August 12, 2018
WHEN THINGS SEEM SO IMPOSSIBLE AND LIFE’S SO HARD TO BEAR.
GOD CAN MOVE YOUR MOUNTAIN BEFORE YOU REACH DESPAIR.
2Sa 22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: :2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; :3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. :4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Mar 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. :26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? :27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
God will never leave you, trust him all the way. Be anxious for nothing and never cease to pray.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
August 05, 2018
WE MUST REACH FOR GREATER FAITH.
In the Bible we have an example of the Centurion whose servant was paralyzed and suffering terribly. In his humility and great belief in the power of Jesus, requested Jesus to heal him.
Mat 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. :11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. :12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. :13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
The story of Abraham’s belief in God’s promise allowed him to plan and prepare to sacrifice his son Isaac. Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Ay complete faith be the prayer and aspiration of your heart. The Holy Spirit is always ready to help you reach that next level of faith.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JULY 29, 2018
HOW CAN WE CLAIM GOD’S PROMISES?
Heb 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. :11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: :12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. :13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, :14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. :15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
When we inherit God’s promises it depends on three requirements. First we need to have faith. Our Father wants us to trust Him and He rewards those who do. Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Second, we must be obedient to whatever we know is His will for us—we’ll never attain His best if we knowingly disobey. 2Co 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
And third, we must have patience and be willing to wait for the Lord’s perfect timing. Doing these things is well worth our while, considering the blessings He longs to give us.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JULY 22, 2018
YOUR BEST FRIEND IS HE WHO MAKES YOU DO WHAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD.
Pr 18:24 ¶ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Jesus gives us clues about making friendship work, He is our best friend—Hear ye Him!
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. :13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. :14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. :15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. :16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. :17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JULY 15, 2018
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU!
A Plan to Save you: Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;but he that believeth not shall be damned.
A Plan for New Life: Ro 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
A Plan to give you an Abundant Life: Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
A Plan to give you Eternal Life: Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Are you ready for a New Life in Christ? 2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. :18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 1Jn 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
In Christ we have a new hope: a new relationship with God; a new spiritual family, a new inheritance, a new future and a new life in Christ.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JUNE 17, 2018
CONTENTMENT
Pro 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Pro 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Pro 14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Pro 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. :18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Heb 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JUNE 10, 2018
LET US BE A VESSEL OF HONOR TO GOD, TO BE WHAT HE WANTS US TO BE.
1Th 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. :2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God
2Co 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
1Ti 1:5 ¶ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Ac 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Be a vessel of honor for God, His will obeying, whatever the cost, with courage to conquer the foe.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JUNE 03, 2018
WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER FOR HIS PEOPLE?
Christians are citizens of the kingdom of Christ on earth, they enter Christ’s kingdom at the same time when the Lord adds them to His church on their conversion.
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: :13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: :14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Yet the entrance into the eternal kingdom of Heaven into which they will enter at the same time of the Second Coming of Christ will depend on if they have been faithful to the Lord until their death on earth or if still living, until the return of Jesus.
Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. :2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. :3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Mat 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. :14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AS A SACRIFICE FOR US, FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS AND THE REDEMPTION OF OUR SOULS.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
WHEN THINGS SEEM SO IMPOSSIBLE AND LIFE’S SO HARD TO BEAR.
GOD CAN MOVE YOUR MOUNTAIN BEFORE YOU REACH DESPAIR.
2Sa 22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: :2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; :3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. :4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Mar 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. :26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? :27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
God will never leave you, trust him all the way. Be anxious for nothing and never cease to pray.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
August 05, 2018
WE MUST REACH FOR GREATER FAITH.
In the Bible we have an example of the Centurion whose servant was paralyzed and suffering terribly. In his humility and great belief in the power of Jesus, requested Jesus to heal him.
Mat 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. :11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. :12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. :13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
The story of Abraham’s belief in God’s promise allowed him to plan and prepare to sacrifice his son Isaac. Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Ay complete faith be the prayer and aspiration of your heart. The Holy Spirit is always ready to help you reach that next level of faith.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JULY 29, 2018
HOW CAN WE CLAIM GOD’S PROMISES?
Heb 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. :11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: :12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. :13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, :14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. :15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
When we inherit God’s promises it depends on three requirements. First we need to have faith. Our Father wants us to trust Him and He rewards those who do. Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Second, we must be obedient to whatever we know is His will for us—we’ll never attain His best if we knowingly disobey. 2Co 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
And third, we must have patience and be willing to wait for the Lord’s perfect timing. Doing these things is well worth our while, considering the blessings He longs to give us.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JULY 22, 2018
YOUR BEST FRIEND IS HE WHO MAKES YOU DO WHAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD.
Pr 18:24 ¶ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Jesus gives us clues about making friendship work, He is our best friend—Hear ye Him!
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. :13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. :14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. :15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. :16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. :17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JULY 15, 2018
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU!
A Plan to Save you: Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;but he that believeth not shall be damned.
A Plan for New Life: Ro 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
A Plan to give you an Abundant Life: Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
A Plan to give you Eternal Life: Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Are you ready for a New Life in Christ? 2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. :18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 1Jn 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
In Christ we have a new hope: a new relationship with God; a new spiritual family, a new inheritance, a new future and a new life in Christ.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JUNE 17, 2018
CONTENTMENT
Pro 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Pro 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Pro 14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Pro 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. :18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Heb 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JUNE 10, 2018
LET US BE A VESSEL OF HONOR TO GOD, TO BE WHAT HE WANTS US TO BE.
1Th 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. :2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God
2Co 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
1Ti 1:5 ¶ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Ac 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Be a vessel of honor for God, His will obeying, whatever the cost, with courage to conquer the foe.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
JUNE 03, 2018
WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER FOR HIS PEOPLE?
Christians are citizens of the kingdom of Christ on earth, they enter Christ’s kingdom at the same time when the Lord adds them to His church on their conversion.
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: :13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: :14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Yet the entrance into the eternal kingdom of Heaven into which they will enter at the same time of the Second Coming of Christ will depend on if they have been faithful to the Lord until their death on earth or if still living, until the return of Jesus.
Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. :2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. :3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Mat 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. :14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AS A SACRIFICE FOR US, FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS AND THE REDEMPTION OF OUR SOULS.
MAY GOD BLESS JEFF & JOAN
