Tag: Forgiveness

I have been reading the Word this morning, as I do every morning, and this is the single verse that the Lord had me focus on.  He gave me the nudge to make a Scripture pin, so I prayed and asked which picture I should use.  That zoom shot of the moon I took last year in June is the one He led me too.  Check that out!  Anything is possible for God!  How does He do that?!  How does the moon just hang there?  Sure all the scientists can give their answers, but it is God who holds the moon in place!  All things are possible with God!

It is God who holds everything in place!  When I look up to where my help comes from, I see a mighty God who can do all things!  Nothing is impossible for God!  He can save any soul and He can perform countless wonders and miracles!  He can send angels to help us, which I have experienced twice!  He can drive out demons, which I have done once through His powerful Holy Spirit!  He can even prevent you from dying and give you your breath back after it has stopped, which I also experienced once!

He is the God of all creation and nothing is too hard for him!  Remember that today!  No matter what you are facing in your life, God is so much bigger and more powerful than anything in this world and He can deliver you from it all!  He has given us access to great love, power, joy, and healing through Jesus Christ!  His Holy Spirit is real on earth and the Lord is moving in power every day!  Jesus is alive and the promise of salvation through Him still exists as much in our time as it did back in Bible times!

“Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind.  Is anything too hard for me?”

Jeremiah 32:26-27

No Lord, nothing is too hard for You and You have proven that to me many times and I will testify!  Jesus Christ is Lord!  God has not given us any other name that can save us.  Only Jesus died for us, so we could be reconciled back into a holy relationship with God!

“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

“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men–the testimony given in its proper time.”

1 Timothy 2:5-6

Wherever you live in this world, go outside and look up today!  You can know the God who made all of this and have a deep personal relationship with Him!  This has been accomplished by God through Jesus Christ.  When you receive Jesus by faith, you enter into a reconciled relationship with your Creator who loves you deeply!  There is nothing you could do to earn this free gift from God.  It is something you must individually choose on your own as an act of your free will.

The God of all creation is offering you grace, mercy, and forgiveness through Jesus!  Will you accept that free gift or reject it?  The choice is yours!  I pray you choose Heaven and turn away from the sin, idolatry, and wickedness of this world!  There are no other gods or lords.  Jesus Christ is God in human form and He is the only One who died to forgive our sins.  Every other religion on earth is based on works and keeps people in bondage to their sin.  Jesus Christ is the only One who can set you free!  There is power in the Name of Jesus and I have witnessed it with my own eyes and experienced it in my very soul!  I hope and pray that the Lord will reveal Himself to you all in mighty and personal ways that are undeniable to your hearts!  The God who created the moon, which hangs in the sky by His great power, knows you intimately and He wants to spend eternity with you in Heaven!  Take that free gift of salvation while you still have breath and let God’s peace wash over your soul!

Grace and peace to you all in the Name above all names, Jesus Christ our Lord!

 

 

That is the very last verse in the book of John and it is incredible to think about!  After everything we know about Jesus from the Bible, there are many other things He did that were never written down.  How many more people did He heal?  How many more demons did He drive out?  How many more people did He raise from the dead?  What other kinds of miracles did He do?  I don’t know, but I know it must have been awesome!  From the time Jesus started His ministry at the age of 30 in 30 A.D. to the time He was crucified in 33 A.D. He accomplished so much that there would not be enough room in the whole world for the books about all of it!  That’s cool!

Here are just a few of the many amazing things that Jesus did!

Jesus changed water into wine (John 2:1-11), which was His first miracle!

Jesus healed the son of a royal official (John 4:43-54), which was His second miracle!

Jesus healed a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years! (John 5:1-15)

Jesus walked on water after performing a miracle of feeding 5,000 people with 5 loaves of bread and 2 small fish! (John 6:1-24)

Jesus healed a man who was born blind! (John 9:1-12)

Jesus raised a man named Lazarus from the dead! (John 11:1-44)

Most of all, Jesus died for all of us for the forgiveness of our sins and He rose back to life three days later defeating sin and death as the King of kings and Lord of lords! (John 19 and 20)

After Jesus rose from the dead and before He ascended into Heaven, He appeared to many of His followers over a period of 40 days!  He even cooked breakfast for them!  Can you imagine having the risen Lord cooking you breakfast just shortly after He was crucified?!  Amazing!  Read John chapter 21 for that.  The Apostle Peter’s reaction to seeing Jesus is great!  May we all run (and even swim) to Jesus just like that!

Check out Acts chapter 1, Mark 16:19, and Luke 24:50-53 to read about Jesus being taken up into Heaven!  Then read about what it was like when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to earth in Acts chapter 2!  It is incredible!

Jesus did many amazing miracles, but the most amazing miracle of all is that He saved our souls!  That is a free gift from God, so accept it with joy!  God has provided a way out of sin and death and that Way is through faith in Jesus!

“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

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

 

 

I am really lovin’ TobyMac’s new album!  Here is another great Holy Spirit filled song from “The Elements” called “It’s You.”  This song is beautiful and this is exactly how I feel about Jesus!  I love Him with all my heart and I pray you do too!  This life doesn’t make any sense without Jesus!  I know, I have lived both ways and I am never going back!  Like TMac says, Lord Jesus, “It’s You, It’s You, then everything else just falls in line and You will always hold this heart of mine!”  Amen!!!  Thank You Jesus!!!

Love you all!  Whatever you are fighting today, run to Jesus!  He will fight for you!  He will protect you!  He will deliver you!  He will save you!  He rescued me from the darkest darkness from the pit of hell and I know with absolutely no doubt in my heart that He can rescue you too!  He loves you and He does not want you to perish!

May He pour out His grace and peace on you always!

Grace and peace friends, flowing from Jesus every day for all eternity!  Amen!!!

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone!  I had to go to the store this morning, and this was the view of the Rockies as I left our neighborhood!  I took these photos with my Android phone from my truck.  The mountains are covered in a perfect sugar coating of powder!  Not a big snow, but just enough to start the season off right.  It was snowing yesterday and it was 19 degrees all day!  Bye bye summer!

On my way back home, I saw the sunlight shining through the frozen tips of a couple trees.  Check this out!  It looks like they are lit up for Christmas!

God is so cool!  Speaking of Christmas, let’s just skip Halloween and go straight to celebrating Jesus!  I celebrate Christmas in my heart 365 days per year!  How about you?

“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
Philippians 1:21

I am praying we all have a blessed and peaceful Monday as we start this new week full of new opportunities and new possibilities!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

 

These are two very important verses that I quote often.  22 years ago I came to a point in my life where I understood that life was all about Jesus and what He did for me.  That realization changed everything for me!  My life is still all about Jesus and it will continue to be all about Him until my very last breath!  Even then His Name will be on my lips as I transition to glory in the power of the Holy Spirit!  Amen!

Wherever you are at in life, please consider these two verses in Romans.  Jesus Christ is the only One who ever died to forgive all of your sins!  No other faith claims such a thing.  That makes a lot of people mad, but it shouldn’t!  Jesus Christ died to save your soul!  There is nothing you could do to earn that free gift from God.  That is great news, so rejoice, don’t be mad!  No amount of meditation or burning of incense or good works or any other religious ceremony is ever going to save your soul.  You might become enlightened in some worldly way from such things, but it does nothing for your soul.  Meditating all day might be great for blood pressure, but it does not get you to Heaven.

Every other faith in the world puts a direct emphasis on what YOU have to do to earn your salvation, and that is not from God.  Salvation is a free gift from God.  It is all about what HE did for us.  There is nothing we can do to get to Heaven on our own.  Christianity is about trusting in Jesus Christ for our salvation through faith.  It is also about making Him Lord of our lives as we follow Him and obey His Word.  He is our Lord and He is our Savior, and there is no other.

“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

“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

I gave my life to Jesus because I was coming out of a horrifying supernatural experience that lasted 4 years.  I know most of you who believe did not come to Jesus that way.  I hope and pray that my testimony will help people come to Jesus.  People need to know the spiritual realm is real and they need to know how serious the choice is regarding their eternal souls!  Believers, we need to warn them, so don’t give up!  Keep preaching using the gifts God gave you and in the style and manner He does through you!  Your labor in the Lord is never in vain!  His Word always bears fruit when it is sent out into the world!  Amen Lord Jesus!

“For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile–the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?  And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?  And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?  And how can they preach unless they are sent?  As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Romans 10:12-15

“Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.”

Romans 10:17

I was having a very hard day today folks.  I have been getting hit with everything from discouragement to depressing thoughts to anxiety, so I did everything I could today to dig in and focus my mind, heart, and soul on Jesus!  After spending the day in prayer and reading His Word, I am doing just fine and I am strong in Him!  Now I am writing this!

I really wish I could convey to every unbeliever just how awesome the Holy Spirit is, but it is something that needs to be experienced to be fully understood!  When you give your life to Jesus, He fills you with His Holy Spirit, which guarantees your inheritance in Heaven!  This is not an analogy or a metaphor.  The Holy Spirit of God is real and God exists on earth by His Spirit, which is inside every believer in Jesus Christ.  It is the Holy Spirit that gives us power to live righteous and holy lives before God!  God also gives us spiritual gifts in the Holy Spirit, which are to be used for His glory as we share the gospel and help people.  The Holy Spirit is the “streams of living water” flowing inside of us that Jesus talked about in John 7:38!

“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

“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.”

Acts 1:8

“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.  There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.”

1 Corinthians 12:4-7

All these things are offered to you for free from God!  He is not asking you to do a certain number of chants, or burn incense, or sacrifice animals, and He definitely does not want you doing those things to idols.  Accepting Jesus Christ is a choice of your free will and you must believe in Him to be saved!

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

John 14:6

I love you all!  You know I lived in a real haunted house in high school and Jesus saved my family from that demon!  I have told you about God’s mighty and beautiful angels and what God did for me not once, but twice with them!  You also know that the Lord saved me from death in 2012 and that if He had not done that, I would not be here telling you these things!

God gave me my breath back and I am going to use that breath to glorify His Name!  Jesus is still saving souls!  He is alive!  I can testify to that!  He was right there with me when I stopped breathing and He never left my side!  I will never forget the immense love, peace, and painlessness that was all around me and through me!  Please repent and turn to Jesus!  Repent just means change your mind.  Change your mind about living life your own way as if you know better than God.  Turn from your sins and turn to your Creator, be forgiven through Jesus, and live!  He wants to save you from death, which we live in the shadow of every day and which will come for all of us someday!

Let me tell you something!  I already died once and it is beautiful in Jesus and you are going to want to know Him and have a deep relationship with Him at your last breath!  Please trust me in this, I am not messing with you.  The only reason I was safe when I stopped breathing is because of Jesus Christ!  The Holy Spirit of God is powerful and my wife and I were blessed to experience the full measure of that power when the Lord brought me back!  Jesus is the resurrection and the life!

Many people are ashamed of Jesus and they mock Him and His followers.  I am not ashamed!  I love Jesus Christ!  I know Him and He is a close personal friend of mine!  He is still right here with me and He never leaves me!  He is also my Lord and Savior!  I spend my days introducing people to Him because He delivered me from darkness and death and He saved my soul!

He will forgive all of your sins and save your soul too!  He is the only One who can!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in October of 1996!  I was a Freshman in college.  It was a Friday and although I don’t remember the exact date, I’m pretty sure it was the second week in October, which would have been Friday October 11, 1996.  I have officially been following Jesus for 22 years now and I give absolutely all the glory to Him for that!

Words cannot express just how awesome and powerful it has been following Jesus since I was 18 years old!  If you read my book, then you know just how awesome God really is and that nothing is impossible for Him!  We live in a supernatural world and we are spiritual beings with eternal souls!  If you would like a free copy of my eBook, let me know, and I will hook you up with one!

I can tell you right now that I would not have made it this far without Jesus Christ!  I would not have met my wife.  I would not have kids.  And I definitely would not be out here preaching every day and night!  All the glory goes to Jesus for everything He has done in my life!

Jesus delivered me from a demon after saving me in 1996!  Jesus gave me encounters with angels in 1998!  Jesus saved me by a miracle of the Holy Spirit on 4-28-2012 after I stopped breathing!  Jesus forgave me and saved my soul!  Jesus is Lord and I’m going to testify!  Hallelujah!!!

When I first started this blog at the urging of the Lord, I wrote out my testimony.  I wrote it in two parts on the same day.  If you would like to know about the supernatural way I came to Jesus and how you can be saved too, please read the posts below!  Today is the day of salvation and the month of October is a great month to be saved!

Heart Poured Out

Real Talk

If you would like to know the details of what happened to me when I stopped breathing, please read this:

My Lazarus Moment

I am praying for all of you and I pray the Lord reveals Himself to you all in mighty and powerful ways just like He has for me!  Ask Jesus to reveal Himself to you!  You will be surprised at how awesome His answer will be!

God bless you all in the Name of Jesus!

THANK YOU LORD JESUS, I LOVE YOU!!!

 

 

 

 

TobyMac’s new ablum “The Elements” is so good I had to post another song!  This is called “See The Light” and the Holy Spirit is flowing in it!  I pray the Lord touches your hearts and lifts you up through this song!  Give your burdens to Jesus!  Keep going and don’t give up!  He loves you so much!  We will see His face someday!  We will see His light shining forever!  God bless you all!  Come to Jesus today!

“Lift your hands up to where your help is comin’ from and let your burdens let ’em fade away!” -TobyMac

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 15:13

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

Last Friday I talked about TobyMac’s new album!  It came out yesterday and it is awesome!  I highly recommend it!  I have been sending tweets to TMac letting him know I appreciate it and blessing him in the Lord!  Here is a great song called “Overflow” from his new album called “The Elements.”  I pray it is an encouragement to you all!  Have a blessed and peaceful Saturday!

“…You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”

Psalm 23:5

Grace and peace brothers and sisters!  Grace and peace!

 

 

I am fully considering that today and I have been for a very long time.  It is not easy to focus on the future glory of Heaven when we are suffering down here on earth.  However, I find great joy and hope in the truth that nothing I suffer in this life can ever compare with the glory of God!

Check out this amazing scene of glory that all those redeemed by the Blood of Jesus will witness and live in for eternity!  May it strengthen and encourage your hearts!

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.  On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month.  And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.  No longer will there be any curse.  The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.  They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.  There will be no more night.  They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.  And they will reign for ever and ever.”

Revelation 22:1-5

Nothing I am going through right now suffering Celiac Disease every day comes even close to comparing with that!  We will see our Creator’s face and live in His light forever!  Our lives here are just a breath and then we are gone.  Heaven is for eternity!

Here is another awesome truth about Heaven!

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes.  There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Revelation 21:4

Hallelujah!  I am ready to have all my tears and pain wiped away!  How about you?!

“Behold, I am coming soon!  Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book.”

-Jesus Christ (Revelation 22:7)

Is your soul thirsty?  Be blessed and come to Jesus and receive the living water of His Holy Spirit!  Salvation is a free gift of God!

“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!”  And let him who hears say, “Come!”  Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.”

Revelation 22:17

“He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”

Amen.  Come, Lord Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people.  Amen.”

Revelation 22:20-21

Amen Lord Jesus, come soon!  May Your will be done!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

What do you let rule your heart?  Is it anxiety?  How about worry or fear?  God’s Word is clear.  We should let the peace of Jesus rule in our hearts!

We have so much to be thankful for in Christ!  He saved our souls!  I pray we let His peace rule in our hearts today.  In the Name of Jesus, I lift up every heart to You Lord and pray that You strengthen us with Your peace and we would rest in You and be thankful, Amen!

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.  And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Colossians 3:16-17

Grace and peace to you all!