17 }

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.{1 John 3:1}.

A friend of mine shared this message with me,and so I share it with you:

HIS AGAPE LOVE
Agape love is the love of God for man. Agape love is spontaneous self-giving love expressed freely without calculation of cost or gain to the giver or merit on the part of the receiver. Agape love is christian brotherly love in its highest manifestation.
“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.” – 1 Peter 1:22.
Agape love acts unilaterally, meaning this love reaches out even if the person being loved doesn’t recognize the love. Agape love gives even when the partner doesn’t respond as hoped. It’s giving and meeting the real needs of another. It is selfless love.
“Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not proud. Is not rude, is not self-seeking. It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth; it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a.
This is exactly the kind of love the apostle Paul has in mind when he begins Ephesians 5 by urging us to “walk in love”—to live out an agape love.
This agape love is a God-given, supernatural, and unconditional love. The 1 Corinthians 13 passage says that, first of all, love is “patient.” We could stop right there. Patience means putting up with a lot of junk over a long period of time and not retaliating.
Next, the passage says “love is kind,” which means that it not only looks for positive ways to express concern and meet needs but also lacks any hint of envy, jealousy, boasting, pride, rudeness, self-seeking, quick temper, recorded offenses, or delighting in evil.
In agape love, the relationship is not about you. It’s not about your life or about what you can get. It’s about how you can serve the other person. When you love this way you’re not easily angered.
You don’t blow up. You don’t pout. You don’t give up and take your ball and go home. Unlike Hollywood’s version of love that depends on passionate feelings, good looks, and pleasant circumstances, this kind of love remains loyal and steadfast even in the worst of times.
Agape love “keeps no record of wrongs.” It makes allowances for others’ shortcomings and mistakes, like we want them to make for us when we fail. “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.”
It’s the kind of love that looks past the other’s failure, that believes in them when they don’t even believe in themselves. It’s a God-given, other-centered commitment to our partner that “always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.” 
This is the kind of love that is so powerful that it “never fails.” It says, “No matter what, I’m with you.” That’s what agape love is–the love that keeps on giving and giving.
Eros love has to do with heightened emotions and raw attraction. Phileo love has to do with friendship, communion, and sharing. Agape love has to do with unconditional loyalty and sacrificial commitment. 
In fact, agape love can be summed up best by the following statement: It’s giving others what they need most when they deserve it the least.
If you thought to yourself after you read that summary, That sounds impossible, you’re right! Agape love is impossible! Agape love cannot be manufactured by human effort or willpower, and yet it is absolutely essential for deep love, and lasting relationship.
Agape love is the only love that lasts. God’s love is unchangeable, intense, caring, and without end (for the believer only.) 

JESUS SAID:

“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends”.[John 15:12‭-‬13]

“The love of God is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39). “Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen” (Ephesians 6:24).

HOW LONG

How long are you going to keep sinning,and say God understands ? When He clearly says,
” Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother” {1 John 3:4-10 }.
LISTEN :
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.{I John 1:8-10}
How long are you going to let the devil entice you,to keep sinning,is he your father?
Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
[John 8:34-36, 44-47 ]
STOP BEING A SLAVE TO SIN:
And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord , choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord .”
[Joshua 24:15 ]
Do you want to turn your life over to God,you can get started, by going to the salvation page at the top of this blog.

THINGS THAT WILL SEND YOU TO HELL

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Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.{1 Corinthians 6:9‭-‬11}

LISTEN:

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord , the temple of the Lord , the temple of the Lord  are these.’ “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. “Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, ” says the Lord . “But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord , “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer, therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren— the whole posterity of Ephraim. “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you. Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they  pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger. Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord . “ Do  they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?” Therefore thus says the Lord God : “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”[Jeremiah 7:3‭-‬20]

THINK POSITIVE 

​Thoughts & Beliefs

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.{Philippians 4:8‭-‬9}

Then Proverb 24:7 reminds us that,

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…

Mark 11:23 

…and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he said. 

+What you allow yourself to continue to think about you will eventually believe.  

+What you believe you will eventually exercise faith in. 

+And what you continue to exercise faith in will eventually materialized in your life. 

+Remember it all starts with Thoughts and Beliefs. 

+Let the Word of God be your meditation day and night. You will eventually developed a strong Belief, Faith, Trust and Conviction in the Word of God. 

+ And finally you will demonstrate the kind of faith that will make you prosper and have good success. 

Our mindset should be God said it,I believe it,and that settles it.

LISTEN:

3 John 1:2 

Beloved, I wish above all things that you may PROSPER and be in HEALTH, even as your soul prospers. 

+If you are sick God wants you HEALED, and if you are in good health God DOES NOT want you sick. 

Jeremiah 30:17 

For I will restore HEALTH unto you, and I will HEAL you of your wounds…

Psalm 107:20 

He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 

Deuteronomy 34:7 

And Moses was a 120 years old when he died: his eye was not dim (perfect vision), nor his natural (body) force abated (lessen, reduce or decreased). 

+May the Good Lord bless us all with good health and strength as He did with Moses. Hallelujah!

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

EYES TO SEE,YET BLIND

​If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.(2 Corinthians 4:3‭-‬7)

EVIL AND HATEFUL PEOPLE ,are walking in darkness,the Bible says,

“And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before. Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining. If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness. I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus. I am writing to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I am writing to you who are young in the faith because you have won your battle with the evil one. I have written to you who are God’s children because you know the Father. I have written to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God’s word lives in your hearts, and you have won your battle with the evil one. Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever”. [1 John 2:3‭-‬17 ]

2 Corinthians 4:4

In whom the god of this world has BLINDED the MINDS of them which BELIEVE NOT…

+Remember the devil (Satan) uses doubt, unbelief, etc as a means to blind the minds of individuals when it comes to the things pertaining to Christ and the Kingdom of God. 

 Romans 1:28 

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a REPROBATE MIND, to do those things which are not convenient. 

+As for those who rejected and the things of God out of their minds God gave them over to a REPROBATE MIND.  

+A REPROBATE MIND is a sinful, wicked, evil, unrighteous and unholy mind that is destined to damnation. 

+It is detrimental to our existence NOT to retain God in our minds. 

+Again we shall know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall MAKE us FREE. 

Isaiah 26:3-4

3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you. 

4 Trust in the LORD forever: for in the LORD GOD is everlasting strength: 

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS 

​What kind of news,are you spreading? Will it encourage or bless someone? Will it build or tear down?

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! {Isaiah 52:7}.

Jesus’s birth was good news over two thousand years ago,and it’s still good news today to those who want to be delivered,and set free from the curse of death and hell.

LISTEN:

“But the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David! And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.” Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying, “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.” {Luke 2:10‭-‬14}

Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news! He is bringing a message of peace. Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah, and fulfill all your vows, for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again. They will be completely destroyed! [Nahum 1:15].

Uplift someone today with some good news,kill the gossip that will hurt someone.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 

4 In whom the god of this world has BLINDED the MINDS of them which BELIEVE NOT, lest the light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ, Who is the Image of God, should shine unto them. 

+A BLINDED MIND is more difficult to deal with than BLINDED EYES. 

+Why are some people’s MIND BLINDED? The Word of God says because they BELIEVED NOT the Glorious Gospel of Christ. 

+The principle here is that Doubt, Unbelief, Lack of Faith, etc are all symptoms of a BLINDED MIND. 

+Keep in mind that the god of this world (satan, the devil) uses  Doubt, Unbelief, Lack of Faith, etc to BLIND the MINDS of many individuals.  

John 8:32 

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 

+Thank God we are FREE in our Minds because we have the MIND of Christ.  

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

NO POINT IN WORRYING 

I don’t worry,and I don’t fret,because God never fails me yet. When you stand on His word and promises,then all worry and fear will disappear.

Here is one of His promises,I live by:

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?   Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?   Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?   And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:   And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.   Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?   Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?   (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.   But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.   Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.{Matthew 6:25‭-‬34}

Then I back it up with,”Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.  Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you”{Philippians 4:6‭-‬9}

The key to not worrying is to do this: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord , and depart from evil.  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.  Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine”.[Proverbs 3:5‭-‬10]