GOD can do immeasurably more!

 Dearest Christ followers, we serve a mighty, glorious FATHER GOD.

Our GOD can literally do anything HE chooses.  And HE can do it anytime HE chooses.

We, children of GOD, have a direct access through to our FATHER.  Through the veil having been lifted by our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, we can petition our FATHER directly.  We do not have to take with us sacrificial animals or do atonement for our sins first.  We can pray to our FATHER.

Furthermore, our FATHER has sent HIS HOLY SPIRIT to dwell in us.  

We need to come to our FATHER with thanksgiving and praise for HIS grace given freely to us through the atoning work of JESUS CHRIST upon the Cross.  

And if we ask and it is in line with the will of our FATHER, we shall indeed, receive. 

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I humbly thank YOU for YOUR grace so freely given to a wretched sinner like me.  FATHER I thank YOU that I may approach YOU with my request.  FATHER, THY will and not my will be done.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay amazingly JESUS Blessed today!

Be strong and courageous!

 Dearest Christ followers, the days are getting darker by the minute.

However, as the people of Israel were commanded, so too, I believe we are commanded to be strong and courageous.

We are not to be afraid as our redemption draws nigh!

It is awfully discouraging to watch this darkened world mock and blaspheme our FATHER and HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST.  

However, we are warned about this.  The thing to hold onto is the fact that our FATHER is with us wherever we are and wherever we go.  This is our encouragement.

Today let us lean into our faith and turn our eyes upon JESUS, from whence cometh our help.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that I know that YOU are with me at all times.  FATHER help me not to be afraid or discouraged.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS BLESSED today!

Be Holy!

 Dearest CHRIST followers, we are called on to be HOLY, to live in peace with everyone.

We are warned that without holiness, no one will see the LORD.

Therefore, how can we live HOLY lives?  

The first thing to do is to repent of our sins.  The next thing we need to do is to grow our faith. We can do this by getting to know and understand the nature and character of our FATHER in Heaven.  We can read the Bible.  We can fellowship with other Believers.  We can become more Holy by being more like JESUS.

Daily, we need to ask GOD to fill us anew with the HOLY SPIRIT.  The HOLY SPIRIT will convict us of our sins.  The HOLY SPIRIT will guide us to be kind, patient, slow to anger, joyous and to live temperate lives. 

Without the indwelling of the HOLY SPIRIT, we will struggle to get to a state where we are considered HOLY.

Now, dearest friends, we are born sinful.  But we can sin less.  When we sin, the HOLY SPIRIT will show us the error of our ways, and we can repent. 

Please do not confuse repentance with remorse.  Repentance is a turning away from our sin and not sinning in the same way. It includes remorse.  But it is far more.  It is a resolve not to do the same thing again.  This comes about because we begin to understand that our sin has consequences.  Often those consequences hurt others around us.  

Those consequences can also hurt us and have far reaching results.

Today, let us ask our FATHER again to fill us anew with the HOLY SPIRIT.  Let us ask our FATHER daily to make us more like JESUS.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU for YOUR grace and favour.  FATHER fill me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  FATHER make me more like JESUS today.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Testify to GOD's grace

 Dearest Christ followers, we are called to testify to the good news of GOD's grace.

The good news is that JESUS CHRIST came to this earth and lived a sinless life.  HE was crucified, and on that Cross, HE paid the full price of our sins.

The wrath of GOD was satisfied.

Where we could never reach Heaven, we now have the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE.

All we have to do is to accept the Grace of GOD, repent and believe in JESUS as our REDEEMER.

Paul, writing above the believers, states that his life is worth nothing to him.  His only aim was to finish the race and complete the task of spreading the good news.

This should be our aim.  To finish the race under the full conviction of the HOLY SPIRIT, spreading the GOSPEL to all who will listen.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray today that I remain under the firm conviction of the HOLY SPIRIT.  I humbly pray that I am given the opportunity to testify of YOUR grace.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS BLESSED today!

Lay hold of eternal life!

 Dearest Christ followers, we need to fight the good fight of faith.

By increasing our faith daily, we are laying hold of our eternal life.

Every person on earth will go onto eternity.  The question is not "will I have eternity?"  The question is "where will I spend eternity?"

There are only two choices.  Heaven, with our FATHER.  Or hell with the devil.

We have been given the freedom of choice by our loving FATHER.  We can choose.

The way we will live on earth determines where we spend eternity.

Today, let us repent, grow our faith and lay hold of our eternal life with our FATHER in Heaven.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR grace and favour.  FATHER, help me to grow my faith daily.  Fill me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  Help me to choose the right path to YOU in Heaven.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay wisely JESUS Blessed today!

Stand strong in the LORD!

Dearest Christ followers, now more than ever, we need to stand firm in the faith and be courageous and strong.

The devil prowls around like a roaring lion and we CHRIST followers are constantly under attack.

This modern world that we live in has very little tolerance for people who follow JESUS.  The wokeness of people, the moral decline, the lack of true family values has given the devil a very strong foothold in the world.

What we need to do is to pray continually to our FATHER in Heaven.  We need to ask HIM to give us courage and strength so that we may come boldly to the defense of our faith.

We need to be fellowshipping with like-minded people, reading the WORD - a lot, and praying to our FATHER about everything.

We need to test every spirit and everything we are told and that we read.  We need to ask our FATHER for the spirit of discernment so that we are not led astray.

Do not be misled.  We are living in the end of times and the Rapture could happen today.  Are you ready?

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that I am YOUR child.  I thank YOU that YOU loved me first.  I humbly pray that YOU fill me with the HOLY SPIRIT and give me discernment that I may represent YOU boldly and courageously on earth.  I pray that I may shine YOUR light in this very dark work.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  My LORD and my REDEEMER.  Amen.

Stay courageously Blessed today!

Let your light shine!

 Dearest Christ followers, we are not to seek rewards for our good works on earth.  However, we are called upon to shine the light of JESUS on this earth as a testimony to HIM.

This is a fine line to walk.  And it sounds contradictory.  But, in actual fact, what this verse is talking about, is living the Christian life.

In other words, being a faithful follower of JESUS, we can no longer walk in our old ways.

We can no longer behave in a manner which brings being a Christ follower into disrepute.

The way we live needs to reflect the changes in our lives.  Day by day we need to become more and more like JESUS.  We need to live honest, upright, community driven lives.

We need to show the joy of being a Christ follower.  We need to show kindness, love, patience, humility and generosity towards people around us.

In this manner we can shine the LIGHT of JESUS on this earth!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU show me how to become more and more like JESUS in everything I think, say and do so that I may shine YOUR light upon this earth.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST,  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

The LORD commands HIS lovingkindness!

 Dearest Christ followers, we serve a GOD who truly loves us.

GOD has shown HIS love for us in so many ways.  We have been given free will and choose to return this great love and accept HIS SON JESUS CHRIST as our LORD and our REDEEMER.

Or not!

The lovingkindness of our FATHER is available to all of us and HIS mercies are new every day.

All we have to do is to repent of our sins.  Believe in JESUS as our SAVIOUR and accept the love of our CREATOR.

We have only this life this side of the grave to do this.  And no one is guaranteed tomorrow! Do not wait.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, we thank YOU for YOUR lovingkindness.  We praise YOU and we adore YOU.  Thank YOU for JESUS CHRIST, my REDEEMER.  I pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay truly JESUS Blessed today!

The ONE that is in us is greater than the one who is in the world!

 

Dearest Christ followers, we, the children of CHRIST and co heirs with HIM, are so blessed.  We serve our FATHER who has overcome the world.

When JESUS came to this earth, HE conquered the sin of the world.  Where sin entered the world through Adam and Eve, death entered the world. 

JESUS came to this earth, lived a sinless life.  HE then was crucified and HE paid the price for all our sin.  HE died on that Cross after paying the full price for our sin.  HE rose from the dead, conquering death, which had entered the world through Adam and Eve.

Therefore, we, who having repented and believed in JESUS as our LORD and SAVIOUR, now have the HOLY SPIRIT living in us.  We have ONE who has overcome the world, living in us.

JESUS blessed, we are indeed!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER I humbly thank YOU that YOU have filled me with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  I thank YOU that YOU have overcome the world, and that I have nothing to fear.  I love YOU, ABBA FATHER.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

A mindset like JESUS!

 

Dearest Christ followers we are to be of the same mindset as JESUS in our dealings with one another.

So what exactly is the mindset of JESUS?

Let us consider that JESUS was never judgemental.  JESUS was loving and kind and gentle and patient and humble.  HE was always praying about everything.  HE never retaliated when HE was persecuted.  HE did not boast about anything. 

So too, we are called to be.

PRAYER:  ABBA FATHER. I thank YOU that I have my Bible to read which instructs me daily on living my life as YOU would have me do.

FATHER I humbly pray that YOU show me how to be more like JESUS in every way.

I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.   

Stay faithfully JESUS blessed today!

Humility before GOD!

 Dearest Christ followers, we are called upon to be humble before our FATHER.  

Too often today, people are extremely prideful.  The world is full of people saying "I did this" or "I did that".

In actual fact, we need to go back to our childhood and start to think like little children.

Who gave us life?  Who is in charge of everything under the sun?  To whom shall we answer one day after we die?

These are humbling thoughts.

Without GOD we would not be here.  Without GOD there would be no universe, no earth, no sun, no moon, no man.

Today, let us resolve to humble ourselves before our FATHER and thank HIM for everything.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU for all that I am.  I thank YOU for all that I have.  I thank YOU for all that YOU are to me.  Without YOU, ABBA FATHER, I am nothing.  I thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay humbly JESUS Blessed today!

FATHER, my rock and my fortress!

 Dearest Christ followers, today, as it was for King David, we need to make GOD our rock and our fortress.

Throughout our lives, we need to learn to depend on GOD for all our needs.

In times of gladness, we need to thank GOD.  In times of trouble, we need to depend on GOD.  No matter the circumstances we find ourselves in, we need to know that GOD is with us.  HE will never leave us nor forsake us.

Therefore today, let us know without a shadow of doubt, GOD is our rock and fortress. We need to pray that our FATHER will lead us and guide us in all situations.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that I know that YOU will never leave me nor forsake me.  FATHER I humbly pray that YOU lead me and that YOU guide my footsteps onto the right path for my life.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Praise to the LORD always

 Dearest CHRIST followers, we need to know that our FATHER is always listening to our prayers.  What we are praying for my not always be in line with the plans our FATHER has for us.

However, if our prayers are the Will of our FATHER, then HE is always faithful to hear our prayers and to answer them.

We need to know how to pray.

When we pray we need to always give thank to our FATHER for what HE is and what HE has done and for all the blessings HE has lavished upon us.

We often do not even know the blessings we have received.

Perhaps we were destined to be in a motor vehicle accident and our FATHER allowed us to be late in order to save us.

So, with this in mind, let us ask our FATHER for all our needs, but with thanks and reverence. 

This week has been a week of answered prayers for me personally.  I am convinced that our FATHER is always faithful, though, even when my prayers are not answered or answered differently to what I asked.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU for prayers answered this week and for all the blessings that YOU have showered on me.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay thankfully JESUS Blessed today!

Give!

Dearest Christ followers, in this passage above Jesus was teaching HIS disciples.  One of the things that HE told HIS disciples is to give.  This verse is often misquoted by the so-called "prosperity" churches, the "name it and claim it" doctrine.

We need to read each verse in context.

It is not that we should give in order to receive.  We have nothing to give without us having received it first.

GOD gives us all our blessings.  What JESUS is saying here is that the more we give, the more we receive.

But taking the verse in context, we have already received enough from GOD to be able to give.  Without GOD giving to us first, we have nothing to give. This giving does not only mean money either.  We can give others care, love, our time, our help, joy, patience, kindness, sympathy and empathy.  

And it also does not mean that by giving we will get more on earth.  The more we give on earth, without receiving any reward or acknowledgement on earth, the more treasures we store up for ourselves in Heaven.

We are not going to become rich by giving away all our possessions on earth.  That is not what JESUS is teaching. 

However, when we give, whatever we give, in which ever way, we open our hearts to the needs of others.  Through that, we open our eyes to the love that JESUS has for all of us, and we learn to love others, as we are loved by GOD.

We can also bless others simply with the unfailing, unselfish love that we have given by JESUS. 

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I come to YOU today to worship and adore YOU.  YOU have blessed me so, FATHER.  I thank YOU for my family, my friends, the people I meet.  I thank YOU for my home, for all that I have and all that I am.  I humbly pray that YOU show me opportunities to bless others in the way YOU have blessed me.  I pray this in the mighty name of JESUS CHRIST, my SAVIOUR, my REDEEMER.  Amen.

Stay generously JESUS Blessed today!

Give thanks to the LORD forever!

 Dearest Christ followers, reading this Psalm today made me eternally grateful to our FATHER in Heaven and I can understand the need to thank GOD forever.

Our FATHER has given us everything we have.

HE has given us everything we are.

HE has given us life on this earth, no matter that it is trying at times.

Most of all, HE has given us HIS grace.  HE sent JESUS so save you and I from eternity in hell.

There is no way we could ever keep all the laws of the Old Testament.  We struggle to keep the ten Commandments.

Through JESUS, we have obtained a way to get to GOD despite our sinful ways.

What we need to do is to give thanks to our FATHER today for the enormous blessing that we have through our faith in JESUS CHRIST.  

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU today for YOUR grace and favour.  FATHER YOU have saved me from myself through YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST.  I humbly thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay gratefully JESUS Blessed today!

Have you confessed that JESUS is the LORD of your life?

Dearest Christ followers, sometimes it is good to go back to the beginning.  So today, I actually want to go back to the beginning, before Genesis.  And to do this I am using John 1:1.

"In the beginning" (before Genesis) "was the WORD and the WORD was GOD, and the WORD was with GOD - in the beginning".

Let us consider this for a moment and then we get to the question of today.

JESUS is the WORD.  In Romans, Paul writes that with the mouth confession is made that JESUS is LORD.  

Consider that the WORD (JESUS) spoke everything into existence. JESUS is GOD and JESUS was with GOD in the beginning.  

Also in the beginning, was the HOLY SPIRIT.  It is by the HOLY SPIRIT that we are convicted to believe in JESUS as our LORD.  The HOLY SPIRIT is also GOD.  HE was also with GOD in the beginning.  Genesis 1:2 " Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the SPIRIT of GOD was hovering over the waters".  

Therefore,we need to make the verbal confession that JESUS is the LORD of our lives. This is what JESUS did in the beginning.  That is our starting point.  A faith in JESUS, a truly repentant heart, and a verbal confession of our belief. 

If you have never done this, then I would urge you to do this today. 

Obviously, there is much more to this verbal confession, because GOD reads our hearts.  So, to say this and not to mean it, would instantly be known by GOD and your confession would be futile.  

However, if you believe with your heart, confess with your mouth that JESUS is LORD, you are justified.  Just as if you had never sinned when you have truly repented of your sins!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that through YOUR grace in sending YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST to die and take the punishment for my sins onto that Cross, I am saved.  FATHER forgive my sins.  Today, I confess with my mouth that JESUS is my LORD and my SAVIOUR.  Bless YOU FATHER for this enormous free gift of salvation.  I humbly thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Waiting patiently for the LORD!

 Dearest Christ followers, do we always wait patiently for the LORD?  In this Helter- Skelter world of ours, we have become very used to getting instant gratification. I often think about my grandmother.

She was born in 1901.  They did not have cars, phones, electricity on tap, TV, microwaves, aeroplanes.

Everything was "manual" labour, so to speak. 

If you wanted to speak to someone a long way away, you wrote a letter, and you posted it and you waited weeks to get a reply.

We have become so spoilt that we expect everything to happen instantly.  And, I fear, it is the same when we pray to GOD.  We want an instant reply.

However, we have to realize that we cannot force the Hand of GOD.  GOD will do what GOD will do, in HIS own time.

This verse above is a very good reminder that when we pray, we need to wait "patiently" for our FATHER.  And if we have prayed according to the Will of our FATHER, HE will lift us out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and the miry clay and HE will set our feet upon a firm place.

Today, let us resolve to pray and wait on our FATHER patiently!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU remind me that when I pray, I need to wait patiently upon YOU.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay patiently JESUS Blessed today!

Ou GOD is faithful

 Dearest Christ followers, we have been called into fellowship with JESUS CHRIST through our faith in JESUS and by the immense grace of GOD.

Our response needs to be the fruit of our faith.

Our faith leads us to want to know GOD better.  Our faith leads us to be kind, loving, joyous, humble, patient, long suffering and faithful to each other and others.

Our faith, if it is not producing fruit is not growing.

We need to replenish our faith on a day-to-day basis.  We need to be reading the Scriptures.  We need to be mixing with like-minded Christ followers.  We need to be praying many times a day.

This is faith in action.  And without action, our faith is dead. 

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I pray that YOU fill me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  I pray that I bear the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT that lives in me.  I thank YOU for YOUR grace poured out on me.  I humbly thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

The LORD is my strength

 Dearest Christ followers, we serve an amazing FATHER in Heaven.  Our FATHER can do anything HE chooses to do.

Knowing this, we are armed with the knowledge that should our FATHER so desire, HE is more than able to protect us from anything and anyone.

What we need to do is to walk in faith that our FATHER's plan for our lives is that we should not come to any harm. 

This is not to say that we cannot succumb to harmful things, but we should know that if we have surrendered our will to that of our FATHER, HIS plan for our lives is so much better than our plan for our lives.

To that end, then of whom shall we be afraid?  Our FATHER in Heaven knows us, loves and has a perfect plan for our lives.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU have the perfect plan for my life.  FATHER give me the strength each day to surrender my will to THY will.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Do all to the Glory of GOD!

Dearest Christ followers, I am not sure that I find this an easy thing to do.  Some days are just a bit harder than others.

However, we are called upon to do all that we do to the glory of GOD.

This is especially difficult as we go about trying just to live our lives and get the mundane things done.

What we need to do is to stop and do a stock take of our lives.

We woke up this morning to a new day and the forgiveness of our sins anew as GOD's mercies are new every morning.

The sun rose, the birds started singing and the world was turning again.

With all of that, let us give thanks to our faithful FATHER in Heaven.  And let us try to give the Glory to GOD today in all that we think, say and do.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU love me and that YOU loved me first.  FATHER, I humbly ask that YOU make me more like JESUS and that I am able to do all that I do to YOUR glory.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS Blessed today!

For the love of our FATHER!

Dearest CHRIST followers, we really need to take note of this verse if we want to become more like JESUS.

Let us consider this instruction that Paul wrote to the Corinthians.  

Love is patient and kind.  Are we always patient and kind?

Love does not boast or envy.  It is not arrogant or rude.  Again, how do we fare here?

It does not insist on its own way.  It is not irritable, or resentful and it does not keep a record of wrongdoing.  Are we guilty of these traits?

Love rejoices in the TRUTH.  Do we adhere to this?

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

What about this last sentence, how are we doing here?

Today, let us resolve to memorise this verse and put it into practice in our lives as much as we can. 

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I fail so miserably when I weigh up my behaviour against these standards.  FATHER, help me to be more and more like JESUS who is all of the above.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay lovingly JESUS Blessed today!

Signs of the End of Times

 Dearest CHRIST followers, it certainly sounds, (from the description above that Paul writes to Timothy), that we are living in the last days.

As I am reading these verses, I am awaiting the Rapture to happen.

Paul gives us very sound advice at the end of the verse, though.

The people he describes are most certainly all well represented on earth today.  I cannot think whom he has left out.

His advice that we should turn away from such people is sound indeed.  But it means turning away from many many people on this earth presently.

The good thing about this is that we are reminded that our FATHER in Heaven always keeps HIS promises, and HE has promised that HE will never leave us nor forsake us.  To that glorious hope, let us cling.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU that YOU have given us YOUR GOD breathed WORD which shows us that the return of JESUS in the clouds to fetch us is imminent.  FATHER I humbly pray that YOU find me ready to leave with JESUS.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay amazingly JESUS Blessed today!

My Rock and my Fortress!

 Dearest Christ followers, we are so blessed to have a FATHER in whom we can trust completely.

GOD will never leave us nor forsake us.  In times of trouble, we can run to GOD, knowing that HE is able to lead us and guide us.

And one day, if we trust in the LORD, we will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

This is such a comfort.

Times are not easy, and the world is a crazy place.  But our GOD is our Rock.  An ever-present help.  

Today, let us give all the glory to our FATHER, in whom we trust.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for all YOU have given me and done for me.  I thank YOU that no matter what, I know that YOU are always with me and YOU are my comfort and my shield.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS Blessed today!

Be strong!

 Dearest CHRIST followers, we are to be strong.  Not just strong in our faith in JESUS, but we are also to do the work that GOD has prepared for us to do.

Our purpose, when we have accepted JESUS as our REDEEMER, is to bring glory to GOD.

We can do this by spreading the Gospel.  We can also do this by having a work ethic that reflects our reverence for our FATHER in Heaven.

We need to do everything in our lives as if working for the LORD.  

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU have given me YOUR grace.  FATHER fill me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT and show me how to shine YOUR light through everything I do in my life.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS Blessed today!

The Rapture - Ready or not?

 Dearest Christ followers as the world around us goes more and more crazy, are we ready to be called to meet with JESUS in the clouds?

This is a very serious question, and each and every day we are alive, we are one day closer to this event.

JESUS will descend in the clouds with a loud command from GOD, the call of a trumpet, and the dead in CHRIST will rise first.

After that, anyone still alive and in CHRIST will be caught up together to meet with JESUS in the clouds.

So we will be with the LORD forever.  

The question is, again, are we ready?  Are we living in CHRIST or are we living to this world?

Because to be living in CHRIST means that we have turned from our sinful past, repented and are fully committed to serving JESUS on earth.

Again, the question.  Are we going to meet with JESUS or are we staying behind.

Today, is the day to decide.  Do not put it off until tomorrow.  We are not guaranteed tomorrow.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that where I have unrepented sins, convict me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  FATHER forgive me for my sins.  I confess with my mouth that JESUS CHRIST is my LORD and my SAVIOUR.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS blessed today!

Believe and be saved!

 Dearest Christ followers, we need to hold to the WORD of GOD, the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST, firmly.

What does this mean?

It means that we are saved by faith through the GRACE of GOD.

When we are saved, we have a duty, no, more than that, an obligation, to walk in the way of JESUS CHRIST.

No longer can we do the same things we used to do.

No longer can we say the same things we used to.

No longer can we be the same person who sinned with impunity.

Our obligation to JESUS as CHRIST followers, is to be the light of JESUS on this earth.

That light needs to shine and not be splashed with muddy sins.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today, I humbly ask that YOU forgive me anew for my sins that I commit.  FATHER fill me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  Give me a heart that is fully committed to light us this world with the light of JESUS CHRIST.  I humbly pray this in the Holy name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay fully JESUS Blessed today!

JESUS has saved us!

 JESUS has saved us and called us to a Holy life.

We have done nothing to deserve this.  In fact the Bible is very clear.  There is no one good.  All have fallen short of the glory of GOD.

This is because our FATHER is pure, Holy, righteous, just, loving and merciful.

We are all sinners.

The only way to get to Heaven is through the justification of ourselves by the us accepting that JESUS is our Redeemer.

GOD formulated a way for us to redeem our sins before the beginning of time.  GOD sent HIS only SON, JESUS CHRIST, to take the full punishment for our sins.

This grace is freely given and cannot be earned.  We need therefore, to repent of our sins, believe in JESUS as the MESSIAH.  And be saved.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU that YOU made a way for me to have my sins forgiven.  I humbly thank YOU in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS blessed today!

A new creation in JESUS!

 Dearest Christ followers, when we are in JESUS, we are made new, in th image of JESUS.

We simply cannot go on living the way we did before.

Acceptance of JESUS as our Redeemer means that we have truly repented of our sins.

This does not merely mean remorseful.  Repentance means to turn away from completely.  It means a change of heart, a change of mind and a desire to move away from sinning.  The HOLY SPIRIT comes to live in us.  HE convicts us each and every time we sin.

If that is not happening in our lives, we need to ask ourselves.  Have we truly been born again?

A born-again Christ follower is a new creation.  The old things have passed away, and all things have become new. 

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, fill me anew each and every day with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS Blessed today!

The Heavens declare the Glory of the LORD!

Dearest Christ followers, we can see the Glory of GOD.  All we have to do is to watch a sunrise, a sunset or go out on a clear evening and see the stars.

Watch nature at work and see the perfection of our FATHER. Witness a new leaf unfurling, a bee at work, the birds in the early morning.  

No one can honestly believe that all of this came about through a collision of nothing crashing into nothing and creating all of this.

This had to be the work of an intelligent designer.  A master CREATOR.

If you are like me, I have always believed the Bible to be a work of absolute literal truth.

Therefore, if the Bible says that the earth, the Heavens and the universe were all created in six days, I believe that.

Our FATHER, who created the entire universe and all that is in it, could certainly create it in six days.

It is cynical and plainly evil to deny that the Heavens declare the glory of our FATHER. Any person who can deny the CREATION of our FATHER is clearly deceived.

There is simply no other rational explanation for the entire creation. 

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU that YOU created all that we know.  I humbly thank YOU that the Heavens declare YOUR Glory.  I humbly thank YOU in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay amazingly JESUS Blessed today!

Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD!

 Dearest Christ followers, we need to trust our FATHER.  And why would we not trust our FATHER?

After all, our FATHER gave us our lives.  HE gave us the heavens and the earth.  HE gave us the air that we breathe, our families, our homes, our friends. All our possessions are from the LORD.

Most of all, our FATHER gave us HIS Son who died for our sins on the CROSS of CALVARY.  Without that gift, none of us could ever enter eternity and go to heaven.  We would all end up in hell. 

Today, let us heed the instruction of our FATHER.  Let us obey HIS commandments.  Let us love HIM above all else.  Let us love one another as we are commanded to do.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU that YOU gave me everything I have, my life, my family, my friends.  Most of all FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU gave me salvation through YOUR grace and through the blood of JESUS CHRIST.  I thank YOU FATHER that JESUS paid the price of my sins.  FATHER, I thank YOU in the HOLY Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay thankfully JESUS Blessed today!

The knowlege of the glory of the LORD will fill the earth.

 Dearest Christ followers, what a glorious day it will be when we live with our LORD.

This earth and all the Heavens shall be destroyed by GOD.

Our eternity, though, will never be destroyed when we have accepted JESUS CHRIST as our LORD and our SAVIOUR.

JESUS will reign over this earth for the Millenium kingdom and then, when this earth and the Heavens are destroyed by GOD after that, GOD will create a new Heaven and a new earth.

The glory of GOD shall be with us all forever.

And that is something to really look forward to.

Today, let us praise and worship our FATHER who has given us HIS WORD so that we may be fully prepared for what is to come.

And if we are not ready, let us repent, accept JESUS and accept the Grace of GOD.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I praise YOU and I worship YOU and honour YOU and I adore YOU that YOU have made very clear to us what is going to happen.  I pray that my heart is filled with YOUR love and that I may show that love to all that I meet on earth.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS Blessed today!