Good morning bright and early, (at least for me) my wonderful World Wide Family. It is awesome to have you all to talk to and to share with about the Lord.
Dear Lord please bless everyone of Your people that You have created for Your pleasure and glory and to have an intimate relationship with. Lord draw all mankind to You and those who have gone astray draw them back to You. Protect them all wherever they are and their immediate families and all of their future generations. Lord please help us to desire to be part of Your solution for mankind for such a time as this and not part of the problem. Endow us with Your perfect abundant love and help us to forgive when we need to and not become bitter. Please lead us into our purpose and destiny that You created us for with the gifts that You prepared for us before we were even formed. I love You Lord. I ask this in Jesus Name. Thank You Lord.
So sorry, the last time I wrote to you a few days ago, my computer was acting crazy and the font went to such a small size that I could not even see what I was writing. Unfortunately now that I can see what I previously wrote, I can see that there were quite a few errors. I did a’ google’ search to see if I could find a solution if this were to ever happen again and I did find out that if you press ‘control-+’ you can increase the font size. I am sure that this is basic knowledge to most, however if you ever read my first blog–I am still learning computer skills.
In fact I explained that the only reason that I was even able to start this blog was because the Holy Spirit taught me step by step how to create it and what tutorials to read, and how to subscribe for another year! I feel that He tells me each time what I will write about by putting a thought on my heart or in my spirit to share. And sometimes I have a thought that I have learned from Bible College or from listening to a preacher and I want to share this also. My only goal is to help anyone who is interested and to offer information about the LORD to anyone who reads these blogs. If I ever make mistakes or misrepresent the LORD by error, I will be glad to publicly apologize. (On the World Wide Web-that is pretty public.) It would never be my intention to misrepresent God, only to share Him.
I did also initially explain that because computer knowledge is definitely not my area of expertise,{yet}, (to say the least), I am not able to respond to any comments. I am however grateful to all of those who have written such nice and encouraging comments. This has never gone unnoticed and I pray for you. God bless you all. It is really my only desire to share God and my love for the Lord with everyone. Not to act as if I have all or any of the answers because its not at all about me. It is only all about HIM. He has all of the answers and HE is the ANSWER to everything. I love him with all of my heart! I want all of you to love Him also.
The title that I used: “If you are not a part of the solution, you are part of the problem” was something that my 4th grade math teacher used to say. This comment has stuck with me all of my life. I also remember that the Pastor of the church that I used to attend when I was a teenager, said that our conscience is like a triangle with 3 sharp points. Every time we sin and we don’t repent, the sharp triangular points are warn down and become smoother and smoother until they turn into a circle that no longer pricks our conscience nor our hearts.
I think some people are bothered by the word repent. I have learned that it means to turn around from the bad that you are doing and go in the other direction toward God. I personally find that I have a desire to repent and it is necessary for me to repent because I want my heart, soul and spirit to be pure before the LORD so that I don’t stand in the way of the destiny that He has for me.
I know that JESUS CHRIST died once and for always for the sins of the world and He bore all of my sins for me even before I was born. I know that when I accepted Him as my Lord and Savior He gave me eternal life with Him and filled me with His Holy Spirit, (Who is named the Paraklete-the Comforter, Who gives me/us His Dunamis Power.) I am eternally grateful to my LORD. He is the entire center of Christianity. He is LORD, He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Him.
I do acknowledge to God when I have sinned, have a bad attitude, have an offense toward someone, have lack of faith and anything else that I feel may grieve the Holy Spirit and the LORD. He of course already knows anyway. He is Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent. I think that this only makes sense to repent. If we would apologize to a person for the same reasons why wouldn’t we even more so apologize to our God. He desires this personal relationship with Him. He desires to be the center of our world. He is the center of mine.
I am wondering if we are willing to be a part of the solution for our world now at this time in history. Are we willing to stand up for Christian values? Even if it costs us something? Or especially if it costs us something or everything? God gave up His Only Beloved, Begotten Son Jesus Christ to take away the sins of the world, to conquer death, hell and the grave. Isn’t it the least that we can do? I for one am glad to. I am honored to.
Some of the people that I am most respectful of during these recent times are everyday people that stood up for their beliefs in God and didn’t waver in their Christian values. A few of these are:
1. the owner of Hobby Lobby-who did not want his insurance monies to go toward paying for abortions. (I’m sure the legal defense was costly, God bless you. I love Hobby Lobby-an amazing shopping experience! Heavenly.)
2. The Legal Aide person, (sorry I don’t know her title), who would not sign the marriage certificates for gay couples because it was against her Christian values. (She even went to jail for the Lord, God bless you! When they tried to humiliate her by asking her about her past life before she became a Christian, she boldly admitted the lifestyle she had lived then and compared it to the life she lives now in Christ) Isn’t this the way it is for many of us? I know that my life before Christ was something else and that it is only because of HIM that my life is forever changed.
3. There was a politician who stood up for His values of celebrating Christ at Christmas time when another politician said she wanted this removed and this man’s faithfulness was honored. (God bless you for standing up even in your very public position.)
4. There was a Fire Chief down south who had written a book that included his Christian values. I think he had held this position for 30 plus years. He was dismissed after his book was published. (God bless you sir. Thank you for standing up for Christ, you are an awesome inspiration. Thank you for your years serving in the Fire Department. God bless you and your family. You are a hero!)
Are you serious? Are Christians the only group of people who cannot have their Freedom of Speech? I think not! We have just as many rights as others. And in light of eternity we have additional rights in Christ. No matter what people want to say America is One Nation Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all!
And of course first and foremost the martyrs for Christ around world in our current times. God bless you and all of your families, you will be richly rewarded by our LORD. There have been countless numbers of modern day heroes and world changers who are not afraid of taking a stand for Christ. There are those who will arise in the future. God bless you everyone! I love you all. You are amazing! Remember you are never stronger than when you are on your knees in prayer. Let’s do War Room Prayers in the Love of Christ.
2 CORINTHIANS 10:4 FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL, BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONG HOLDS.
JOHN 14:6 JESUS ANSWERED “I AM THE WAY , THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.”
LUKE 9:26 WHOEVER IS ASHAMED OF ME AND MY WORDS, THE SON OF MAN WILL BE ASHAMED OF THEM WHEN HE COMES IN HIS GLORY AND IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER AND OF THE HOLY ANGELS.
PSALM 139:13, 16 FOR YOU CREATED MY INMOST BEING; YOU KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER’S WOMB…YOUR EYES SAW MY UNFORMED BODY; ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOK BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME TO BE.
EPHESIANS 2:10 FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND, THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:7 A SPIRITUAL GIFT IS GIVEN TO EACH OF US SO WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
Well I need to go now. Until we get to speak again, I love you all. Jesus loves you all and He will never leave you nor forsake you. You are never alone. God bless you always!