Words

I just relized that cuss words seems to be part of every language on earth and people use them like so. I wont be surprised if they become apart of our school curriculum. What do you think?🤔

Better Choice

I choose to eat healthier today and I will choose to eat healthier on another day. I will keep on choosing to eat healthy until my choices become a daily habit. Salem😇

A COWARDLY????

As I was studying the word of the God for my next blog entry.  I stumble on something that I thought was worth blogging as I considered myself. Revelation 21 talks about the New Heaven and New Earth and who will enter in.  Verse 7-8 says  Life in the Spirit NIV (Study Bible) "He who overcomes will inherit all this, (talking about heaven) and I will be his/her God and he/she will be my son/daughter. but the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars.  Their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur, which is the second death." (and another study) verse 7 Notes: "God himself declares who will inherit the blessing of the new heaven and the new earth.  Those who faithfully persevere as Christ's overcomers., but those who do not overcome Satan, sin and ungodliness will be thrown into the fiery lake.

Now, who are Christ overcomer? ( Rev. 2:7 notes) " An overcomer is one who, by God's grace received  through faith in Christ, has experienced the new birth and remains constant in victory over sin, the world's system and Satan.

• Surrounded by great opposition and rebellion, overcomers refuse to conform to the world and to any ungodliness within the visible church and its lukewarm culture (v-24)  They hear and respond to what the Spirit says to the churches, remain faithful to Christ to the very end (v-26) and accept only God's standard revealed in his holy Word (3:8).
• The promise to overcomers in God's churches, and only the overcomers, is that they will eat of the tree of life, will not be hurt by the second death (v.11), will receive hidden manna and be given a new name in heaven (v.17), will be given authority over the nations (v.26) (for me is another study), will not have their names removed from the book of life but will be honored by Christ before his Father and the angels (3:5). Will remain with God in his temple and will bear the name of God, Christ and the new Jerusalem (3:21), and will be forever God's children (21:7).  
• The secret of victory for overcomers is Christ atoning death, their own faithful testimony about Jesus, and their perseverance in love for Christ even to death (Chp. 12:11; cf. 1Jn 5:4). Note that we either overcome sin, the world and Satan, or we are overcome by them and are ultimately thrown into the lake of fire (v. 11; 3:5; 20:15; 21:8)  There is no intermediate group, (As some preach).

Now above is all about the overcomers that will enter in Heaven and God's Kingdom and given a new name. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, etc. will be thrown in the late of fire. OK, that word cowardly got my attention, because as being a believer I know sometimes I'm not an overcomer.  I've never been a fighter in the real world and in the spiritual world I just know that prayer gets me through and this too shall pass, even when I don't win my battles sometimes.  Like what I've been going through concerning my physical afflictions for some years now.  I do say though I'm much better then I use to be and like Joyce Meyer would always say "I'M NOT WHERE I USE TO BE AND I MAY NOT BE WHERE I WANT TO BE, BUT I'M OK AND I'M ON MY WAY!"  That's what I do know:).  This is what Life in the Spirit (Study Bible) notes says about the cowardly in verse 8.

"BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING: God mentions several classes of people whose place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

• The "cowardly" are those who fear the disapproval and threat of people more than they value loyalty to Christ and the truth of his Word.  Their personal safety and status on earth mean more to them than faithfulness to God.  "The cowardly" include the compromise'rs among God's people who give up the fight and do not conquer, (see cf Mrk. 8:35, Rom. 8:37 word study, 1Th 2:4, notes;  2Tim. 2:12-13, notes).
• The "unbelieving" include former believers in Christ who, because of unbelief and disobedience (cf. Heb. 3:12-19), were overcome by various sins, such as those listed in verse 8.  To profess Christ and then practice such evil is an abomination to God.
• Many churches today proclaim that it is possible for a person to be simultaneously a true child of God and an immoral person, liar, adulterer, homosexual or murderer.  Such people contradict God's clear words here and elsewhere (cf. 1Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5-7)

Now, after reading the above scriptures and study notes for clarification.  I now know that I too fall short of the glory of God.  Have a clear understanding that as long as we stay true and faithful to God even in our stumbling's, we will make it in.  If you ask, Why?  Then I'm force to tell you that we have a true High Priest sitting at the right hand of God interceding for those who believe and are true saints fighting this spiritual warfare and knowing who is his and who is not.  As long as we go to him in spirit and truth He is faithful and true to forgive us of our sins.  Remember, He knows that our hearts "is deceitful above all things and disparately wicked, What man knows it?  But God, who tries the reins of our heart. So don't think that we can come short knowing this.  We must work towards perfection, because faith without works is dead.  Remember, "HE SITS UP HIGH AND LOOK DOWN LOW AND SEE THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN".

I pray this helps you as it did me and more.

Lord Help Us All,

Regurgitating the word of God

Day after day after day. Month after month after month, and time after time after time. God has blessed and provided ways for me to pay all my bills, keep gas in the car and food on the table and clothes on my back. Sometimes I take a look back and try to see how I made it this far. I know it was only because of Gods faithfulness, grace and mercy that I can sit here and type these words with a clear head. With no thought of my needs not being made because God has met them all. Hallelujah! Which brings me to my topic.

Tonight as I was listening to Bishop T.D Jakes conduct bible study (which I tuned in past half of the whole lesson) and don’t have a scripture to prove it lol, but his topic was called "Anchor" (which has nothing to do with my topic), but it was something he said that brought me to post this. It had to do with being thankful for the things God is doing and has done.  I believe in sharing what God has shown me about myself (which I wasn't always like this), but now I've come to know and feel more encouraged, because if it is or has happen to me, it is and has happen to others. Why? Because 1Corinthians 10:13 say "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

So again, what does this have to do with my topic? Here goes. God has brought to my attention that I was regurgitating His word. Then He allow my head to replay a conversation at work today that I was brought into. Oh, this doesn't mean I was innocent because I have been brought into this conversation. I have been brought into conversations at work plenty of time before, just to set the record straight. The conversation wasn't a bad conversation, it's just that as Christians we must be careful what we say (which I was not). Quite often I have found myself part of a conversation discussing our job duties, and who's not doing what and what we are doing more of and who is being shown favor.  Now you know as Christians the favor of God is always on us, and as the saying goes, "favor isn't fair", lol. So I shouldn't have to say anything about someone being shown favor because I'm guilty as charge. So anyways, I shouldn't have anything to complain about because God blessed me with every job that I had from the littlest to the biggest. When God place something on my plate I suppose to eat it with gladness of heart. When I complained I was regurgitating Gods blessings, favor and His word.  His word says in 1Thessalonians 5:18 "In everything give thanks: for this is the Will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." The footnotes (kjv): "In every event or circumstance (thing) the Christians is to give thanks to God for the good He can bring out of the event, even should the event be unpleasant." Like issues at work, church, home or school, etc. The bible also says in Philippians 4:6-7 "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

It all boils down to when you complain you regurgitate the word of God and you will find yourself remaining in the same situation, and sometimes (if not learned) the same situation with different individuals. One of my favorite quotes comes from Joyce Meyers and it goes like this. "Complain and Remain, but Praise and be Raised".

 

Lord Help Us All,

 

(DREAM) NO ONE LISTENING

I had a dream this morning that I was on the church stage singing a new song sounding like an angel. The church was full, and everyone was touched by the song even me.  After the song I started to go into my sermon because I also was the speaker for the day.  When I start speaking all the people started getting up and leaving, but I continued to share the word of God.  When I looked up again to the audience, they were all gone accept the 1st lady (the pastor's wife) and another lady that was with her. Then the 1st lady looked toward the door were everyone had gone out of, where she noticed someone trying to get her attention. Then the 1st lady said to me that she had to go and see what the person wanted, and the other lady followed.

I woke up thinking to myself no one wanted to hear the word of God but was gong ho about the music.  Then I remember the word of God that says in 2Timothy 4:3 - 4 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; But after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables."

God Help Us All,

WAR!

I woke up this morning from a dream that we the USA was being attacked by the Red Coats???

Lord Help Us All😇