The Joy of the Lord?

 To Have!

To believe in the death, resurrection and promised return of the Lord is one thing, but to follow Jesus is another?

To imitate, to apply Jesus actions everyday in our lives is hard and that is perhaps why many people who claim faith are unhappy, since they live as the world?

We were purchased at a heavy price and it is sad to see that many fail at this essential and simple hurdle or that they abuse the power they have been invested with!

Matthew/Levi 25:21-23,  1 Thessalonians 1:6,  Philemon 1:20.

'Our Heart? Two.

Where are We?

We know that God tells us that our hearts are deceptive, we may like to think that we are alright? Because we are living in the right way in our own eyes, people like us, respect us, because we are being honest and truthful?

But this is not enough with God, we have to believe that Jesus died for our failures and rose again on the third day from the grave! It is through our confession and repentance that we make that mental change of our attitudes of hostility towards Him, that tell and ask for His forgiveness of past failures then we are born again?

We have a choice to make and being Born-Again does not mean an excuse to pretend to be saved and live as the world, but to be filled with the Holy Spirit and live in the power of God daily in this hostile world?

Genesis 50:21,  Deuteronomy 28:67,  Psalm 28:3,  73:7,  John 2:25,  3:3.  15-18,  Romans 3:22-23.

Rejoice. Part-One.

It helps Us!

We all need help at the best of times, and God wants us to be happy in all our circumstances and situations!

The world will always be attacking us for one reason or another, if we believe in God!

The many times they have a go at us, they also contradict themselves in their anger and frustration?

But we are now living in our New Lives and have so much to give thanks to God for.

1 Chronicles 16:32,  Psalm 40:16,  Philippians 2:17-18.

Easter Approaches!

More chocolate, flowers and Cards?

Is there not something more to Easter than another holiday, fun, bunnies and eggs?

Easter is about Jesus price paid to bring us back to God, because God said that he loves His creation! God does not love our failures, so he gave us His son Jesus to do the good works of death upon the cursed tree/Cross.

This achieved the ultimate miracle of rising from the dead on the third day and removing the sting of death from all who have faith in Him.

As we have seen in recent posts, no one is forcing you to do anything? But rather to inform you that it is your choice wither you choose a New Life today with God or go on to Eternal separation for Eternity?

Psalm 86:15,   Luke 18:7-8,   Romans 2:4.

The Bastard. Part-One.

Illegitimate.

Seventy years ago across many parts of this world it was a scandal to have a child out of wedlock, but many young woman fell victim to devious men. Promises were made, but never kept.

Today nearly everyone born here in the U.K. is from couples living together or the product of one night stands and people don't even have any shame about their actions.

When we are dealing with God, it becomes a whole different matter. He says 'Anyone who is not with Me is a Bastard. This verse troubles many religious or ritual following Church goers.

But you have to make your own choices?

Hebrews 12:8.