The word for today is - Everlasting !

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 The word for today is - Everlasting !

 

We know that the world is seeking love, but the love that they are seeking is in man. The world says I’ll love you if you are good to me but if you hurt me I will get you back.  This is evil for evil. The word from God say we are to have  His Love (Agape) in us. Let's look at God's love for mankind. God hates sin but let us never stray from the great Biblical doctrine of God's love for mankind, which allowed Christ to be nailed to the cross for our sins. However, the entire Bible is based upon the fact that God loves mankind, so much that God the Father sent His only begotten Son into the world to suffer and die for our sins.  Let's read John 3:16, "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." Notice the words, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish! Let's also look at Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." God in His foreknowledge knew how sinful and rotten mankind would be, but He looked beyond our faults and saw our need for redemption. Jesus Christ died, was buried and rose again from the grave to take away our sins. Jesus did this by the shedding of His blood. Read 1 John 4:19 declares, "We love him, because He first loved us." The Bible teaches that God loved us before we loved Him.  Remember, we live in time but God lives in eternity where there is no time read Revelation 10:6. Even after being nailed to the cross, Jesus expressed forgiveness to the Roman soldiers who had stripped him naked, beat Him beyond recognition, placed a sharp crown of thorns upon His head, mocked Him, spit on Him and then nailed Him to a cross to bleed and die read Luke 23:34. Don't you ever say that God doesn't love us ! There is no depth of sin known to man which can prevent the arm of God from saving the sinner who seeks forgiveness, "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God..."   Jesus is the perfect example of Love. Love never fails. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee "in Jeremiah 31:3. It's everlasting ! "Unending Love."  Thank you God for your word. Amen !

The word for today is - Showing!

Good morning,

The word for today is - Showing!

 

 

An day early.There's nothing wrong with showing your love and affection for the people you love. The question isn't, "How do you show your love on Valentine's Day?" The real question is, "How do you show your love all year?"A word for this kind of love  is, "agape". The Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives agape this definition, "self giving loyal concern that freely accepts another and seeks his or her good".   According to the Bible, true love is agape love it's consistent, it holds another person higher than oneself. In other words, love is humble and willing to put other people first.  Some view love as a feeling, but it is more than that, it's a decision followed by action. Read John 13:34-35, Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments" and "A new command I give unto you, That ye Love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men  know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." The apostle Paul wrote in 1Corinthians 13:4,"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up" The greatest example of love was when Christ hung on the Cross. Read 1Corinthians 16:13-14, Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let all your things be done with charity.This is the order giving to us by the word of God.  Read Ephesians 4:23-24, And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.We need to put on the fruit of the Spirit of God everyday. When you get up first give thanks, then put of the Fruit of the Spirit of God, then get dress. Amen ! What Spirit is this read Galatians 5:22-23,But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,meekness,temperance: against such there is no law. Also read verse 25, If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. John also tells us in 1John 4: 7,Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. God expects us to show love towards each other every day, not just on Valentine's Day .Thank you God for your word.Amen !

The word for today is - Speak !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Speak !

 

The first thing is, Speak to me Lord, I need to hear from you! This morning, I was walking through my house asking the Lord to speak to my heart.When you want to have a conversation with someone, how do you begin? Do you stand in front of the person and hope they will talk to you? No! you must speak ( make a sound ).   We begin a conversation by opening our mouths and talking, engaging the other person's attention. Do you want to hear God's voice? If you do, it's possible you're hearing from Him already, for He is the one giving you the longing to hear from Him. We need the Lord to speak to us but we must speak also to Him. Let's talk to Him, Lord here's what's going on in my life, and I'd sure like Your thoughts on how to handle it. Would You please speak to me about this today? We speak, then listen for the response of the other person. It's the same with God! Once we've prepared our hearts to listen we're more likely to hear the voice of God. Are you asking the Lord to speak to your heart? He speaks to us in many ways. Here are some of them: God speaks through His Word ,God speaks through our thoughts ,God speaks through conversations with others ,God speaks through circumstances. How many words have you spoken today to encourage the listener? What have you said today that allowed another to see that you are ‘thankful’ for what God has given you? Have you used your tongue today to bless, or to curse? I believe it is wise to begin taking a hard look at what exactly we allow to come out of our mouths. Or, to dig a little deeper, to ask God to examine our hearts since it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. I don't  know everything, so I go to the Lord and ask Him. I ask the Holy Spirit  to make clear to me what purpose God has in mind for me today. My purpose is to open the minds of His people surrounding today’s issue to get someone else’s thoughts on the ‘words we speak’ ( good or bad). For me,"If I can help somebody as I travel along then my living will not be in vain".  I always speak of the goodness of Jesus.For, since we have to give an account of even our words, why aren’t we speaking of the goodness of Jesus? Thank you God for speaking through us and to us! Thank you God for your word. Amen !

The word for today is - Return !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Return !

 

Let's look at Isaiah 55:11,So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it. The Lord is telling us that His word, It shall not return to me (Jesus) without accomplishing that which I (Jesus) intend. It is never spoken in vain, and never fails to produce the effect which I ( Jesus) intends. We forgive, and cannot forget; but when God forgives, he remembers it no more. The power of his word in the kingdoms of providence and grace, is certain. So, no matter what problems people have : health, marital, financial, children, etc., etc., my counsel to them is always the same: Find two or three promises from the Word of God that cover your case. Begin worshipping God for these promises and begin saying them out of your mouth as if they were already manifested in your life. Quit speaking the negative circumstances ! Keep speaking about yourself what the Word says about you. The Holy Spirit will manifest those promises in your life if you believe the word from God. Thank you God for your word. Amen !

The word for today is - Search !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Search !

 Each of us has five significant parts in our lives. We have the physical, the emotional, the mental, the social, and the spiritual. All five of these parts are designed to work together in harmony. In Jeremiah 17,, According to the Bible, a person's heart reveals his true nature and motivation. In Jeremiah 17:10, I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to  give every man according to his ways , and according to the fruit of his doings. The Bible says that God "searches the heart ; Jesus said that the widow woman gave more to the temple by giving two coins than those who put much more in the temple treasury because of what was in her heart (she gave all that she had). Read Psalm 139:23,Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: This is what we need to be asking the Lord for a clean Spirit. Read 1 Corinthians  2:10, But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. But the carnal man is a stranger to the principles, and pleasures, and actings of the Divine life. The spiritual man is the person to whom God gives the knowledge of his will.  We all have the power to choose between right and wrong.  We must search our hearts.We are losing brothers and sisters everyday because most of us forgot how to search our hearts. Let's look at one of  Mahalia Jackson songs, she was  asking the  Lord to constantly search her heart, to keep her honest . She said, Yes, while I’m down here living, Lord, search my heart. While I’m singing Your praises, Lord, please search my heart. Did you get that? Father help us to grow in you ( Holy Spirit) !  Let's look at 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24,Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. " Thank you God for your word. Amem!

The word for today is - New !

Good morning,

The word for today is - New !

 

Let's read Lamentations 3:23,They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Bad as things are in the world today, it 's the mercy of God that they are not worse.Thank God every morning first ! He is the begining of this day.  It's the work of the Lord, read Psalm 118:23,This is the Lord's doing: it is marvellous in our eyes. It is of the Lord's mercy we are not consumed. Wait for the salvation of the Lord. Why are you sad today, when the word from God says to rejoice and be glad in it? You have life giving to you by God. Amen ! Paul rejoiced in prison. David wrote psalms in the wilderness; Paul and Silas sang in jail; the Hebrew children remained resolute in the fiery furnace; John saw Heaven in his exile, and Jesus prayed in the garden of pain. You no longer have yesterday, it's gone! You don't yet have tomorrow, but you have this day.For the word tells us in Psalm 118:24,This is the day which  the Lord hath made; we (I) will rejoice and be glad in it. Do you not know how much God loves you? Yes, you the believer! Let's read John 13:34, A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. It is called new, not because there was no command before which required people to love their fellow mankind, for one great precept of the law was that they should love their neighbor as themselves in Leviticus 19:18; but it was new because it had never before been made known by any class or body of people. All  believers, are to be attach to each other. Let's look at Jesus,he not only loved his neighbor as himself, but he loved them more than himself, for he laid down his life for mankind. In this he calls upon the disciples to imitate him; to be ready on all occasions to lay down their lives for each other. Also, Jesus tells us not just for the good people, but also for your enemies ( Love your enemies;  Lay down your lives for each other). Did you get that? all people! The Lord tells us to put on the new man ( that's the Spirit) read Genesis 1:27, that God created man in his own image. Read Ephesians 4:24,And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.For this is not by the power of man, but by the Spirit of God; this is God's work, and not man's; it is he who made us, not ourself. Thank you God for your word and your Love for us. Amen !

The word for today is - Awake!

Good morning,

The word for today is - Awake!

 

 

We are told to fulfilling the law through Love! Love is a living, active principle of obedience to the whole law. Read Romans 13:8-14,Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Awake out of sleep! Today people are sleep walking (spiritually asleep), there is away out. Whether we like it or not, a true revival, an awakening up to living by the Holy Spirit today.What we really need is more of God's Spirit within us! The Savior is standing at the door, knocking to come in. Will we awake and let him into our hearts and minds? Read II Timothy 4:1-4. People are more concerned with protecting their "self image" than in conforming to God's image! It takes sacrifice to be revitalized by the Holy Spirit. We may have to give up our reputation, not giving heed to what others think about us, but being more concerned with what the Creator thinks. We may have to bear criticism, misunderstanding and rejection of long and dear friends. Under certain circumstances, for the sake of the Truth, we may have to give up our jobs, or our life savings. Daily, we must be like young Isaac, willing to lay down ourselves on the altar. Do we want the zeal of the Almighty? How badly do we want it? Are we willing to pay the price? Are you willing to go all the way? Are you wise or foolish? Read Matthew 25:1-5, "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. We need to awake out of sleep. Let's look at  Romans 13:11-12, "And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light." Dear Lord, Revive us again;Fill our hearts with thy love. Thank you God for your word. Amen !