Because you have kept My command to persevere. I will also keep you from the hour of trial which will come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold I AM coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown, ( Revelation 3:10-11).
I know your works, your labor, your patience and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles…..
What comes first into our minds when we contemplate that question? Hmmm…..
Get out of debt? Get well? Get married? Get older? Get younger? Our children to be okay?….. Many things pop into our mind when we are given a chance to receive the greatest desire of our hearts…..
In God’s view, most of these have been established in the sacrifice of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, now we live to appropriate His Gift….. We are…..
No one who lives in America, can let the terror of 9-11-01 pass by without loosing a couple of heartbeats…. We remember.
Let us also remember when in emergency to speak to the Lord who He is to us by using the Psalm 91:1& 2, He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in…..
As written in Mark 8:15, Then He charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod…..
As written in Matthew 16:6, Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
Did you notice the difference in the sayings of Jesus? We know all scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit. He does not make any mistakes. The remaining text is the same in…..
Everything! Many times I have been given the fulfillment of promises from God. Then they also had to be laid on the altar or at the feet of our Lord at the cross. Why?
God wants to see what value we place on His fulfilled promise versus us obeying to keep Him first. He must be first above all- our call, our lives, our families, our stuff. The Lord must have preminence in all things….
Abraham’s willingness to lay down his…..
How wonderful to have a God who watches all. He knows all our thoughts and motives before we act on them….. He knows all and witnesses all. As written in Psalm 139:1-4 , O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways, for there is not a word on my…..
My soul waits for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning- Yes, more than those who watch for the morning, ( Psalm 130:5).
For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy…..
Many times through my life, I wanted something so bad I could taste it… It did not matter if it was the color of a flower or a shirt or ice cream….!!! Sometimes it felt I could taste it before I could get my hands on it, even if it wasn’t edible!!!! As His Spirit works within us, we should be growing an insatiable hunger for the Lord and what He wants, as Jesus Christ walked in knowing the will…..
A grill is an altar. Isn’t it?! What is an altar for? The Lord’s temple always has an altar, right? Are we not the temple of the Lord now? Hmmmmm. In Strong’s Concordance, the word altar is described as slay…… Let us ponder on the following scriptures.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends, ( John 15:12-13).
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we bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven,( Matthew 16:19).
These things says He who is holy, He who is true. He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens, ( Revelation 3:7).
I Am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen……
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