The Love of God

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:28-39

King James Version (KJV)

What it means to love one another with God's love

Tonight, I had an experience that really tested what was in my heart. It was just another example of the new heart that God has put within me and how he truly has changed me, how He changes us when we accept Him into our hearts and belong to Him.


My boyfriend Ram and I decided to try out a new restaurant tonight on the beach near my house. When we arrived, the person at the front, who appeared to be the manager, came up to us. We motioned where we would like to be seated and he swiftly and somewhat rudely turned us aside to the opposite side of the restaurant. It seemed very strange to me and I could feel something wrong with his action but was not able to quite put my finger on just what was going on. 


Our service throughout the meal was very good as was the food and the view of the ocean. It was a wonderful night together as we shared our food and thoughts. However, toward the end of the meal, or the perceived end of the meal on the part of the manager, we were told we would need to leave soon. We were brought the check earlier than is normal during a meal. The manager himself came over twice to see if we had paid the bill yet, on the second occasion telling us that there was a reservation for the table and we needed to leave. (This did not seem to be the kind of restaurant that would even take reservations.) We were rushed and could not even relax during the remainder of the meal. We finally paid the bill and just got up and left.


At first I did not realize what was going on, but as we walked away from the restaurant I began to understand. It dawned on me that he did not like us and that there was a feeling of racism very present each time we had an encounter with this man. I had never been in a situation like this before so at first I was not sure how to react. My initial feelings were of surprise, shock and anger. We were already down the street at the time when we decided we needed to say something to the manager. Ram walked back to the restaurant and I waited and watched nearby. We were there quite a while and no one came to sit at the table we had been made to leave. In fact, another couple was seated in the original area we had wanted to sit in, but were made clear we were not allowed to sit in. 


Sitting there watching them talk, I had a peace come over me and began to sing songs in praise of God. Often, singing can be a most sacred prayer for me. God had taken away any anger I felt at the situation and replaced it with peace and love. In my heart, God spoke of the need to pray for this man. There was nothing to be angry at. He was simply a lost soul, someone who does not, at present, know the love of our Lord. When Ram returned, we prayed together for this man, filled with only God's love in our hearts. 


When we have God's love in us, we love one another. We love people because He loves us and loves them and His love so fills our hearts. 


I am learning what it really means to be a servant of Jesus Christ, what it really means to be a Christian and to walk with the Lord. It is so completely different than the experience of being in the world. To know God and to be filled with His Love is to be renewed, transformed and completely changed. Before belonging to Christ, one is lost, hopeless. foolish and ignorant to the truth of Life. Although, one does not always realize this until being saved, until being held in the arms of Christ. We are His children and He loves us with an unwavering, unmoving, unshakeable and unconditional Love. Nothing in the world will ever fill us or complete us but Him. He is all we've ever needed. His Love endures through all things, strengthens us and wakes us up spiritually to the Truth of Life and all the beauty He has intended for us to have. 


We must pray for our enemies (or those who are ignorant, foolish, wicked, souls lost in darkness, souls without the love of God in them). We must love our neighbors. Through God's eyes, we see the truth. With love, we overcome all. For God has overcome the world. He has saved us and we shall pray that others will be filled with God's love as well. 


And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:29-31 KJV

Sin, Repentance and Forgiveness - God's Love

We all commit sins. It's a part of being human. It is important to remember that even if we make a mistake and commit a sin that we know God still loves us. He will not leave us. We are His, we belong to Him in Christ Jesus forever.
It can be easy to get caught up in guilt for that sin. Sincerely repent and ask God's forgiveness and His help with whatever you are dealing with. God loves you and always will. 
He gave His life for us to redeem us to Himself. He did this to cover all our sins with His purity and love and we are forgiven for everything. We have salvation in the Lord. 
This does not mean however that because God has forgiven us that we should go out and willfully sin, for that is against the Lord and is like driving another nail into Him on the cross that He died on for us. 
What it does mean is when we fall, He is there with us, carrying us, never ever letting us go. Remember that. You are never alone. God is with you.

~ Hebrews 10:16-23 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God;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.Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)” (KJV) ~ To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. Acts 10:43 KJV ~ Psalm 86:5 “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.” (KJV) ~ Psalm 55:2 “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” (KJV) ~ Ephesians 1:7 “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” (KJV)

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Story of Jesus Christ

Verse of the Day

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16-17 KJV

The Shepherd Holds His Sheep

The Shepherd Holds His Sheep I look back at my life and wonder How did I survive to this day? So many times there was harm and danger And death was only steps away. I know in the darkest hours In the middle of the night, I was not alone in my suffering. Never solo in my plight. For the One who came to me When I was a young tender age, Is the One who stayed with me Through my heartache and my rage. He would often speak to me And give me strength to carry on. He would dry my tears of sorrow And cause my fears to be gone. Then after each storm was calmed And the thunder and rain went away He would hold me in His tender care Until the night turned into day. Then in the morning hours When I woke and I could see The Great Shepherd Jesus Still had hold of his little sheep, me.

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The Rapture

The Rapture

"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ," 1 Thessalonians 5:9

"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Revelation 3:10 KJV

"Praise God !!! He has promised that Christians will not have to suffer through The Tribulation. The Tribulation will bring about suffering, pain, torment and agony like the world has never seen before. Why suffer through all that is coming? Call on Jesus Christ today for your salvation and be prepared for that moment when He calls all Christians home." 

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd.

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Hope

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:1-2 

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Psalm 31:24 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1 

KJV

Jesus is coming for us soon, are you ready?

Matthew 24

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 ²And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 ³And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
 ⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 ⁵For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 ⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 ⁷For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 ⁸All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 ⁹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
 ¹⁰And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
 ¹¹And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
 ¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 ¹³But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 ¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 ¹⁵When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
 ¹⁶Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
 ¹⁷Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
 ¹⁸Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
 ¹⁹And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
 ²⁰But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
 ²¹For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 ²²And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 ²³Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
 ²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
 ²⁵Behold, I have told you before.
 ²⁶Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
 ²⁷For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 ²⁸For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
 ²⁹Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 ³⁰And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 ³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 ³²Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
 ³³So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
 ³⁴Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
 ³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
 ³⁶But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
 ³⁷But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 ³⁸For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
 ³⁹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 ⁴⁰Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 ⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 ⁴²Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
 ⁴³But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
 ⁴⁴Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
 ⁴⁵Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
 ⁴⁶Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
 ⁴⁷Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
 ⁴⁸But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
 ⁴⁹And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
 ⁵⁰The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 ⁵¹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Colossians 1:9-20

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁹For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
 ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
 ¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
 ¹²Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
 ¹³Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
 ¹⁴In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
 ¹⁵Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
 ¹⁶For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
 ¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
 ¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
 ¹⁹For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
 ²⁰And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

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(Charity)-Love; universal benevolence; good will.

1 Corinthians 13
King James Version (KJV)

 ¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
 ²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
 ³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
 ⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
 ⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
 ⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
 ⁷Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
 ⁸Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

 ⁹For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

 ¹⁰But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

 ¹¹When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

 ¹²For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

 ¹³And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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