Hello my most Wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much. So nice to be able to talk to you today. I had actually written to you all very early in the morning yesterday. I mentioned some things that I thought were really important. I had written quite a bit. When I neared the end of my communication to you; who knows what happened next. I hit a button that was only supposed to start a new paragraph, (like all of the other paragraphs), and….before I could stop it, everything turned blue and-you guessed it; all was erased.
I started to get so discouraged but I immediately stopped. What I think happens at these times when my heartfelt words to you are mysteriously erased is this; I think that perhaps I was sharing something that the LORD really wanted me to share. And since we/I have a very real enemy of our souls; satan and his minions of demons will do everything in their very limited power to try to stop God’s Will from being performed and God’s WORD from being proclaimed.
However, I was able to go to the Mission and teach my Bible Study last night. And well, you can see that I am back at my computer writing to you. It is a win win situation. And I did not defeat myself by getting a bad attitude. I am actually getting better about not getting bad attitudes and being more gracious, forgiving more easily and not becoming bitter. Thank You to the Holy Spirit Who leads me and guides me into God’s Perfect Plan and Who teaches me to live in obedience to God and bring Him glory, and Who changes me and my heart from the inside out.
I have definitely been praying and fasting about these issues of my heart, and that I may have Godly character and integrity. I definitely usually try to be a loving, compassionate and patient person with people. God of course wants me to. But I believe I have shared before that I have encountered people in my life that have just been set on destroying me over and over. It is those people that I have to protect my heart and attitudes against. God does not tell me to love those people who love me and are good to me. That is easy right? God tells me to love those who hate me. To love my enemies. And although I do not feel that I have people who are my enemies; apparently some people over the years have felt they wanted to be enemies of mine.
Anyway at the conclusion of our Bible Study together last night; one of the members of our class said something to me that I felt was the biggest compliment that I could receive. He said, “That was a good Bible Study, you did your homework.” Let me share why that was so important to me but first let’s pray.
Dear LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth, God Almighty Maker of Heaven and earth, Holy Spirit, our One Triune God, We love You. We praise You. We are thankful to You for Who You are and Whose we are. You are Glorious LORD. You are Holy. You are Magnificent.
Thank You for choosing to do this Life’s Journey with us LORD. You are EL-Ra-ee. The God Who Sees. You are Omniscient/all knowing. But not only do You see all, You are also Jehovah Shammah, the LORD Who Is Here, right here with us right now. You are Omnipresent. You are not only with us and me, You are with all of Your 7 billion people on this earth at the exact same moment.
You are also Omnipotent. You are all powerful. It is Your very nature God. And You empower us, Your children. You give us dominion over the earth. You gave this dominion to your very first creation, the man Adam. He squandered it and satan took over. BUT GOD!…Then Jesus came. He was born, lived, taught with all wisdom, loved with all passion, died the horrendous death on the Cross after being tortured for us and taking away all of our sins so that we can have eternal life with Him.
Jesus arose from the grave. He was seen by multitudes for 40 days after He arose. He again loved perfectly, taught about the Kingdom of God gave His disciples instructions; which then became our instructions in His Bible. He ascended into Heaven and sits on the Right Hand of God the Father. He intercedes in prayer for us! Glory to You God! You as God the Son, Jesus Christ, are praying for us!
You give us Your Dunamis Power, Your Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us into all TRUTH as we live and abide in You and You live and abide in us! Thank YOU LORD. Life doesn’t get any better than this. LORD use us, send us, equip us, provide for us, protect us, so we can go forth as Your mighty soldiers of love. So we can be used by You to change Your world for the better and bring You precious souls, glory, honor and pleasure. We ask this in the Precious Name of Jesus. We thank You in advance. Amen. Glory to God!
PSALM 139:23, 24 SEARCH ME OH GOD AND KNOW MY HEART; TEST ME AND KNOW MY ANXIOUS THOUGHTS. SEE IF THERE BE ANY WICKED WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING. (niv)
EZEKIEL 36:26 I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU; I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH. I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU AND CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND YOU WILL KEEP MY JUDGMENTS AND DO THEM. (nkjv)
So, back to why the statement made by my Christian brother in the Bible study last night meant so much to me. You see when anyone is called, anointed or sent by God to teach His WORD, His Gospel; they,( we, you, I) are held to a higher standard. (Oh and by the way, we are all called by God to do His will, to be sent forth by God to be His oracles, His heralds, His scribes, His distribution centers, His Heart and His Hands extended to His hurting people. This is the Great Commission.)
MATTHEW 28:18-20 THEN JESUS CAME TO THEM AND SAID, “ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. AND SURELY I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE VERY END OF THE AGE.”
JAMES 3:1 NOT MANY OF YOU SHOULD BECOME TEACHERS, MY FELLOW BELIEVERS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT WE WHO TEACH WILL BE JUDGED MORE STRICTLY.
So the fact that this person gave me the compliment that I did my homework before leading the Bible study meant so much to me. I have such a respect and reverence for God’s Holy WORD and if I am going to attempt to teach It to others, I want to be sure that I represent God correctly. I pray and fast and ask God what He wants me to share with His people. It is a great privilege, honor and responsibility. I definitely don’t take it lightly.
I also really try to live my entire life to please God and bring Him glory. To do this I have a dependent, intimate relationship with God the Creator of the Universe. He is my Everything. It is all about Jesus. You never know when you may be the only “Bible” that people ever read. This popular Christian saying means that we are to be walking Epistles. Our lives should reflect the God that we believe in. We should let our lights shine forth to the glory of the LORD. We should draw people to God. We should not only talk the talk but we should walk the walk, (another saying).
Well I had better close for now. Until we get to talk again, please remember that I love you. And most importantly Jesus loves you. I pray all of God’s blessings and protection upon you and all of your generations. (Neat thought: those of us who accept Jesus Christ as our LORD and Savior; we will all get to meet face to face some day in Heaven and spend eternity together.)