Tag: Forgiveness

There is a promise in the Bible that is so big it is for entire nations.  You will find it in the Book of Psalms and there is great blessing in obeying what it says.  Most nations do not do what it says, but if any nation does do what it says, it will bring great blessing to that nation.

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the

LORD,

the people he chose for his

inheritance.”

Psalm 33:12

Now we know the Old Testament is talking about Israel and they are “the people” David is writing about.  However, this promise is for any nation whose God is the LORD.  God loved the world so much that He died for us, all of us!  If the nations would just submit to the God of all creation, they would be blessed!  Blessed is the nation who believes in the LORD!

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

2 Chronicles 7:13-14

I am crying out to God for my nation and all the nations of the world and asking Him to spread holy revival!  Just as that promise holds great blessing, it also holds a great warning.  When a nation does not glorify the God of all creation and they reject Him, they also reject that great blessing!  “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD!”  It does not say blessed is the nation who believes in a god or gods or atheism or secularism.  It says “whose God is the LORD.”

How can the nations receive that great blessing for their entire nation to be blessed by God?  We must receive Jesus Christ!  Jesus is Lord, He was with God in the beginning, and all things were created through Him!  God came to earth as a man, the Lord Jesus Christ, and He died for us on a cross, so we could be free from sin and death and have eternal life!  When a nation submits to God and accepts His plan of salvation through Jesus, they are grafted into that promise of national blessing!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

Here in America, we have been in a serious political fight for a long time.  We are approaching the big 2020 presidential election and we are living in a time where those who don’t believe in God are continually pushing to remove all restraint from depravity and wickedness.  They arrogantly and violently march in the streets calling for sin to rule the day, and they demand that everyone submit to their sinful ideology.  We must stand firm in Christ!  There is no blessing for a nation that rejects God!

We must stand with the Lord against abortion, the homosexual agenda (which even includes pedophilia now!), and the tide of liberal wickedness as they push socialism and communism as the answer for our nation’s salvation!  Look at Cuba and Venezuela and every other country that has gone down that dark road!  That is not what we ever want here in America!  Only Jesus can save us!  Yes, the end is coming.  That does not mean we just give up and stop fighting back!  We fight the good fight until our very last breath!

“Fight the good fight of the faith.  Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”

1 Timothy 6:12

If we allow those who hate God to rule this country, there will be great suffering in our land!  I strongly disagree with anyone who thinks a believer in Christ should not speak truth to power regarding politics.  Jesus Himself spoke the truth to the rulers of His time, both Jewish and Roman!  Remember why John the Baptist was beheaded?  That’s right, because he told the king he couldn’t have his brother’s wife.  Don’t ever be afraid to speak the truth!

“When the righteous thrive, the people

rejoice;

when the wicked rule, the people

groan.”

Proverbs 29:2

I am sick and tired of the sinful liberal agenda in my country!  I am sick of them telling us we can’t talk about Jesus in the schools or have the Bible in our schools, but it is okay for them to demand that every part of their immoral and sickening gay agenda be taught to our kids!  Hypocrites!  Thank God for charter schools!  Our kids don’t have to listen to those sick lies full of sin and death!  Our family stands strong against the lies of those in our nation who hate God.

If you truly want America to be blessed, then pray for revival and ask Him to strike down the liberal agenda!  Ask the Lord to rise up righteous leaders who honor and glorify His Name!  Stand in the gap and ask for forgiveness for all the evils our nation has committed!  May we humble ourselves and seek the Lord’s face and pray!  May our whole nation turn from its wicked ways and may the Lord be glorified in our country!

People like to say that America is a Christian nation.  Yes, it was founded on Christian principles, but our country has wandered far from God’s Word and if our country continues to reject God, we will reap what we sow.  There are not an endless array of genders in God’s creation!  There are only two genders, male and female, just as God created us!  Abortion is murder!  Homosexuality is an abomination and a sin!  Pedophilia is a sick crime of abuse, not a sexual orientation!  Atheism is death and socialism is death!  Don’t let the God haters call good evil and evil good!  Call out sin and evil for what it truly is and fight back with the truth!

“Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God?  Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

The liberals push socialism and communism because socialism and communism are rooted in atheism!  There is no freedom in those evil forms of government!  There is nothing but tyranny and suffering!  Socialism has and always will be a bridge to communism or some other form of tyranny.  Study history!  It’s not about sharing the wealth.  It is about those at the top consolidating wealth and power, so they will have absolute power over the people, remember that!

To any liberal reading this, go try and live in Venezuela and you will see just how bad the suffering truly is.  I have a neighbor two houses down that is from Venezuela and he has been trying to get his family out of there since before the country collapsed!  Try telling him America should be socialist!  Try telling the Cubans who have escaped to America that they should go back home and enjoy their communist oppression!  They came here to be free!  Give me a break!

I pray in the Name of Jesus that America never becomes socialist or communist and I pray the Lord smites the wicked liberal agenda!  We need our borders and our sovereignty!  Do not support the push for the coming one world government of the evil one!  They are using socialism to reach that goal!

Now they even want to impeach Trump?!  Impeach him for what?!  You can’t impeach a president just because you don’t like him!  You can’t impeach a president just because you have been throwing a violent fit since you lost the election and didn’t get your way!  That is not how our Constitutional Republic works!  Trump hasn’t done anything that is impeachable!  The only reason they are doing this now is because they know their love for abortion and the gay agenda and their hate for America is not going to win them the election.  They needed a distraction, so now they are pushing impeachment.  Ridiculous!

The more they keep screaming about taking our guns and destroying our borders, the more they will lose too.  The more they talk, the more it sounds like we might actually have another Civil War in this country.  They are not ever going to get what they want without a fight!  I am not ever going to submit to their demands for immorality and depravity to be accepted as good and normal in our society and nobody is taking my guns or my freedom either!  Amen, molon labe!

I will stand on God’s Word and I pray that our nation repents and we would truly be a nation whose God is the LORD!  Only then will our nation be blessed!  There is no blessing going down the dark paths of atheism, secularism, liberalism, and socialism!  None at all!  Those paths only lead to sin and death!

Remember, the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God.  We must choose life and reject sin and death!  We must choose the Lord and live in the truth of His Word to be blessed!  “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD!”

Grace and peace to you all!

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is a photo I took last year while driving by the Denver Rescue Mission in downtown Denver.  Take a look at the neon sign in the shape of a cross.  Just two short words are on that cross and they share a powerful truth that leads to the salvation of your soul.  Jesus Saves!  That sign is a beacon of hope to people who are suffering on the street.  That sign beckons the weary and burdened to come to Jesus as it lights up the darkness!  That is our main mission from the Lord, to invite people to come to Jesus!  What a beautiful truth!  We need a Savior and Jesus Saves!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

Jesus speaking in John 5:24

“For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Jesus speaking in John 6:40

Those are the words of Jesus Christ folks!  Nobody else in all of history has ever made such a promise!  Only Jesus could say such life changing and soul saving truth!  If you want your sins to be forgiven and you want to go to Heaven, then remember that Jesus Saves and believe in Jesus!  He will give you eternal life as He promised!  Your sins will be forgiven and you will be made new by the power of the Holy Spirit!

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

2 Corinthians 5:17

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:9

Amen!  I could go on and write 3,000 words, but I would like you to focus on that simple powerful truth.  Jesus Saves…and He is the only One who can!  Keep your eyes focused on Jesus and pierce the darkness with the light of Christ that is in you by the power of the Holy Spirit!  If you don’t know Jesus, please come to Him today!  If you know Jesus, invite somebody else to know Jesus today!  Sharing the truth that Jesus Saves is the most loving thing you could do for someone!  Thank You Jesus for saving our souls!

Grace and peace to you all!

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

 

The Scripture above is one of the most quoted and most famous in the Bible.  It is found in the Book of Proverbs, which is a book of wisdom for living a righteous life that pleases God.  If you are a Christian, how many times have you read these verses?  My guess is many times.  Here in America, we see Proverbs 3:5-6 written on everything from magnets to coffee mugs.  It is a powerful Scripture, but how many times do we actually take into consideration the phrase “in all your ways?”

If you have walked with Jesus for awhile, then you know that trusting the Lord is not always easy.  In fact, sometimes it is downright scary and hard.  How do we trust the Lord?  Well, this Scripture in Proverbs is a great place to start!

We trust in the Lord with all our heart and we don’t lean on our own understanding.  That is the first step.  Seek the Lord first and ask Him for wisdom and understanding!  We should love Jesus first and set Him apart as Lord in our hearts!  Rely on Jesus to help you understand your life, and trust Him!

“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.  Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.  But do this with gentleness and respect.”

1 Peter 3:15

As we see in the Scripture, we also trust in the Lord by acknowledging Him in all our ways!  In all your ways acknowledge Him!  Not just some of your ways or the ways you feel comfortable handing over to Him; all your ways.  Jesus can be trusted to take care of all our ways and if we give it all to Him, He will make our paths straight!

When we lift up our cares, concerns, and everything else in our lives to the Lord, He guides us and shows us the way!  We will be lifted up like that hot air balloon in the picture as the Lord faithfully leads us in the plans He has for us!  Does your path feel crooked today?  Do you need some help?  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean on His understanding, acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight!  Jesus will help you!  Come to Jesus!  He loves you and He wants to care for you!

I have suffered two chronic illnesses for almost eight years now.  I can testify that the Lord has never left me and He has given me understanding regarding my suffering.  He always makes my paths straight as I acknowledge Him in all my ways!  That Scripture is a promise you can rely on!  Thank You Jesus!

Whatever you need help with today, give it to Jesus!  Acknowledge Him and trust in Him with all your heart and give Him all your ways!  If you don’t know Jesus, I recommend coming to Him today!  Today is the day of salvation because we don’t know if we will get a tomorrow!  Jesus died for us all, so we could be free from sin and death!  That is the greatest news the world could ever hear!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:9

We all need Jesus and Jesus is the only One who can make our paths straight!  We cannot rely on our own understanding of things.  We need the wisdom of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  Do you want understanding?  Do you want the paths in your life to be straight?  Lift up all your ways, every single one of them, to the Lord today, and witness the power of that promise come alive in your life!  Jesus is Lord, trust Him!

Grace and peace to you all!

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

We had quite a scare tonight.  I’m still feeling a bit sick from it.  Earlier today I was sitting on the couch talking long distance with my Mom when I got a frantic phone call from my wife saying our son ran off at Walmart and was missing.  I told her I was on my way and told her to call the police.

I tore out of the garage in my Chevy truck and I hit the gas.  I must admit I was probably going 60 through my neighborhood and I was coming in hot!  As I turned the corner and headed down the hill towards town, I saw my son just sitting on the sidewalk looking hot and exhausted with bright red cheeks.  We live a good two miles up hill and through traffic from the store and he ran half way home!  I pulled over and ran over to him asking him what he was doing and what he was thinking.  He told me he couldn’t find my wife and he thought she left, so he left Walmart and started running home.  He is only nine.  I couldn’t believe it!  On the way down I was praying that the Lord would give angels charge over him and he wouldn’t get hurt and right after that I found him.  Praise God I found him and praise God he didn’t get killed crossing the highway!  Praise God he wasn’t abducted!

I told him, “Why in the world would Mom leave the store without you son?!  She wouldn’t just leave!  The whole store was looking for you!”  I gave him a hug and was so glad he was okay.  I called my wife and told her to tell everyone that I found him and I told my son to get in the truck.  Man folks, for a minute there I thought somebody had taken him!  I felt sick to my stomach!

My wife said the head of Walmart put out a “Code Adam” at the store, which causes every single employee in the store to stop what they are doing and look for the lost child.  My wife was just about to call the police when a lady told my wife that she had just seen a young boy running up the road towards the highway.  I found our son shortly after that.

The whole thing played out in a matter of minutes.  We have told our son a million times not to run off at the store.  We have also told him if he ever got lost, to immediately tell an employee of the store and they will help.  We never told him to leave the store and run home!  Man O man!  I can laugh about it now, but that was quite a scare!

You should have seen my son’s face when he saw me come roaring down the hill in my truck!  Priceless!  Thank You Jesus for helping me find him so quickly!  At least he knows how to get home on his own from the store.  What a crazy day!

We have hugged and kissed our son many times tonight and we always do, but tonight feels extra special.  We are just glad he is home safe.  I love my son so much and our daughter too.

Now I know how Joseph and Mary felt when they lost Jesus.  The sickening feeling of panic is not nice.  I immediately started praying as I left the house to find him.  Always keep an eye on your kids.  Our son could have been taken, hurt, or killed and we are just so thankful to have him home.

“When his parents saw him, they were astonished.  His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this?  Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

Luke 2:48

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

Good morning everyone and God bless you all!  It is a new day the Lord has made and we should rejoice and be glad!  That photo is of the road we take to go fishing and that is one of the first Scripture pins I made when I first started blogging.  We have a bunch of verses on the side of our fridge and one of them is Romans 15:13.  I was reading that today and I started thinking about what the Christians in Rome were suffering when Paul wrote that to them.  The persecution against them was the most violent and evil punishment the Romans could come up with, yet Paul prayed they would have all joy and peace.  Read that verse again with that in mind.

That is a photo of the Colosseum in Rome.  Many of our Christian brothers and sisters were slaughtered here.  Their blood still cries out and it stands as a testimony throughout time that they stood firm in Jesus and never gave up!

How did they do it?  How could they stand firm as they were thrown into the Colosseum with the lions?  How could they stand firm as they faced being burned alive, crucified, or killed by the sword?  I’ll tell you how, they did it by the power of the Holy Spirit!

Just like Paul prayed, our Mighty God of hope filled them with all joy and peace as they trusted in Him, and they overflowed with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit!  It is only by God’s power that a person could stand strong amidst such terrible hatred and violence.  Paul knew this very well as he himself suffered great persecution, and many times he was tortured for believing in Jesus and preaching the Gospel.  Paul knew the believers in Rome would need to dig deep into their hope in Jesus in order to endure.

“Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them.  And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”

1 John 3:24

“We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.”

1 John 4:13-14

“For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Jesus speaking in Acts 1:5

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Jesus speaking in Acts 1:8

We know He is with us by the Holy Spirit He put inside of us!  It is hard for unbelievers to understand when we talk about it.  It is literally the power of God inside of us folks!  He quite literally fills you up with His Holy Spirit and you have “streams of living water” flowing inside of you just like Jesus promised!  Jesus lives inside of us by the power of the Holy Spirit and through the Spirit we have great power to live a holy and righteous life that pleases God!  That is how Christians are able to stand firm against the tide of evil, sin, and death in this world!

“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”  By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive.  Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”

John 7:37-39

Through the Holy Spirit we have all the power we need to stand strong in the face of persecution!  Jesus was glorified almost 2,000 years ago when He died for us and resurrected from the dead three days later, and He sits at the right hand of the Father in Heaven glorified forever!  After He ascended into Heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit down to earth in Holy fire on the day of Pentecost and from that day forward all those who believe in Jesus Christ have received power when the Holy Spirit comes on them!

“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.  Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.  They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.  All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”

Acts 2:1-4

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession–to the praise of his glory.”

Ephesians 1:13-14

Believers in Jesus Christ have access to a never ending well of hope in the Holy Spirit!  Even as the Christians in Rome faced horrific torture and death, there hope overflowed to the point that they would never reject Jesus.  They stayed faithful to the very end!

Whatever we are facing, we can have all joy and peace as we trust in Jesus and we will have overflowing hope because of the Holy Spirit He gave us!  May we always stand strong like our brother Paul and our ancient brothers and sisters in Rome did, and may we always stand up for Jesus no matter what threats we face for proclaiming His Name!

Grace and peace to you all!

“They overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony;

they did not love their lives so much

as to shrink from death.”

Revelation 12:11

I have been having a rough time this morning.  Last night was very discouraging.  I have always been open and honest on my blog and I want to show my wife that I am not some phony trying to act like I have it altogether all the time.  I have never acted like that and I have always been real about who I am, what I’ve been through, and what I struggle with.  I am a sinner saved by grace and I desperately need Jesus!

The preaching the Lord writes through me here is by the power of the Holy Spirit.  I’m just freely dispensing a gift that He freely gave me, that’s all.  Sometimes I have arguments with my wife and sometimes I get angry and sometimes I get angry and complain about the diseases I suffer and sometimes I get angry with God and say things I shouldn’t and it discourages my family.  I’m not always encouraging and sometimes I have very bad days too.  Every day I need Jesus and I cling to Him with everything I am!  Today, my heart is broken over my mistakes and I am truly sorry for being discouraging to my family at times.  I am an imperfect man and I need God’s grace and mercy too.

The title of this post is due to something the Lord whispered to me this morning as I was praying and asking Him to bring healing and peace to our family.  I am sharing this because I know there are other people out there that need to hear this.  The Lord said to me:

“I forgive you, I am with you, and I love you.  Keep trusting.  Keep believing.  Don’t give up.”

All I could do was say thank you through tears.  That is how the Lord speaks to us as He comforts us in the Holy Spirit!  It’s like a beautiful thought that just flows through your mind.  Let that be a blessing to you today.  No matter what you are going through keep trusting, keep believing, and don’t give up!  Jesus forgives you, Jesus is with you, and Jesus loves you!

To my wife: I love you with all my heart and I love the kids with all my heart.  I have shared my heart in front of all these people because I love you and the kids with all my heart.  Please forgive me for not being the man of God, father, and husband I should be at times.  I love you!

Thank you all for your prayers.  May His will be done in all things!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

These four verses are some of the most famous words of Jesus in the Bible.  I love the answer Jesus gives the Pharisees in this scene from Matthew 22.  The Pharisees and Sadducees had been trying to trap Jesus all day with what they thought were very hard and tricky questions, but His answers were so powerful that they ended up amazed, astonished, and silent.  Today, I want to focus on loving the Lord with all our minds.  To all the thinkers out there, Jesus wants you to love Him with all your mind too!  Having faith in Jesus does not mean you check your mind at the door!

“When they heard this, they were amazed.  So they left him and went away.”

Matthew 22:22

“When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.”

Matthew 22:33

“No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.”

Matthew 22:46

There are many people who wrestle God with their minds.  Some even consider themselves smarter than God.  They find themselves much too intelligent to ever believe in God and they think people of faith have checked their minds at the door.  Let me just say, I believe in Jesus and the Lord gave me a highly inquisitive mind.  I never checked my mind at the door and Jesus never wanted me to.  He tells us to love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning

of wisdom,

and knowledge of the Holy One is

understanding.”

Proverbs 9:10

What does it mean to love the Lord with all your mind?  Just what it sounds like.  Give Him all your thoughts and questions about Him.  Give Him your frustrations and misunderstandings.  Ask Him anything you want!  Nothing you ask will ever be too hard for the Lord.  I have many questions that I talk with the Lord about.  Some of those questions are hard and I struggle with them at times.  The Lord just keeps on loving me and He always guides me in the truth.  Don’t be afraid to Love the Lord with all your mind.  He loves you and He wants you to love Him with all your mind.

“In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.”

Ephesians 3:12

Do you ever wrestle God with your mind?  Coming to Jesus does not mean you need to give up reason or your questions.  There is plenty of proof that everything written in God’s Word is true, including the Old Testament stories and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  My own testimony proves that Jesus is alive and that everything the Bible says about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, angels, and demons is all true!  I have discussed much of this proof on my blog.  If you were reading my blog at Christmastime, then you learned about much of the archeological evidence that exists, including the writings of ancient historians.  Many of you also know that I talked about the artifacts from Pharaoh’s army that are sitting on the bottom of the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea.  I love the Lord with all my mind and I dig deep into learning the truth of His Word and the evidence that confirms it!

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The Darkness, The Torn Curtain, The Earthquake, & The Empty Tombs

If you are having a hard time with questions you have about God, I encourage you to seek Him and ask Him everything you want to ask.  Don’t let it burn inside your mind.  Give it to the Lord!  Love the Lord with all your mind and seek Him first.  He will show you the truth!

“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.  Nothing is too hard for you.”

Jeremiah 32:17

There is no philosophy of man that is greater than the Lord.  There are no questions He can’t answer and there are no questions that He has not already heard.  Many of us have the same questions about life and death and we struggle with them.  I can say with all my heart, soul, and mind that the Bible has all the answers we need!  Come to Jesus with all your heart, soul, and mind!  I know you will find His answers just as amazing and astonishing as they were almost 2,000 years ago!

Grace and peace to you all!

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone!  It is the start of a new week and I pray the Lord blesses us all!  I want to talk about worry today and what to do with it.  If you have lived on this earth for a good amount of time, then you know by now that life is not easy…and that is an understatement.  All kinds of problems can come at us from every direction and at times it comes at us all at once.  I have good news!  You don’t have to carry those burdens anymore!  Jesus wants you to give them all to Him!

This weekend was crazy for our family.  On top of the pain I have been dealing with from the damage in my body due to Celiac, we have taken a series of financial hits that have left us hurting.  We had just spent a thousand dollars on staining our fence a few weeks ago (because our HOA ordered us to) and then this weekend our refrigerator died.  Then yesterday, our daughter came down with a high fever and she was diagnosed with strep.  This weekend felt like getting slapped in the face only to turn away from it and get slapped again.  Yes, troubles can come at us like that.  Welcome to earth!

Thankfully, I have learned in my almost 23 years walking with Jesus to give it all to Him immediately.  It doesn’t do any good to freak out or worry.  That just causes pain for yourself and for everyone around you.  I know, because I’m not perfect and sometimes I freak out.  Sometimes I get angry and sometimes I still wrestle with God.  That is not a good way to handle things.

There are so many things I could worry about.  I have a chronic illness, two actually.  I can no longer maintain full time employment like I used to when I was healthy.  I make no income.  I have debt up to my eyeballs!  I have two kids to raise and bills to pay.  I have no health insurance and haven’t for at least eight years.  I have no savings and no retirement and I’m 41 years old.  I could go on, but you get the point.  Worrying does no good.

You know what does do good though?!  Giving it all to Jesus!!!  That’s what I do and that’s what I did this weekend!

The Lord blessed us with a brand new fridge and we were able to get it delivered Saturday!  Our daughter was given antibiotics and she is already feeling better!  My wife got paid an extra thousand dollars in her paycheck because of sick days she never used and I’m not in pain this morning!  Somebody please give the Lord some praise!!!  Thank You Jesus!!!  Are you smiling yet?!  Are you feelin’ the Spirit?!!!

You see?  God’s got this!  He always did and He always will!  What trouble?  We have overcome the world through Jesus!  What worry?  Where did it go?  God took it, that’s where it went!

“Who is it that overcomes the world?  Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.”

1 John 5:5

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world.”

Jesus speaking in John 16:33

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.  We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”

2 Corinthians 4:7-9

We may be struck down and hanging on by a thread at times, but He will lift us up and deliver us from every trouble!  We will not be overcome!  Our Lord and Savior overcame the world!  Our job is to seek Jesus first!  Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and He will take care of you!

“A righteous man may have many

troubles,

but the Lord delivers him from them

all.”

Psalm 34:19

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:6-7

Listen to how Jesus said it:

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.  Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much more valuable than they?  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

And why do you worry about clothes?  See how the lilies of the field grow.  They do not labor or spin.  Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?  So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Jesus speaking in Matthew 6:25-34

Amen Lord!  That’s the truth!  How beautiful it is to be cared for by the Lord!

Whatever troubles you are facing today, I encourage you to seek Jesus first and give it all to Him!  Lift it up and let it go!  Jesus loves you and He wants to relieve you of those burdens!

Please pray with me:

“Lord Jesus, thank You for how You care for us!  Please forgive me for my worry and for even getting angry at times when troubles come our way.  Right now I give You all the troubles in my mind and heart.  Please bring healing and peace to everything that is broken and pour out Your blessing into our health and finances.  Bless our marriage and our kids and pour out Your Holy Spirit on us.  I give it all to You Lord, may Your will be done, amen!”

Always remember that God is love and He cares for us!  Through Jesus we have access to the One who created us and He knows exactly what we need!  He will provide for us and sustain us and He will never leave us!  May we always trust in Jesus!

Grace and peace to you all!

“Do not let your hearts be troubled.  Trust in God; trust also in me.”

Jesus speaking in John 14:1

 

 

 

Hello everyone and God bless you all!  It is a beautiful Sunday here in Colorado and my family and I are just relaxing today.  I took that photo of the double rainbow last Sunday.  We had been getting some good rain and it is always cool to see two rainbows like that.  Seeing rainbows reminds me of God’s promises.  Not just His promise to never again flood the world, but all of His promises.  His promise to be loving and forgiving never changes and it reminds me that we are never too far gone to turn to Jesus!

“You are forgiving and good,

O Lord,

abounding in love to all

who call to you.”

Psalm 86:5

Remember that today wherever you are at in life.  No matter how bad you have sinned, you can always turn to the Lord!  Whether you have never walked with Jesus or you walked with Jesus for a time and have stumbled and you feel like you can’t come back.  Don’t believe that lie!  You can come back and Jesus wants you to come back!  If you have never known Him, He wants to know you!  He wants to save your soul!

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

Romans 3:23-24

Even now He is drawing you into a relationship with Him!  God loves you!  He loves you so much that He died for you on a cross to forgive you and give you eternal life!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:8

No matter what you have done, come to Jesus!  Jesus is not going to condemn you.  He is going to love you and heal you with His deep love and forgiveness!  He died for us to set us free from sin and death!

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he to shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death–that is, the devil–and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”

Hebrews 2:14-15

“Blessed are they

whose transgressions are

forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man

whose sin the Lord will

never count against

him.”

Hebrews 4:7-8

Many of us have walked with Jesus for many years, yet we still don’t fully grasp the depth of God’s forgiveness.  Do we fully understand that our sins are completely covered in the Blood of Jesus Christ and we are perfectly forgiven?  It is never too late to turn to Jesus!  As long as you have breath in your lungs, you are alive and there is great hope!  You are never too far gone to turn to Jesus!  He is waiting for you with open arms to wrap you in a loving embrace and once you are His, nothing can snatch you out of His hand!

“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one.”

Jesus speaking in John 10:28-30.

Come to Jesus!  Lay down your burdens and sins at the foot of the cross and let Him lift you up in the power of the Holy Spirit!  Jesus is the answer and He is calling you home!

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Jesus speaking in Matthew 11:28-30

As the Apostle Paul so boldly said in the power of the Holy Spirit:

“Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”

Acts 13:38

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:9

Blessed are those who believe in Jesus and trust Him fully to forgive their sins!  Jesus died for every sin that has been or ever will be committed and none of us are ever too far gone to come to Jesus!  Rest in His forgiveness and be at peace.  If you have strayed, please come back.  You will find Jesus is still loving and forgiving and He never left you and He never will!

Grace and peace to you all!

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

1 John 1:9

…because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;

never will I forsake

you.”

Hebrews 13:5

 

 

Today is September 13, 2019.  It is Friday the 13th.  Here in America, that is a day of wicked superstition and many people are already gearing up for the evil celebration called Halloween.  Let me ask you a few questions.  Think back to when you were in 8th grade at about 12 or 13 years old.  That was ’91 for me.  Can you imagine living in a house that was possessed by a demon at that age?  Can you imagine living in that house your entire four years of High School?  Would you and your family have been terrified?  Can you imagine the kinds of memories you would still have?  Would you still like superstitious evil including days that celebrate evil?  Would you still think it is a joke?  I don’t know what your answers would be, but I know what mine are because me and my family suffered it.

Evil is not a joke!  Please don’t mess around with evil!  I plead with you to take it seriously and heed the testimonies of those who have encountered it, including mine!

My testimony: One Man’s Very Strange Supernatural Life

To those in America and everywhere else they show Hollywood movies, be mindful of what is coming through your TVs!  The wicked who control the media will be showing all kinds of filthy movies from the horror genre today.  I strongly encourage you to not watch that spiritual evil!  Do not let it into your mind or your heart and do not let it flow into your homes!  We are in a spiritual war and you better believe there are those in Hollywood who worship the evil one and their movies are demonic.  Cast them out of your minds and hearts, out of your homes, and out of your lives!  Jesus is Lord!  Let Him rule in your heart!

“Above all else, guard your heart,

for it is the wellspring of life.”

Proverbs 4:23

That demon tormented our family for 4 years!  There are no ghosts!  There are angels and demons.  Angels serve God and minister to those who are to inherit salvation.  They are beautiful and mighty and I praise God they protect those who believe in Jesus!  Demons serve the evil one and they masquerade and manifest in many different ways with terrifying trickery.  Both can touch and move physical things in our physical realm.  I have experienced both!  Stay far away from evil!  Run to Jesus!

“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”

Hebrews 1:14

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”

2 Corinthians 11:14

Living with that evil changed the course of my entire life and I almost didn’t survive it.  I was highly suicidal in high school because of it and had severe depression.  Our whole family was terrified!  I praise Jesus for rescuing our whole family!

Listen to me, if you don’t know Jesus, then you have no power over evil.  I plead with you to not mess around with it!  If you ever find yourself in a situation where a demon enters your life, you better run to Jesus!  He is the only One who can save you!

After I received Jesus my freshman year in college, I went back home that Christmas break and cast that demon out of our house in the Name of Jesus!  Many of you know this, but a lot of the new readers don’t.  That is why I am so on fire for Jesus!  Not only from that, but also from the angels I encountered in ’98 and the miracle the Lord did to save my life in 2012!  Jesus is alive and it is all very real folks!

You can also read my testimony about the demon, the angels, and the miracle here:

Remember that time when…

My Lazarus Moment

Heaven is real.  Hell is real.  Angels are real.  Demons are real.  Sin is real.  God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are real and so is the evil one!  The spiritual war is real!  We all need to make a choice.  I didn’t want to believe it either.  Before I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, all I wanted to do is party.  Trust me when I say, that I have sinned greatly in my life and I am so thankful for God’s grace and mercy.  God took a man who hated Him and hated His people and turned me into a Gospel preaching man of God!  He cast that demon out of my life and my family’s lives and we all came to Jesus because of it!  Thank You Jesus!!!

Remember that next time you see a commercial for some sick freaky movie about demons or hell or whatever other sick evil things they show.  It is not a joke and I plead with you to rebuke it out of your lives!  Learn from me.  Learn from the terror we went through, and realize that our only way to be delivered from sin and death is by faith in Jesus Christ!  Jesus is the only reason that our family is free and we will cling to Him forever!  Thank You Jesus, You are Lord!!!

Grace and peace to you all in the Powerful Name of Jesus!