When JESUS said to the disciples, "you must be like this child to enter the Kingdom of Heaven" what was HE telling them? And when JESUS told the disciples, "whoever is least, will be the greatest", what was HE saying to them? We spend too much time "figuring out" WHAT JESUS MEANT, instead of what JESUS is SAYING TO US NOW. To know JESUS is to have a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with HIM, it is FELLOWSHIP that is the most intimate communion. 1 John 1:3-4, "...our fellowship is with th FATHER and with HIS SON JESUS CHRIST...that our JOY may be complete." Don't spend time "FIGURING OUT" what JESUS meant, LISTEN TO WHAT HE MEANS, NOW FOR US. AMEN....
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Think to the earliest you can remember about yourself. Maybe you are four or five, maybe it's earlier or later, a time when yesterday had only good memories, and tomorrow never came. A time when you didn't have to think about "forgiving" someone, you just did. A time when your life defined "humbleness", sincerity, and TRUTH. You didn't have to take time to think about GOD or be with HIM, you just were. A time when the world's definition of GOD was not the GOD you knew. Matthew 18:3, "...Except you...become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven." WHEN YOU ASK, "WHO AM I"; THINK TO THOSE DAYS, before the prejudice, envy, self-pride, worry and ambition, THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. Now you are beginning to see yourself as GOD sees you; AND YOU BOTH ARE SMILING.
SHOW ME YOUR GOD! I want to hear about "this GOD of yours"! What do you have to say now? RESPONSE: "What can I say, that HE has not already told you?" Did GOD not speak VOLUMES about HIS LOVE through HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST? Do not the cosmos and universes speak loudly of HIS DIVINE power, order, harmony and SUSTAINING of creation? Another Miracle will not convince people to believe what they do not want to see. "We are a part of something too wonderful for us to know..." (Job 42:2-3). Isaiah 45: 5, "I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no GOD..." WHAT CAN I SAY, THAT GOD HAS NOT ALREADY TOLD YOU?
Why does it take eight hours to do a one hour job? When the deadline is near and the pressure is on, why can we complete something in a day that we thought would take a week; and it is done with quality and perfection? DISTRACTIONS! When we start something we become distracted with things that happened in the past and thoughts of the future. Therefore, we never live in the present. This is the reason we can only recall moments of our lives, WE DON'T LIVE IN THE PRESENT, IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. Proverbs 16:3, "Commit your work to the LORD...." We Prefer non-commitment, because then, we don't have to hold ourselves accountable. WE CHOOSE, ABSOLUTELY PREFER, TO SELFISHLY PROCRASTINATE TODAY, than to commit ourselves to GOD IN THE PRESENT.
Don't Waste this Moment, This Day We all have glimpses of awareness that there is much more to us and within us. We do not experience it often because we choose to receive the "world's NOISE" instead of the TRUTH of SILENCE. Right now, we dwell about what we should have done yesterday or worrying about what we need to do tomorrow; completely ignoring and wasting the Present. Ephesians 5:15-16, "Be very careful how you live...making the most of every moment." Jame 4:14, "...Your life is like the morning fog, it is here for a little while, then it is gone." Because we are in a "fog of noise" we "busy" ourselves with medial jobs, choosing wrong priorities. We flip T.V. channels, scan the radio and when we don't have "noise", we create it, by getting on the telephone. We have not experienced the "FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT" because we "put off" the TRUTH OF SILENCE until tomorrow; UNTIL THERE IS NO TOMORROW. Then our life, and awareness, are only a GLIMPSE, a VAPOR, a FOG.
TRUE STORY. An atheist hired an attorney to bring his case before a Florida Court. He pleaded discrimination because Christians have Christmas and Easter, the Jewish have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah while the Atheist have no "Holy" day. The Atheist want their Holiday! After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel declaring "Case Dismissed!" The lawyer asked, "how can you dismiss this case without giving the Atheist their due holiday?" The Judge said, The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, "The FOOL says in his heart, there is no GOD." It is the opinion of this Court, that, if your client says there is no GOD, then he is a FOOL. Therefore, April 1st is his day. James 4:17, "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin." GOD MUST BE SMILING, because it was THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
"What has been is what will be....there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9). How many times have we read the same Scripture and receive a stronger, deeper message than the time before? The Scripture didn't change, but the message was intensified and magnified to a higher Revelation of its meaning. The seasons appear to be the same year after year, while tomorrow will be no different than yesterday. Nothing MATERIAL may seem to change, BUT the SPIRITUAL being inside us DOES. While others see NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN, we walk in a place where there are no footprints before us. BECAUSE WE ARE NEW, TODAY IS NOT LIKE YESTERDAY.
When we want someone to pray with us, and for us, who do we ask? Is it the one who can "quote" the most scriptures (Book, Chapter and Verse), or is it the most knowledgeable "theologian"? Most likely it is the person we see GOD in; GOD drawing us to HIMSELF. Without HOLY affection, KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION are worthless. LOVE is the LIFE GIVING catalyst in all things, SPIRIT, Soul, Body and Knowledge. LOVE gives KNOWLEDGE its WISDOM. GOD may use for us the most unlikely person, a person who has been FORGIVEN over and over; Luke 7:47, "...sins which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much... who is forgiven little, loves little." WHEN WE SEEK WISDOM, WE SEEK REVELATION NOT EDUCATION.
I was going to ask all of us to Pray for a special young man who had kidney and liver failure this past Monday; and to pray for his family. Then the HOLY SPIRIT put on my heart for us to REACH OUT, LAY OUR HANDS UPON EVERY afflicted person and family that we know and don't know. MIRACLES are said to be above the laws of NATURE or EXTRAORDINARY. But aren't MIRACLES already performed, aren't they undiscovered, unrevealed acts of LOVE that authenticate the DIVINE NATURE OF GOD? DIVINE NATURE, LAWS OF NATURE. Isn't GOD'S knowledge "perfect" (Job 37:16)? And beyond Measure (Psalm 147:5)? The MIRACLES we are Praying for, and hoping for, are already in the LAWS OF DIVINE NATURE. They are just waiting to be DISCOVERED AND REVEALED through LOVE. "Your Faith has healed you..." (Mark 10:52). TODAY WE PRAY FOR ALL AFFLICTED, INCLUDING OURSELVES, we don't have to expect healing, we don't have to name-it and claim-it healing; IT'S BEYOND HEALING; IT'S PREDETERMINED, PREDESTINED MIRACLES FOR THE GLORY OF GOD! "How precious it is LORD, to realize you are thinking of me constantly...." (Psalm 139:17-18). PREDETERMINED, PREDESTINED MIRACLES.
Is there an AMEN in REVELATION? A dad wanted his son to be more grateful for what they had, so he took his son to the country to see how poor people lived. After a few days in the country they returned home, and the dad asked his son what he learned? The son replied, "we have a swimming pool that goes to the garden, they have a creek that is endless; we have a yard that goes to the street, they have meadows as far as we could see; we have fences and police to protect us, they are surrounded by friends; we have street lights at night, they have vast skies full of stars; we have one dog, they have four!" 2 Corinthians 8:9, "...Our LORD JESUS CHRIST, though HE was rich, yet for your sake HE became poor, so that YOU through HIS poverty might become rich." THE SON HUGGED HIS DAD AND SAID, "THANKS DAD FOR SHOWING ME HOW POOR WE ARE".
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