Jesus Poem

 John Chapter 14:6 abbr

 ... “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

 

Jesus Poem

 

 He loves you he knows you
He knows what you are going through
He knew that Adam and Eve would not pass the test
they may have been unfaithful to Him but He never gave up on them
His loyalty His faithfulness is from the beginning and to the end, but there is no end....

He loves you
He wants you
He sacrificed Himself on the cross to redeem you
He allowed the brokenness of the world because He wanted all of His children
He knows who are His;
Yes, the children of the fallen world is His inheritance


His inheritance cannot be taken away or stolen
He wants you to believe in Him
so that you will live in His presence forever.


Don't deny that you need the Lord
He knows exactly what you are going through
nothing that has happened is a surprise to Him
but He needs you to listen and to open your heart
dare to dream again
and give your heart to Him.

A Son Is Given

 
Judges chapter 13


Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.  Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.  For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

So the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name. And He said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’ ”

Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, and said, “O my Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come to us again and teach us what we shall do for the child who will be born.” And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came to the woman again as she was sitting in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her. Then the woman ran in haste and told her husband, and said to him, “Look, the Man who came to me the other day has just now appeared to me!”

 So Manoah arose and followed his wife. When he came to the Man, he said to Him, “Are You the Man who spoke to this woman?” And He said, “I am.”  Manoah said, “Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy’s rule of life, and his work?” So the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful.  She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe.”

Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You.”  And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Though you detain Me, I will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the Lord.)  Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “What is Your name, that when Your words come to pass we may honor You?”

 And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask My name, seeing it is wonderful?”

So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it upon the rock to the Lord. And He did a wondrous thing while Manoah and his wife looked on— it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground.  When the Angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and his wife, then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of the Lord.

 And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God!”

 
 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time.” So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.  And the Spirit of the Lord began to move upon him at  Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

 

 
We can rely on God's word; He always come through. If you have heard a word from God, just trust in Him and in His name. He will see you through the hard times, and His word will never fade away. It will accomplish it's goal in your life.


In the past, the Lord manifested himself in many ways, as He still does today. In today's world, we are distracted by our own accomplishments and goals that we are not aware just how much God influences the world. Man is quick to believe that everything that happens here on earth is because of his own power and strength.


We cannot begin to comprehend the vast power and strength of the Lord. He gives His power and authority to whomever He pleases, and we are able to do mighty things in the earth according to God's will, and that covers small miracles up to the ones that man cannot deny or explain.


In the scripture above, the Lord visited a childless couple. He wanted to bring forth a judge into the land of Israel that could fight against their enemies. Notice that the Lord dedicated this child to Himself even before it was born, and that He ordered that the child live a holy life dedicated to Him. The first requirement for doing mighty works in the earth is that you have a close relationship with God, and that means that you must accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. This act gives you the power and authority to live in the earth as God's special representative and ambassador for the Kingdom of God.


The childless couple obeyed the word of the Lord, and the wife gave birth to a son. Now the son obeyed his parents and lived the holy life that he was commanded to live by the Lord. The Holy Spirit was given to God's special emissary and judge to the people of Israel. This is important, because Samson would not have been able to do the things he was destined to do without the power and authority of the Holy Spirit. Today, we must read the word of God and accept that it is the truth and our guide for righteous living. Once the word of God is in our hearts and minds, the Holy Spirit gives us the ability to live according to his word.

We cannot live the life that God expects us to live without the Holy Spirit. Anyone who says that they are a christian yet has no power or ability to live a holy life is deluding no one but themselves. People know when you actually believe the words that come from your mouth. The words of our mouths and the state of our hearts will testify against us when Jesus Christ comes back again to claim this world
for His Father and for the children of God.

If we were to follow Samson's story, we would find that he was not a perfect servant of the Lord. He would often do things that were worldly and selfish, but the Lord still chose to use him. He took advantage of Samson's  questionable actions to punish the philistines. In the end, Samson killed many of Israel's enemies all by himself with the power of the Holy Spirit in his heart.  God's people could never claim that they defeated their enemies on their own. Why would the Lord use such a weak and broken vessel?


It is a testament to God's power and glory. No one can function in this world and accomplish all of their goals without His authority to do so. It does not matter if the person is a believer or non believer. The Lord determines the fate of every living creature, and He will use anyone regardless of their weaknesses. The true believer understands this, but the non believer thinks it was their own effort that made them famous, powerful, productive, etc... The Lord will use anyone to manifest His agenda
upon the earth.

When you see the impossible manifesting itself into your lives, that is a sure sign of God working behind the scenes. Even the smallest miracle has a long determining effect on its environment. The Lord's word, power and authority has a major effect upon our lives and the whole world.


God's miracles can be subtle or grand, like the sign of a baby being born in a manger, or the epic struggle of the people of God walking through a sea to the other side to escape from their enemies. They are both miracles, but one is overlooked by many people because it is not big or grand, but the miracle of the the Son of God allowing himself to be born to human parents in the worst place ever for any child to be born is more significant than Moses parting the red sea. People often want to see the
big miracles so that they can believe, but even when big miracles happen in their own lives, they often dismiss it as a coincidence or luck. They never stop for a moment to thank God for their 'good fortune'.



A son was born, a life was given so that we may have hope that our lives here actually have meaning, that with all that we suffer, God is still in control of the earth and that He will make every tear and hurt count against the devil and his demons hold upon the world. Good will conquer evil and will bring true balance back into the world, meaning love, hope, and joy will destroy hate, despair, and nothingness.


The Lord visits us when we have a job or task to do for Him on His behalf. The 'angel of the Lord' came to visit this childless couple to declare the work the Lord would do in their lives. He showed His kindness to them and gave them the marvelous miracle of a son who would ultimately save his people Israel. God gave them this gift because He knew that they would be able to accomplish everything that
He commanded them to do regarding their child. It may seem like the Lord has abandoned you and you may not feel special or valuable, but that is far from the truth. He sees all of your struggles, and He is impressed by the fact that you have stayed within His will regardless of the problems and the pains of this life. He is ready to reward you with a special gift, a reward for your loyalty to Him.


This 'angel of the Lord', I believe that He was not just an ordinary angel. He came to tell them that they would have a child, and He told them how the child must live a holy life. They also had to live holy lives. In this story we see that the couple believes the  story of this 'angel' which is important. You must believe the word of God before you will act upon it. They decide to make a sacrifice to God as a means of thanking Him for His mercy. When their sacrifice is made, the 'angel' shows His true power and authority by accepting the couple's sacrifice and traveling all the way up to heaven with that sacrifice as a confirmation of everything that had happened and what would happen in the future of this couple's lives.


When the husband saw what had happened to the sacrifice and the miraculous disappearance of the 'angel', he became afraid and started to wonder if he would die. He believed that anyone who would see God in this manner would die, but his wife, who was filled with wisdom and common sense, said to him if the Lord showed Himself to them and told them that they would have a son, that means that they would continue to live. This couple believed that they had seen God. I believe that this was one of many occurrences of Jesus Christ appearing in the world before he was born to Mary and Joseph in the manger. Father God wanted His Son to declare the message to this couple so that they would believe this word was from the Lord.


When the man asked the 'angel' what was his name, the 'angel' said his name was "wonderful". Where in the bible does the prophet declare the name(s) of the soon coming messiah into the world?

Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6:

For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
WONDERFUL, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace......


The Lord shows up in our lives in the best of circumstances and in the worst of circumstances. Jesus Christ knows who He is and He knows those who are His own. He will never leave you nor forsake you. He will make a way out of no way, and He will show the way that you must live for His mercy's sake.



The Lord is speaking to you right now about what He wants to do with your life. Don't ignore the prompting of the Holy Spirit. You may believe that you can't be used by Him, but you are wrong. He can use anyone, and whatever that hope is in your heart, it is  something that the Lord will do through you because He has already prepared you for what is coming in your life. Don't believe the fear and doubt that is speaking to your mind; put your trust in Him.

Why We Need The Fear Of The Lord

 Job 28:28

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”


Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His praise endures forever.



The fear of the Lord is about honoring the one who created you and who has saved you from yourself. We live in a world where respect is only given to those who are rich, famous, or powerful. Money cannot give you real peace or joy, being famous often isolates the person who is famous from everything and everyone else, and the power of man is an illusion; true power comes from being in a relationship with our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.


We need to be aware of who He is and what He has saved us from.  People do not really like to talk about evil or its effect on the world. Non believers tend to play down the slow destruction that we see in the world today. We cannot save the world or ourselves, but that is a tough pill for many to swallow. Some like to believe that if they have more knowledge, more power, more resources, more positive mental energy that the smoke of the fire in the distance of our own making will just magically disappear.


God is looking for those who are willing to acknowledge His presence and have faith in Him. The beginning of real knowledge and wisdom comes when we realize that we cannot change our hearts without the strong, gentle, sweet presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. Without that driving force guiding our thoughts and decisions, we cannot hope to succeed in life according to God's word and His standards.

Success in God means to respect who He is and to give our lives to Him. It means loving Him and to be willing to obey Him. It means acknowledging that there is someone more powerful than we could ever be. It means worship, prayer, and praise given to Him on a daily basis. It means practicing the fear of the Lord.

Don't Worry, Be Patient

 Proverbs Chapter 3 5-6

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.


It is hard sometimes not to worry; we need a little reassurance from the Lord when things seem bleak. The toughest times are the right times to exercise your faith, your conviction about the one who loves you and who saved you, Jesus Christ.

The Lord gave this message to me after I thought about everything that has happened in the last 10 days. He told me in my heart, "Don't worry, be patient". It is hard not to get a little anxious what with all that has happened in the past year. Much of what happened I would never have thought could ever happen in America. I was not prepared for the blatant takeover of all of our lives by God's enemy, the devil.


We know that truth and justice will reign because God will not exist anywhere where there is no truth or justice.


These are the times when we must pray and meditate on God's word. We need to be serious about our profession of faith. We can feel fear and anxiety sometimes, and anyone who says they have never been afraid sometime in their life is lying to everyone else and also possibly to themselves. It is what we do with our fears and doubts that make the difference.


If we give in to despair, the devil wins and we cannot be effective tools in the hand of God, but if we decide that we will believe in Jesus Christ and in His word, and give all of our fears and doubts to Him, He will heal our hearts and restore our souls with peace, joy, and love.

God says to His children, "Don't worry, be patient", because He is at work in this land and in the world to restore our hopes, to bring victory to His people, and to delivery justice by His hand so that the world will finally have indisputable truth that there is a GOD in HEAVEN and that HE reigns with absolute authority.


Whatever HE allows is for our own good, and whatever HE CONQUERS will NEVER stand up TO FIGHT AGAIN!

Never give up, Never give in

 
John Chapter 6 53-69

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down  from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.


On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing.The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.”For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.  He went on to say,“This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”

From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”


We are here to be ambassadors to the world, to show the light of Jesus Christ
in a dark world. We are not here to promote the world's idea of a perfect world
or their ideas of what a perfect civilization should be.

We need to believe in the person who saved us, Jesus Christ. We need to show
love and kindness to others, but most the most important thing that we need
to do is keep our loyalty to the Lord and to live according to God's word.

Whether in good times or bad, whether we have a lot of things or very little
in possessions, whether we are rich or poor, the only valuable thing that
is necessary to live this life is a close and intimate relationship with
the God who created us. Everything else is just an illusion.

Let us pray for the people of God, let us keep the hope of glory in our hearts.
Let us allow the Holy Spirit to comfort us in the the midst of darkness and confusion.
Let us pray for the people who are still living in the darkness that
they may be saved, for there is very little time left for redemption in Jesus Christ.

Keep praying for God's will to be done in this country, especially in Washington DC.
Regardless of what you see going on there right now, God is still in charge, and
whatever the outcome, His justice will be served.


Please pray for those whose lives have been upset because the world does not want
to hear what they have to say about the real state of affairs in this country. People
are being persecuted for their unpopular ideas, and just in case you do not know, that means
the christian point of view as well. Pray that they will keep the faith and call
on the Lord for help in these times of distress.


PRAY FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF GOD'S PEOPLE AND THAT JUSTICE WILL REIGN IN THE EARTH!

It's Never Over When You Are In Jesus Christ

 2 Chronicles chapter 20 15-17

 He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.  Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel.  You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’”

 

 

When does the Lord fight your battles on your behalf? Every single day, but sometimes we feel like we are in the battle by ourselves. We feel let down and depressed, and then we think the Lord doesn't see our struggles; we feel defeated. But that is the place the Lord needs us to be so that we would stop focusing on our problems and begin to focus upon Him as the perfect solution that we have been waiting for.

Many times it is not easy to wait for God's answer, but waiting is part of the solution. We don't know the right time for the answer to our prayers to manifest itself in our lives, but God does. If the answer to your prayer is yes, He will wait until the right time to make it happen, and it will be a complete victory for you and God will get all of the glory! 

God told me to write this at this time because He wants you to know that He is aware of what is happening in America right now, and that it is time for all of our prayers to be answered. You will be surprised how He will answer our needs  in this country, because Justice will be done, and justice is not always nice and neat or pretty, but it is fulfilling.

We have to believe that He knows what is best for us, and that ungodly political agendas will not be able to take over the world without His authority - keeping our focus upon Him is what will keep us calm and peaceful within our hearts as the rest of the world loses sight of what is really important . We are the children of the most High God, so we need to show what is special about the Kingdom of God by living according to His word, and then allow Him to work through us with our prayers and our faith. 

This is the time that we need to show the whole world why we believe in Him and how much we trust Him with our lives and with our circumstances.

Keep on praying to Him - Keep on praising Him - Keep up your worship and devotion time with Him, and Keep on showing the Love of God that resides in our hearts to those who are lost in the darkness, who are unable to the see the light of God except that they see it in our eyes and in our lives. 

KEEP HOPE ALIVE MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN CHRIST, BECAUSE  WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE LIVING GOD SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT IN THE LIVES OF EVERYONE ON THIS EARTH!

                                   HALLELUJAH!  -   PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!

 

It's The Fear That Hampers Our Victory

 2 Kings Chapter 13:14-20

 Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” Elisha said, “Get a bow and some arrows,” and he did so. “Take the bow in your hands,” he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. “Open the east window,” he said, and he opened it. “Shoot!” Elisha said, and he shot. “The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!” Elisha declared. “You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.”

Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and the king took them. Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” He struck it three times and stopped.  The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.” Elisha died and was buried...

 

There are many verses in scriptures in the bible that I didn't fully understand, and thank God over the years my understanding has increased. This passage was one of that I did not fully understand. The prophet Elisha instructed the king to shoot arrows into the ground to demonstrate God's promise to the king of complete victory over his enemies. 

After the king shot the arrows, Elisha disapproved of his actions; in fact Elisha became angry and told the king that he would not totally defeat his enemy and would only defeat them three times.

 When the Lord tells you to do something and you do it, it should be because you have faith in Him and in what he wants you to do, but many times even though we do something that we are told to do by the Lord, we don't always have the faith to complete the task we we told to do. We allow our fears and doubts to cloud our judgement. Many times we don't want to believe that God can do what He says He will do.

It's just easier to believe the doctor's report. It is just easier to go along with what everyone else is doing. It makes us feel content to do nothing, when doing something will take us out of our comfort zone, but the Lord never said that we would not have to go through some trials and tribulations. We are transformed by using our spiritual muscles, and you cannot grow as a christian by playing it safe.

In the passage above, the king obeyed with his mind, but he may not have agreed with God's word in his heart. Elisha said if the king had shot more arrows, in other words if he had believed whole heartedly and shot more arrows of victory as he was instructed to do, he would have won completely over his enemies. The reason that the Lord asks us to worship and praise Him in our toughest times, the reason that we must declare the victory before it happens is because we are getting our hearts in tune with God's word and then the victory manifests because we believe it before we see it.

Remember, that just because you see certain people who are christians living the christian lifestyle that does not mean that they truly believe in Jesus Christ. You can talk the talk and walk the walk and still be lost. It is what we believe in our hearts about Jesus that makes the difference, and the way we live our lives reflects our love for Him. If you love Him, you will believe in Him and you will live out your life for Him.

 I suspect that fear and doubt made the king in this scripture to hold back and be hesitant about the true nature of God's power and authority. Please do not let your own fears and doubts prevent you from doing what God is asking you to do, Bring your fears and worries to the Lord and ask Him to help you overcome them and to give you the strength to do what He has asked you to do, and He will answer your prayer.