tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23386324998484795952024-02-08T13:16:36.010-06:00The Father's Lovehhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-74299679296259083922014-10-05T09:25:00.004-05:002014-10-05T09:27:50.480-05:00Fallow GroundIn praying for the lost, You brought to my mind Romans 5:7-8:<br />
:7 <i>"for one will hardly die for a righteous man, for perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die,</i><br />
<i> :8 but God demonstrated His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.</i><br />
What came to my mind was the hardness of heart, the fallow ground in the heart of the one I was praying for. How all his life he lived the first part of this scripture...<i>"all of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us have gone his own way,...but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.</i> Is 53:6<br />
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What man, who on this earth would be crucified, the most lowly, cruel, humiliating way to die, and to suffer the deepest most painful separation from God His Father, for someone that hated Him, for a criminal, an enemy of Him? Romans 5:7 says "perhaps for a good man...." but there is ONLY one sacrifice... Hebrews 10:12 that has redeemed all sinners if they choose to receive Jesus Christ.<br />
1 Peter 2:24 <i>and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness;</i><br />
Jesus
Christ was willing to "carry...up to the cross" my sin, your sin, the
sin of the whole world for even those who do not seek Him now, for those
with hardened hearts toward Him, who despise Him.<br />
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People who have not experienced the salvation through Jesus Christ, are according to God's word, blinded by the devil, (2 Cor 4:3-4) and their hearts are fallow ground.<br />
Hosea 10:12 ...in speaking to Israel whose hearts had turned away from Him... "Break up your fallow ground for it is time to seek the LORD...<br />
Fallow means "untilled" ground; hardened; Break up meaning "freshly till".<br />
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In other words, yield to God so that He can sow goodness, truth, righteousness and salvation into the soil of one's heart and the blindness be lifted to see "the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." This is the only place His Glory will be found!<br />
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<br />hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-58677919770232910822014-01-27T14:30:00.000-06:002014-01-27T14:46:35.226-06:00A Slight Thing<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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2 Kings 8 tells us of the battle of Israel against Moab involving three kings. King of
Israel, Jehoram, King of Judah, Jehoshaphat and King of Edom, (at that time a
tributary of Israel) went up
against Moab
to battle. As always it is amazing at the absolute power God displayed. The
LORD is mighty to do according to His will!</div>
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After deciding to go up against Moab, the 3 kings above traveled
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They called upon Elisha to inquire of the LORD. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The message from the LORD was for them to make
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A <b>SLIGHT</b> thing! To fill the dry trenches with water.! Verse :20 says “behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with
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When Moab
looking out to where Israel
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Then the Moabites thought that the kings had shed one another’s
blood and that encouraged them to attack the camp of the kings. When the they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites arose and struck them down. Thus
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Father You display Your compassion and power in all this. </div>
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Three kings: king of Israel, Jehoram, was evil in the
sight of the LORD. The king of Edom
was a heathen. But Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, had favor in Your eyes. (3:14}.
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Because of Jehoshaphat, who was the one that wanted to inquire of the LORD, Elisha spoke to them and answered
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God’s favor on Jehoshaphat and His power to defeat the enemy
shows His compassion toward His chosen people; it shows for us today that He is
able to orchestrate circumstances for victories in our life. Also always<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">, Jesus being our High Priest at His right hand interceding for us.</span></div>
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The battle is never ours but it belongs to Him. We stand on
victorious ground. We do not fight against the enemy because God has already
won that battle by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Victory is
now His forever.</div>
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As believers, God sees us as His chosen, covered with the blood
of Jesus Christ and He works His power within us expressing His love, grace, and
compassion to help and deliver us in the time of need.</div>
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We can have total confidence in a living God that knows our
every need and cares about the details of our lives. He is the One true Living
God!</div>
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Eph 3:20 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Now to Him
who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works within us,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:21 to Him be the
glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.</i></div>
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Numbers 14:9,27 </div>
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Two things stood out: Unbelief and grumbling; and the effect
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God repeatedly told the Israelites through Joshua and Caleb <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…: 9”do not be afraid...do not fear the
people of the land”.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The LORD spoke to
Moses and Aaron…:27 I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel
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Why should we not be afraid? Because we have a Savior, the Risen
Lord Jesus Christ who has conquered death, sin, the devil and the curse! </div>
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Fear is a spirit that brings death. Death that we may not
recognize because it comes in so many different forms. When allowed to, it establishes itself in
our soul. It feeds unbelief. </div>
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Jesus is our Warrior that has defeated completely all forms
of fear and death. Think of Him who has Risen, the glorious, majestic Lord
Jesus as when the Apostle John saw Him. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rev:14 His head and His
hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of
fire</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: 15 His feet were
like burnished bronze when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice
was like the sound of many waters…..</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: 17 The Apostle John
fell at His feet like a dead man… </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And He said “Do not be
afraid, I am the first and the last,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And the living One;
and I was dead and behold, I am alive forevermore</i>….” Rev 1:14-18</div>
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Keeping this vision of Jesus in our hearts and encouraging
our own hearts as well as others with it, will stifle fear, unbelief and every kind of
complaint. Jesus has already won the battles for us and is forever faithful to
us who believe in Him. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">His plans for us
are for</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">good and not for evil</i>….Jer
29:11.</div>
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Grumbling and complaining will influence our children, for
they learn by our examples. </div>
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Ultimately the words of complaint are against the Lord who
is able to turn everything around for good.</div>
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How much better to give them a vision of Jesus Christ, who
is the Prince of Peace, and the One who is our Shepherd and loves us so very
deeply?</div>
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Father, help us, Your beloved ones to “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">continually offer up a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that give
thanks to Your name.” </i>Hebrews 13:15 </div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-69656122287795245082013-11-15T08:54:00.002-06:002013-11-15T09:34:30.266-06:00During the Time<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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1 Peter 1:17 </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If you address as
Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct
yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth</i>. </div>
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We are sojourners aliens on this earth. The apostle Peter says "during the time" of your stay on earth.<br />
This
stood out as a reminder of this very important truth. For believers in Jesus Christ we will be going to our true home, to Him
who died for us, who rose from the dead for us and is now interceding
for us at the right hand of the Father.<br />
A truth that
enables those in the world that are being persecuted for their faith in
Christ to endure to the end. A truth that reminds all believers of this very short time we live on this earth. <br />
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This phrase “during the time of your stay on earth”… implies the reality that we are only temporarily
here on earth and are going somewhere else. That somewhere else is home to be
with You, Father. What great hope this gives us!</div>
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Your word refers to believers in Christ, the Risen as:</div>
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(Various translations use these
words here below in speaking of the faithful believers in Hebrews 11:13, and in Eph 2:19)</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pilgrims,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">strangers,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">exiles, </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">foreigners</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">visitors</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sojourners</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">aliens</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jesus Christ, Your
Son, has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into His own
Kingdom</i>. (Col.1:13) </div>
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We now belong to Him. to His kingdom, to live as citizens of
another country which is a heavenly country, a lasting city whose architect and
builder is God, Who has prepared that city for us (Hebrews 11:10, 14,16).</div>
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This is Truth: 1 Peter 1:3-5…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God…. has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,….:4 to obtain an inheritance which
is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for
you</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:5 who are protected
by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time.</i></div>
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Note from the Hebrew Key Study Bible on 1 Peter 1:5 “We are
being guarded by God who is in heaven while through faith we are awaiting our
LIBERATION from earth”.</div>
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Henry Alford, (1810-1871) an English bible scholar chose this inscription for his tombstone, <b>"the inn of a traveler on the way to Jerusalem".</b></div>
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Help me Father to walk mindful of the temporary life and journey
on this earth.<br />
It is but a moment in eternity.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1 Peter 1:24 All flesh
is like grass</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And all its glory like
the flower of grass,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The grass withers,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And the flower falls
off</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But the Word of the
LORD endures forever.</i></div>
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hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-18574512978132687002013-09-02T12:22:00.002-05:002013-09-02T12:22:19.475-05:00EnduredHebrews 12:2 ..fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him <i>endured</i> the Cross....<br />
The word "endure" is interesting in this passage.<br />
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Greek #5278 hupomeno-<br />
...to remain, to tarry behind<br />
...to persevere: under misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one's faith in Christ<br />
...to endure, bear bravely and calmly: ill treatments<br />
...to remain i.e.: abide not to recede or flee<br />
Jesus <i>remained</i> in the circumstances the Cross brought Him to<br />
He <i>held fast </i>to His faith and confidence in the Father<br />
He <i>bore bravely and calmly</i> the ill treatment of those He came to save; calmly in the sense He<br />
submitted to the humiliation of it <br />
He <i>did not flee</i> from the Cross <br />
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Father, Your Holy Son Jesus did not turn away from the Cross, from Your will in which You took pleasure to crush Him (Isaiah 53:10) for my sake. Step by step He fully obeyed.<br />
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How else can the glory of God be manifested in all of its purity but by being in the will of the Father?<br />
Pure without the stain of human interference or resistance.<br />
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Help me Father to obey Your Holy Spirit's promptings.<br />
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hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-52367957204643472352013-07-21T10:32:00.000-05:002013-07-21T10:42:52.403-05:00Thy Will, O God The thought came to my mind about Jesus at the right hand of the Father in eternity past. Jesus is One with the Father and Col 1:16 says that all things have been created for Him (Jesus) and through Him.<br />
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So in seeing Him sitting at the Father's right hand and the time for Jesus to leave His seat there and come to earth....would we dare to think there was a discussion about it? In our earthly minds we would have asked "Well, where am I going? How long am I staying? What am I going to do? Will they believe who I AM?<br />
No! Jesus did the perfect will of the Father without any discussion because He is One with the Father <br />
Hebrews 10:5-6 says<br />
<i> Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, </i><br />
<i> "Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not desired,</i><br />
<i> But a <b>body Thou hast prepared</b> for Me;</i><br />
<i> :6 In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin</i><br />
<i> Thou hast taken no pleasure.</i><br />
<i> :7 "Then I said 'Behold I have come (In the roll of the book it is written of Me) to do </i><br />
<i> <b>Thy will, O God.</b>' " </i><br />
Hebrews 10:12 ..<i>but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the </i><br />
<i>right hand of God . </i><br />
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He knew from eternity past the plan for mankind, that the Father had prepared Him a body<br />
for man's redemption.<br />
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The point in all this is that it brought home the fact that when the Holy Spirit prompts us to do<br />
something the Father really doesn't need His children to question and have a lengthy discussion <br />
about what He is directing us to do.<br />
<br />
The spontaneity of God in us will always be a blessing to someone and will have a purpose that we may understand or not understand. The important thing is to obey the prompting without hesitancy, doubt, or fear of what man will think.<br />
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Father, I simply ask the grace to obey Your promptings and to do Your will.hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-34094253933966190262013-05-24T08:49:00.000-05:002013-05-24T08:52:19.501-05:00Continually With You<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Ps 73:25 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And besides You
I desire nothing on earth</i>. </div>
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<br /></div>
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This Psalm has the most beautiful
expression of David’s knowledge that when his eyes and heart are on You, Your
presence fulfills him.</div>
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<br /></div>
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In this Psalm His eyes are on the wicked and how they
prosper and have the “good life”. </div>
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73:12 ..<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And always at
ease, they have increased in wealth</i>.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
:21 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">heart was embittered and I was pierced
within.</i></div>
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His heart was “soured”, swollen with what his eyes were
seeing. He was pierced, meaning like a sword that was “sharp” that had given
him much pain. </div>
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<br /></div>
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But then his heart and mind are turned toward You our Mighty
God.</div>
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<br /></div>
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These verses stood out:</div>
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:23 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nevertheles I am <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">continually with you</b></i></div>
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:25<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> And besides You I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">desire nothing on this earth</b>.</i></div>
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:28 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But as for me, the
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">nearness of God</b> is my good</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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You are speaking to me about the presence of God fulfilling every
hunger, every need that Your children have. Experiencing Your presence in our daily lives
will bring great joy and contentment no matter how routine or troublesome the
day is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we have our mind and heart
set on You, Your love is actively working in us Your will and Your thoughts as
we go through the day. </div>
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Proverb 16:3 (amp) says that when we commit our works to You<i> .. He will cause your thoughts to be agreeable to His will. </i></div>
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<br /></div>
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You are able to make us to live above the human emotions
that hide Your face from us.</div>
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Thank You for Your presence and teaching me to walk in the
awareness of Your life within.</div>
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hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-43601964015389948972013-05-18T08:06:00.000-05:002013-05-18T08:06:09.592-05:00No OtherIsaiah 45 is such a wonderful declaration of who You are, My Mighty Eternal God! No human can fully express Your greatness. Only Your own words can give to our human soul a glimpse of Your awesomeness and majesty.<br />
Is. 45 was written 150-200 years before Cyrus was used by You, O wondrous Lord, to set Your people free from the exile they were in. You even "gave the exact name of an unborn deliverer" . (note from Hebrew Key Bible) Who can match Your knowledge and wisdom?<br />
<i>:5 I am the Lord, and there is no other.</i><br />
<i>:6I am the Lord, and there is no other.</i><br />
<i>:8 I am the Lord, and there is no other</i><br />
<i>:22 For I am God, and there is no other</i><br />
<i>again, :5 besides Me there is no God</i><br />
<i> :6 There is no one besides me</i><br />
<i> :12 It is I who made the earth and created man upon it.</i><br />
<i> :18 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens</i><br />
<i> :21 There is no other God beside Me</i><br />
<i> A righteous God and a Savior.</i><br />
You are a God who has chosen to be our loving Father, our merciful Savior, and the Holy Spirit within to comfort and guide us <br />
Truly, You are the one true living God!hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-48218244935528298492013-05-06T09:43:00.000-05:002013-05-06T09:43:04.308-05:00A Long Distance<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In reading again Matt 14:22-33, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">: 22, 23... (Jesus went up on the mountain by Himself to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">: 24 <i>But the boat was already a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">long distance</span> from the land, battered by
the waves; for the wind was contrary.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The thought came to me about feeling like being a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">long distance</i> from the help needed, or feeling battered and tossed
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sometimes the awareness of Your
presence is dulled by life’s changing circumstances. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Father, You are always close for we are united (Romans 7:4),
You are in me and I am in You. I abide in You and You abide in me (John 15:4).</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When emotions dominate, the distance can indeed appear far
from our center, Christ Risen. But Truth, Your Word, stands into eternity. It
never changes and will hold us</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> steadfast with eyes fixed upon the Risen One, just as Peter
fixed his eyes upon Jesus and did the impossible.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Like a stake in the ground, Your truth will pierce to our
inner man to renew and restore our wandering mind to who You are, a Mighty God,
the God of the impossible!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-3238370894282615252013-05-05T09:08:00.001-05:002013-05-05T09:11:59.119-05:00A Great King<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Ps 95:8-11</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do not harden your
hearts, ….:10 for 40 years I loathed that generation,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And said they are a
people who err in their heart</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And they do not know
My ways.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:!! Therefore I swore
in My anger,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Truly they shall not
enter into My rest.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How revolutionary is the New Covenant!</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></div>
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This makes me so grateful for Jesus. What a tremendous gift
to not be under the judgment of God! To know that You are not angry with me. Certainly my heart wanders and lives life
for self. Certainly many times I have not listened to His promptings for fear
or other selfish reasons. </div>
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<br /></div>
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But You, My God, are Holy. You keep Your promises perfectly. And Your
love endures toward me forever without judgment. You love me as I am. What a
wonder that is!</div>
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:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">6 Come, let us
worship and bow down;</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let us kneel before
the Lord our Maker. </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For He is our God</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">we are the people of His pasture,
and the sheep of His hand</span>.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ps 95:3 For the LORD
is a great God</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And a great King above all gods, </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:4 In whose hand are the depths of the
earth,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
peaks of the mountains are His also.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">Yes, LORD, You are truly a
great King, who is able to rule as King in the lives of Your beloved.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A great King over my own will,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A great King over my time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A great King over my own desires,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A great King over my emotions,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A great King over my selfish self,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A great King over all my thoughts</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Candara;">A
great King over all my being!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">Yes, LORD, with You all
things are possible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara;">In You, and You alone is
my hope!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-35421979321238983592013-05-05T07:55:00.000-05:002013-05-05T07:55:11.260-05:00My Source<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Another aspect of fear is --fleeing because of feeling
inadequate; without sufficient resources (Abbot-Smith lexicon) Helps Study
Bible ..(Discovery Bible)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Wow. How many times have I “fled”, turned around, did not
obey because I did not trust that my “Source” was enough? I am glad that I
cannot know the number and to You, my Mighty God, You do not even look or
consider them.</div>
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Hebrews 8:12 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I will
forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more. </i>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>Ps 68:17 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The chariots
of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;</i>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>68:35<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O God
You are awesome from Your sanctuary.</i>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The God of Israel Himself gives strength and
power to the people,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Blessed be God </i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
As believers in Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, You
Father, have forgiven us and we are never alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your presence is always with us. You will
never forsake us. . (Matt 28:20;Hebrews 13:5) You hold all power in Your hands. And You
generously bestow that power to Your people when it accomplishes Your will;
when they call upon Your grace and help
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Matt 14:27 …<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">when the
disciples saw Jesus walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, “It is a
ghost!” And they cried out in fear. </i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:28 But <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">immediately</b> Jesus spoke to them, saying
“Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:30 (Peter walking on
the water) </i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But seeing the wind,
he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:31 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Immediately</b> Jesus stretched out His
hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you
doubt?”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
He was with them <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">immediately</i></b> when they cried out for
help. And He will do the same for His beloved children today.</div>
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Hebrews 13:5</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>..for He Himself has
said, “I WILL NEVER DESSERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
:6 so that we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">confidently
say</b>,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“THE LORD
IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>WHAT WILL
MAN DO TO ME?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Teach me, Father, to walk in the confidence of Your faithful love and mercy. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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The definition of fear according to Strong's and NAS concordances is <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<div class="discovery">
<b>5401</b> <i>phóbos</i> (from <i>phebomai</i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">, "to flee, withdraw</span>")
– <i>fear</i> (from Homer about 900 bc on) <a href="http://biblesuite.com/greek/5401.htm">5401</a> (<i>phóbos</i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">) meant <i>withdrawal</i></span>,
fleeing because feeling inadequate (<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">without sufficient</span> <i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">resources</span></i>, <i>Abbott-Smith</i>).</div>
<br />
So fear means according to the concordances, that we are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">withdrawing</i> ourselves from the LORD. I
have <span style="font-size: small;">n</span>ot thought of it like that before. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To flee, to separate myself from the One who
has created me and enveloped me in His love. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who has His angels constantly watching over
me, guarding me and keeping me safe. <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
How is it Father, that I would submit to this spirit of
fear? It has been defeated, trod down by the triumphant resurrection of our
Lord Jesus Christ.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
How is it that I would allow myself to panic, to be
intimidated, to avoid and flee from something because of fear and dread? To flee from the shelter of the Provider of all things!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You desire
the heart of every believer to yield to Your will and guidance.<br />
Simply to trust You.<br />
And though I
have missed much because of fear, You are the Redeemer, the Restorer of lost
opportunities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Your Grace is enough that when You remind us to call upon
its infinite supply, it is there to empower the weakest of souls; to conquer
this self that submits us to the enslavement of fear and causes us to turn away from
an opportunity to bless You and others.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Your marvelous love, proven and validated by the death and resurrection
of Jesus, is the antidote for this fear that wants to cripple believers. Your
love is deep, alive, always moving in our lives, forever stabilizing our lives
and filling us with faith, hope, and love itself.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
So grateful is my heart to You, the Living God, who hears
the cries of His people. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Thank you Father for once again teaching me and reminding me about Your perfect love!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-60728224358123699862013-04-27T12:49:00.001-05:002013-04-27T12:49:33.475-05:00Divne Love<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You have reminded me of scriptures that speak of a contrite
heart, which delight <u>Your</u> heart..</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ps 51:17</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The sacrifices of God
are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise</i>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was thinking of him and how sometimes it irritates me how
he will say something or we disagree etc…stuff that marriages experience all
the time. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am the one You have chosen to be one with him. I have the
privilege of listening and by grace to love no matter what. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You are able to fill his needs through Your love flowing to
him. Listening without condemning or judging is truly freedom. Blessing him,
loving him, accepting who You have created him to be becomes my liberty.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It’s hard sometimes, Father. The negative invades my mind
and heart seeking to control my emotions, seeking to affect me and sometimes
wins. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But You have already delivered me 2000 years ago.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thank You for Your love for me, his love for me and that I
am also precious to him. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You have chosen us to be one in Christ Jesus.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When You draw me to sit with You, to communion with You, You
always restore my soul. You make me to know it is not about me. My world is
very small. You make me to remember the deep Love You have for him. How
valuable and precious he is to You. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You make me to know this kind of Love You have called me to
is true and pure and unconditional. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You make me to know how beautiful Your kind of Love is. It
has no anger, bitterness, and resentment; it is FREE from these bondages. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It simply stands firm and does not change because of what it
sees. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You make me to know it is possible to love, not only those
closest to me but others also,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> by simply looking at and fixing my eyes on Jesus, Who has
sacrificed His life to express Your love to me.</span>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Your Divine love is truly beautiful, It is beauty itself.</span></div>
<br />
<br />hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-7072333953350979542013-04-07T08:49:00.000-05:002013-04-07T08:59:26.563-05:00It's No Different<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
It’s no different. Watching the Bible and sensing the
reality of You in Your resurrection. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It’s no different today. You are with me. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
When You asked Cornelius to go to Paul, the persecutor of
Your people, he went.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When You showed
Thomas Your crucified body, he believed. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
When You appeared to John on the island of Patmos,
he wrote what You asked him to.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It’s no different today. You are Jesus, God with us.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Whatever You ask of me, You will provide the grace to obey.
You are with me always.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Every moment, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>every
day. You are God with us.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You are the Alpha and
the Omega. </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You are the First and the Last,</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i> You are the Living One, </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>and You were
dead and behold, You are alive forevermore, and You have the keys of death and
of Hades. (Rev1)</i></span></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-24203861489538389752013-02-08T06:45:00.002-06:002013-02-08T06:49:35.277-06:00Poured OutWhat does God pour out to us? Believers are reminded of Romans
5:9<br />
“Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we
shall be saved from the <span class="highlight">wrath</span> <span class="highlight">of</span> <span class="highlight">God</span> through Him.”<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
He has mercifully given mankind a New Covenant sealed by the
blood of Jesus Christ. A covenant of love, mercy, and grace to those willing to
receive His sacrifice for sin.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Is 53:12 …<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He<strong> poured
out</strong></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Himself </i>to death.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Ps 22:14 I<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> am <strong>poured
out</strong> like water</i>, all my bones are out of joint;</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Ez 39:29 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">..I will have
<strong>poured out</strong> My Spirit</i> on the house of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>…</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Is 32:15<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…until the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spirit is <strong>poured out</strong> upon us</i> from on
high….</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Matt 26:28 For this is the blood of My covenant, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">which is <strong>poured out</strong></i> for many for the
forgiveness of sins.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Acts 10:45 …because the gift of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Holy Spirit</i> had <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">been <strong>poured
out</strong></i> on the Gentiles also.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>Romans 5:5 ..the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love
of God has been <strong>poured out</strong></i> within our hearts….</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>Titus 3:6 …and renewing by the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Holy Spirit</i>,</div>
: 6 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">whom He poured out</i>
upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>This great and mighty God and Savior has poured out Himself,
His Spirit, His blood, and His love so that we might “walk in a manner worthy
of Him who calls us into His own kingdom and glory.” </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
1 Thess 2:12</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
.."the kindness of God leads you to repentance." Romans 1:4 Thank You Father, for your kindness!</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-21692555953974916432013-02-04T12:25:00.000-06:002013-02-08T05:59:22.183-06:00Not Under Judgment<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
You have reminded me today of the immense privilege it is to
be Your child. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To live under a New
Covenant with my God. To NOT be under Your judgment. </div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
In reading the story of Achan in Joshua 7, I was reminded of
the consequences of disobeying the Law in the Old Covenant. </div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
When <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>
conquered the city of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jericho</st1:place></st1:city>
the warriors had been told not to plunder anything for themselves. All of the
silver, gold, and articles of bronze and iron were to go into the treasury of
the LORD.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
But Achan “ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">coveted
them</i> (articles of gold and silver) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and
took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent…”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
The LORD told Joshua as a result of this transgression, Israel
could not stand before their enemies, they had become accursed, and He “<em>will
not be with you anymore..”.</em></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
This was only resolved when Achan, his sons and daughters,
and all that he owned were</div>
taken out of the camp; they were first stoned to death and
then burned with fire. “..<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and the LORD
turned from the fierceness of His anger. ”<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Wow. </div>
This is just one instance of the wrath of God being poured
out and the severity of the consequences of transgressing the Law in the O.T. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
Jer 7:20 “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Behold, My anger and my wrath
will be poured out on this place…..”</i><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Nahum 1:6 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Who can stand before <span class="highlight">His</span>
indignation ? Who can endure the burning of <span class="highlight">His</span>
anger? <span class="highlight">His</span> <span class="highlight">wrath</span> is <span class="highlight">poured</span> <span class="highlight">out</span> like fire and
the rocks are broken up by Him</i>.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>Father, thank You for the New Covenant, for deliverance out of the darkness, out
from under judgment and for being free to worship You and receive Your
unconditional love.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-12843735010754079222013-02-02T08:54:00.002-06:002013-02-02T08:54:57.506-06:00The Little Girl
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">The Little
Girl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
2 Kings 5:2-3<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
The Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a
little girl from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">land</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Israel</st1:placename></st1:place>: and she waited
on Naaman’s wife.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
:3 She said to her mistress,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Samaria</st1:place></st1:city>! Then he would cure him of his
leprosy.”</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>This little girl was kidnapped from her family and taken by
Aramaen soldiers to a strange land to live and serve strangers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Your Word, Father does not give hardly any information about
her. What we can know from Your Word is that she believed in the God of Israel.
She knew Elisha was a true prophet and she knew that he did miracles.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>She must have seen Naaman’s wife in sorrow or discouragement
about his leprosy.</div>
They obviously did not know of a cure or have any hope for
one. <br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
“I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Samaria</st1:place></st1:city>! Then he would cure
him of his leprosy”</div>
Many translations have an exclamation mark after her
statement indicating it was said strongly with emphasis. When she spoke to the
wife, she spoke with an anointing, with such confidence that she was listened to and believed to the
extent that it sparked hope and action. And that action led to his miraculous
healing.<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Through this little girl You began to send forth Your word
which is “living and active and sharper than any two edged sword”…(Hebrews
4:12) to accomplish Your purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
She spoke the beginning words that led to the miracle that
Elisha brought to Naaman.<br />
<br />
Through Your Spirit even today You are speaking to Your
people, even through little children. Help us to discern Your voice and Your living
words. Help us to listen to the little ones.<br />
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-75136837328945326422013-01-27T10:33:00.000-06:002013-01-27T10:36:48.714-06:00I Will Take Nothing2<strong> Kings 5:16</strong><br />
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<strong>Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I
stand, I will take nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused."</strong></div>
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<strong><o:p>Prophets of those days did accept gifts but in this case </o:p>Elisha wasn’t about to take some kind of pay or reward for
what God had done. Naaman was a heathen and Elisha wanted him to see that this miracle was solely of the God of Isreal, the one true living God.</strong></div>
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<strong>The glory was to belong totally to the LORD. "I will take
nothing." Even when urged to do so.</strong></div>
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<strong>This reminded me of two things:</strong></div>
<strong>
…before whom I stand.</strong><br />
<strong>
…I will take nothing.</strong><br />
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<strong>Let us see God’s greatness, His holiness and majesty. Who can take any
credit for anything He has done, or for that matter for any good that comes
into our lives? He alone works wonders..Ps (72:18)</strong></div>
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<strong>We stand before a great and mighty God awesome in all His
ways. </strong></div>
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<strong></strong> </div>
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<strong>Father, may Your children bow before you in humility even as man showers praises may we "take nothing" from You.</strong></div>
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<strong></strong> </div>
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<strong>Let us not take glory from the One whom we stand before. For You are God and there is no other.</strong></div>
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<strong>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></div>
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<o:p><strong> </strong></o:p></div>
<strong>
</strong><br />
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<o:p><strong> </strong></o:p></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-2383293958133387242013-01-27T09:53:00.000-06:002013-01-27T10:36:13.034-06:00A Different Way<br />
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">2 Kings
5:9-14</span></div>
<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Story of
Naaman: </span>I love this story Father. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
The scripture says, Naaman, captain of the army of the king
of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Aram</st1:place></st1:country-region>
was a great man and highly respected by his master. A valiant warrior though a
leper.<br />
<br />
<o:p> </o:p>This is what stood out to me:<br />
<br />
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When Naaman came to the house of Elisha, he already had in
his mind how his healing would be played out. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me and stand and call on
the name of the LORD his God and wave his hand over the place and cure the
leper.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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God’s Spirit in Elisha worked in a <u>different way.</u> </div>
<br />
This reminded me of how as believers we perhaps too often
play out the answer to our prayers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To expect
You, our great and mighty God to answer is right and good, but to expect You to
answer in the way that we think or assume You should, can lead to disappointment
or even missing the answer because of our actions to “help” the answer come
forth.<br />
<br />
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You are holy, You are infinitely wise and say “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My thoughts are not your thoughts nor are My
ways your ways.” (Is 55:8)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ps 92:5 says “How great are Your works, O LORD!
Your thoughts are very deep.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<o:p> </o:p><br />
Elisha did not even come out to Naaman personally. He sent a
messenger.<br />
When Naaman finally obeyed as Elisha’s messenger instructed, he
was healed.<br />
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Teach me to pray. Teach me to rest in Your truth and everlasting
faithfulness</div>
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<o:p> </o:p></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-20437889523655124092013-01-04T09:36:00.000-06:002013-01-04T09:36:39.326-06:00Our Shepherd<br />
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Numbers 27:16,17</div>
Moses speaking to the LORD :16 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">May the Lord, The God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over
the congregation,<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:17 who will go out
and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">that the congregation of the
LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd.</span><o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ezekiel 34:8<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As I live, declares
the Lord God, surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even
become food for all the beasts of the field <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">for lack of a shepherd</span>, and My shepherds did not search
for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My
flock;<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matt 9:36<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seeing the people, He
felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited <span class="highlight">like</span> <span class="highlight">sheep</span> <span class="highlight"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">without</span></span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">shepherd</span>.</span><o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mark 6:34<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When Jesus went
ashore, He saw <span class="highlight">a</span> large crowd, and He felt
compassion for them because they were <span class="highlight">like</span> <span class="highlight">sheep</span> <span class="highlight"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">without</span></span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">shepherd</span></span>
; and He began to teach them many things.<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
What is it like for a sheep not to have a shepherd?<br />
<span class="standard">(Is 50:6 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My people have become like lost sheep</i>.)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span class="standard">They have no one to lead them to green
pastures, to protect them from predators, to feed and lie down in security or
to lead them home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span class="standard">They wander and become distressed and
(Is 61:5) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strangers will pasture your
flocks.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
<span class="standard">These strangers<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.. are shepherds who have no understanding. They have all turned to
their own way. Each one to his unjust gain to the last one. (Is 56:11)<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
<span class="standard"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
In the beginning verse above in Numbers 27, Moses is asking
God for a man to lead His people “out and bring them in”….God rose up Joshua in
answer to that prayer and NOW He has given us Jesus, our ultimate Shepherd.<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ps 23<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The LORD is my
shepherd, I shall not want…<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
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Truly, Jesus Christ is our Lord and our Shepherd. He leads
us in His Word to a place of peace and quietness, where He feeds us with eternal
Truths. His Spirit guides us and restrains us from error not only in our
decisions but also in our relationships; He protects us from evil and He
becomes our confidence so that wherever we are, no matter the circumstances, we
learn that He is with us always, we are never alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are His temple, and He is our place of
rest.</div>
<o:p> </o:p><br />
<span class="standard">Is 40:11..<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Like a shepherd He will tend His flock. In His arms He will gather the
lambs and carry them in His bosom. He will gently lead the nursing ewes.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
<span class="standard"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></i></span><br />
T<span class="standard">hank You Father for Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span>hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-14172923659555177402013-01-01T10:08:00.000-06:002013-01-04T09:26:27.671-06:00Sufficient Grace<br />
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Isaiah
46:9-10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:9Remember the former
things long past,</i><br />
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For I am God and there
is no other;<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I am God and there is
no one like Me,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:10 Declaring the end
from the beginning<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And from ancient times
things which have not been done,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Saying My purpose will
be established,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And I will accomplish
all My good pleasure</i>.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p></div>
<br />
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Is 46 is the prophecy of the Jews deliverance from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Babylon</st1:place></st1:city>. God was going to
use Cyrus to release them from captivity. He encourages the Jews to expect His
divine protection and turn away from idols to Him for salvation and
deliverance. To meet their every need.</div>
<br />
The truth of these words remain forever! <br />
<br />
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God is God Almighty and there is no other.</div>
There is no god like Him.<br />
What He has declared from the beginning of time He will
accomplish (His prophecies have come to pass without fail and will continue to
do so ( about Jews, Jesus, church, end times, etc.)<br />
<br />
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These words are also for us today. His purpose He will
establish.</div>
<o:p> </o:p><br />
Father, You have created me, my children, my family. You
know our weaknesses<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as parents and as
Your children. <br />
<br />
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But Your grace is sufficient, Your love is eternal and a
deep root in our lives that assures us You will fulfill the purpose we were
created for. By this marvelous, wondrous grace,You enable us,You lead us,You protect us. </div>
<br />
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You have called us to glorify Your Holy name, even as we
are, mere humans.</div>
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</div>
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</div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-46895926314910080302012-11-30T08:37:00.001-06:002012-11-30T08:37:37.784-06:00
<br />
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Philemon
1:12-14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> :12 I have sent him back
to you in person, that is sending my very heart,</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:13 whom I wished to keep with me,
so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the
gospel;<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:14 but without your
consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in
effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></i>In thinking of the wisdom that Paul used to persuade
Philemon to receive back Onesimus, it is so encouraging to know that You will provide
the spirit and wisdom needed for us to handle any situation through Your love
and grace.</div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Paul could have demanded that Philemon would receive back
Onesimus, who was a slave of Philemon that had run away after wronging him in
some way, but instead he persuaded him to take Philemon back as a brother in
Christ. Paul was also willing to take any debt that Onesimus owed Philemon.</div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>In verse :14 basically Paul was asking Philemon to have a
willing heart to understand that Onesimus was a different person now, not the
same slave that ran away. He had come to Christ and was now a beloved brother (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Col</st1:state></st1:place> 4:9) in the Lord. </div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Through Your Spirit, Father and through Your truth we are
able to overcome stubborn emotions that cry out to cling to past hurts or
wrongs that others have done to us. We are able to believe that yes, a person
truly has changed and become a new creature in Christ (2 Cor 5:17) and receive them in their conversion as such. </div>
<br />
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Your Spirit of grace and love empowers us to forgive and it
is not because we are under “compulsion” but because You are extending grace to
them through Your Holy Spirit that is working in us by changing our own hearts.</div>
<o:p> </o:p>Forgiveness is beauty, purity, and freedom.<br />
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-81992200443847777822012-11-25T13:02:00.001-06:002012-11-25T13:16:44.803-06:00Effective faithFather, the letter Paul wrote to Philemon is so beautiful!
He had to communicate a somewhat sensitive request of him and Paul did it with
such grace! Such gentleness and yet irresistible in the manner in which he
presented his request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<br />
This verse is one that spoke to my heart.....<br />
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<o:p> </o:p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Philemon 1:6</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(and I pray) that the fellowship of your
faith/ may become effective/ through the knowledge of every good thing which is
in you for Christ’s sake.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(Amplified) 1:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">6</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
the participation in and sharing of your faith may produce and promote full
recognition and appreciation and understanding and precise knowledge of every
good (thing) that is ours in (our identification with) Christ Jesus (and unto
His glory),</i></div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>f<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ellowship of faith</i>-
fellowship has the idea of comunity, intimacy, communion, and sharing. Faith is not something that is private and kept to ourselves because when Your wonderful divine Love prompts us, we
are compelled to share it in the way that You ask us to.</div>
<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">may become effective</i>….may
produce and accomplish God’s purposes</div>
<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">through the knowledge
of every good thing which is in you (us) for (or in) Christ.<o:p></o:p></i><br />
<br />
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Faith and love become the driving forces in our lives as we
understand, perceive, and recognize how deeply God the Father has loved us through His Son, Jesus Christ.Through the knowledge of every good thing (His love, mercy, peace, authority, etc.) He has generously already given us, the fellowhsip of our faith becomes effective for the Kingdom of God; for eternal purposes. </div>
<br />
<o:p> </o:p>Thank you Father for Jesus.hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-84657518525639100532012-09-16T09:09:00.000-05:002012-09-16T09:11:26.096-05:00Life Long Journey<br />
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Knowing Jesus is a life long journey.</div>
In seeing what a “soothing aroma” the O.T. sacrifices were
to You, Father, and thinking of the real authentic sacrifice in Jesus, You brought to my mind that there are an infinite number of
things for us to discover about Jesus.<br />
<br />
He is more precious than any jewel. <br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Like a perfectly cut diamond with its many facets, catching
the light, shining brilliantly, continually revealing its beauty to those who
see it, examine it, and study it.</div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>And so He is to us, only His beauty and majesty and
brilliance infinitely surpasses anything on this earth or what man’s mind can
imagine.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>There is no end to knowing Jesus, or of knowing His grace
and love and experiencing them daily in our lives. Discovering the infinite
facets of His life are truly the greatest life changing revelations a human being can have.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>What a privilege to know Him and to learn to walk in His
light.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p></div>
hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338632499848479595.post-46727013545649000602012-08-03T15:29:00.002-05:002012-11-25T13:20:53.490-06:007 Times<br />
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Lev 4:5-7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<em>Then the anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the
bull and bring it to the tent of meeting.</em><br />
<em>
:6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and
sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of
the sanctuary.</em><br />
<em>
:7 The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns
of the altar of fragrant incense which is before the LORD, in front of the veil
of the sanctuary</em>.<br />
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>I love this!!! Father, You are so AWESOME and wondrous in
all of Your ways!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am so amazed at the
intricate details given to Moses for the Tabernacle. They all point to Jesus!</div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>From the above passage the rite of sin offerings was to
sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice 7 times right in front of the veil which
separated the <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Holy Place</st1:address></st1:street>
and the Holy of Holies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then some of the
blood was put on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense which is in the <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Holy Place</st1:address></st1:street> before
the veil.</div>
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>In reading Gill’s commentary the sprinkling of the blood is
a “<span style="color: #333333;">figure of the blood of Christ, called, in allusion
to this rite, the blood of sprinkling; which being presented before the Lord,
calls for pardon from him, and sprinkled on the conscience, speaks peace there,
and perfectly cleanses from all sin, which the seven times sprinkling is a
symbol of</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt;">:.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;">The number </span>7 is representative of
perfection in the Scriptures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This rite
was looking to the blood of Christ shed, once and for all, for mankind. The 7
time sprinkling can represent our being forgiven perfectly, and our conscience
cleansed perfectly also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, we
as believers today, can have perfect peace and not be burdened with guilt or
condemnation for the blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed us from all sin (Heb
7:27) once and for all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;">May we value the preciousness of
the blood of Jesus Christ and never forget the price He paid to make us
acceptable to God, the Father. To make us perfect, beautiful, precious, and
without the stain of sin in the eyes of the Father. Redeemed! Perfectly loved!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;">Thank You Father for the love
you have demonstrated toward us (Romans 5:8) through Jesus Christ, Lord of all!</span>hhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778418934164225822noreply@blogger.com0