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A Living Sacrifice
“With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give Him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to Him ad acceptable by Him.” (Rom 12:1; Phillips)
A Living Sacrifice
I have heard of a story. There was this pig and the chicken walking down the road together when they come upon a sign advertising a breakfast to benefit the poor. The chicken said to the pig: “We should donate to that worthy cause. How about if I give an egg and you provide the ham?” To which the pig replied, “Not so fast. For you that would be a contribution, but for me it would be a total commitment.”
Above The Storms
“Those who wait upon the Lord shall mount up with wings as a mighty eagle” (Isaiah 40:31)
Above The Storm
I read that the Palestinian Eagle is the only bird in the world that is not afraid of thunderstorm. He goes thru the wind and finds rest in the eye of the storm. Then again passes thru the winds and goes above the storm, higher than ever before. From that height the eagle can see the earth, people and other birds running away from the storm, afraid of it. But for the eagle, that height is free from fear. No other bird goes thru the storm to that height. Strong currents that help the eagle go up, are the very ones that bring the other birds down.
I also read that the baby eagle is the most difficult bird to train to fly. The eagle mother is very patient and wise to stir the nest and teach her baby to fly. One reason is that the eagle nest is very high. A young sparrow, for example, can fall from her nest and not die because it is not too high. But for the eagle, any mistake in leaving the nest and trying to fly, it means death. In other words, for the eagle, he either flies or dies. Spiritually speaking, it is either heaven or hell.
‘Talk To Me!’
PRAYER CHANGES EVERYTHING
Prayer is the receipe for mental and emotional health. Pray about everything! Pray about ‘the ordinary’ things of life!
‘Talk to Me about ALL your concerns’- says God!
Anxiety kills your prayer life! Anxiety should be replaced, step by step, with an active, diligent effort to pray! God wants you to talk to Him! Think healthy! Think about Jesus! Find Him inside lovely, precious and beautiful things…Force your mind to think well, to dwell on the Word, by the power of the Spirit…and you will end up with peace and joy, thanksgiving, worship and a wonderful life style of prayer.
Anxiety and prayer are opposites. Chose prayer and anxiety will go away leaving behind a mind and a heart fully protected by the peace of God ‘that passes all understanding’; high above all common sense, much more than words can say. Then at last, you shall encounter the God of that peace, the Prince of Peace Himself!
Welcome Home!!!
”And I will run to You.
To Your words of truth.
Not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of God,
Yes, I will run the race till I see Your face,
My Father’s House
Oh, let me live in the glory of Your grace”
There is no man who can promise you love everlasting…There is no man who can be with you when all is lost…There is no man who can truly satisfy your soul…God did not create such a man…
This blessed disappointment is so that we continue seeking God thru His Word, in all seasons of life and all situations…Do not stop seeking, do not stop praying, do not stop loving…Seek until you find Jesus, and after that seek His Kingdom and His righteousness!
Do not waste your pains…they are blocks to build the kingdom and the steps of the ladder that touches heaven…
The Messiah
“I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” (Rev 19:6 KJV)
The Messiah
George Frideric Handel had achieved fame by writing operas, choral pieces, and other forms of music. But by 1741 his circumstances had deteriorated significantly. His debts were so large the feared being sentenced to a debtors prison. He was depressed and plagued by sleeplessness and rheumatism.
Then, that summer, he accepted an invitation to produce a series of concerts in Dublin. Also, he received a letter from a man who had written lyrics for him in the past. This letter contained several Bible verses. As he read, Handel felt impressed to set these words to music to fulfill his commitment in Dublin.
Handel locked himself in his study and within three weeks completed an oratorio he called “The Messiah.”
It is said that while writing “The Messiah,” Handel saw visions of the subjects about which he was writing. While composing the Hallelujah Chorus, he “saw Heaven opened and the host of it worshiping the Glory of God.” He completed this masterpiece on this day in 1741.
It is said that while writing “The Messiah,” Handel saw visions of the subjects about which he was writing. While composing the Hallelujah Chorus, he “saw Heaven opened and the host of it worshiping the Glory of God.” He completed this masterpiece on this day in 1741.
The Way
Jesus Is The Only Way
The choice to deny self, take up your cross and follow Jesus is not a part time, temporary one. It is ‘a full time and forever’ way of life. Get used to the idea that Jesus is THE WAY! Do not just look forward to your destination, heaven.
Enjoy also the journey, the view, the wisdom, the purity, the health, the riches, the fellowship with others and so many tokens of blessings on the path that ‘shines even brighter till the full light of day’ (PV 4:18). Christianity is designed to be the most wonderful way of life for man!
Fret Not! God Is In Charge!
‘Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future and the lamp of the wicked will be put out’ (PV 24:19, 20).
Why worry about someone who has no future? Why fret about someone who goes backwards? The wicked are part of the History of sinners; they live only in past ‘glory’! There is no hope, no light and no life for them ahead.
God’s Plans For You
God created you. God loves you. If you are aware of it or not, God is actively involved in your life. God is never taken by surprise about anything concerning you. He does not have just a vague idea about some guidelines of your life.
According to His personal revelation, God has made detailed plans about all the areas of your life. God has personally designed these plans. He that designed them, He will not stop until His plans for you are fulfilled. Whatever God starts, He finishes it.
God Has Been Good To Me! Amen!
God Has Been Good To Me
John Paul was kidnapped for ransom by assasins earlier this year. They blindfolded and chained him in a lonely house, in the bush. He was told that if he cannot pay the ransom, he will die.
Then he repented of sins, especially of taking God for granted, for giving too much time and interest to his (successful) business and too little to God. He asked for mercy and vowed to change. His wife (of only two months) was praying for a miracle.
TRUE SUCCESS
Uncompromising Faith In God
People of this world think that bending the rules and compromising their conscience is the way to riches, promotion and success. The Bible tells us the opposite. Daniel is a wonderful example on how ‘not compromising’ – but obeying the Word and serving the Lord is the way to true prosperity, spiritual and material.
You need to have faith in God and to be bold to be successful. Cowards and cheats will never last long as leaders. Every seed planted, good or bad, will produce an harvest, sooner or later. There is labor involved in all fields. It is not even easy to be a lazy deceiver. Why not invest your time, emotions and strength in things eternal? Why not try to live a righteous life? Taste and see that the Lord is good!
Supposing He Was The Gardener
Father’s House
“Then the disciples went back to their homes, but Mary stood outside the tomb crying…she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white…she turned around and saw Jesus…supposing He was the gardener…Then Jesus called out to her: ‘Mary!’ She turned around toward Him and cried out…’Rabboni…Teacher!” (Jn 20)
Even in the midst of tragedy, disappointment and loneliness do not be in a hurry to quit seeking God and go home. Mary was left alone in the cemetery’s Garden. Most people will not feel comfortable to be there alone. But she stayed, weeping for the loss of her Lord. Jesus died and disappeared from the tomb. Double sorrow and no answer to the puzzle…
We May Lose A Battle, But God Has Won The War
Jemine Leigh says this:
“I was a really good student in high school. But somehow or the other I struggled in the University classes and I failed two courses my first year. I didn’t even know what it was like to have a C yet alone an F!
The Battle Is Not Yours
I thought my parents will go mad but my dad told me… “you won’t know how sweet success is till you fail”. He reminded me that a strong man (or woman) is not one who walks and never falls but a man who falls 7 times and rises 7 times.
Later, I graduated with Honors, but I will never forget the need to constantly pray for God to guide me, to help me. As much as I studied, I always felt the need to feel God’s presence for every exam and every project.
You Give Them Something To Eat (Mk 6:37)
Bread Of Life
We are outside the country for a short break. Yesterday we attended a midweek service in a church here in the US. The building was very big and beautiful! The lights, the ACs and the loudspeakers worked perfectly. People came, many in wheel chairs or with walking sticks.
The program announced a popular guest speaker. The praise was good but too short. Then the preacher gave just enough of the Word of God so that the people did not faint of hunger, as they were going home.
There were words, there was music, but the glory of true worship and the wonder of anointed gospel preaching was missing. I suddenly felt a great compassion for the people who came from far distances just to take ‘a bite’ of blessings.
There was no ‘looking unto heaven’ no ‘giving of thanks’ and no multiplication of loaves according to the need of the multitutde! O, Lord…
So different from what I know about Jesus who gave the people not just enough to survive, but ‘to be satisfied’ (Mk 6:41, 42).
Blessed are you if your pastor feeds you with the bread of life and gives you water of life to drink, asking nothing in return, but just to give glory to God from whom all blessings over- flow!
THE Names Of God: Jehovah Shammah (The Lord is There)
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THE NAMES OF GOD: JEHOVAH SHAMMAH (The Lord is There)
‘And the name of the city from that time on will be: The Lord is there (Jehovah Shammah)!’ (Ez 48:35)
The name of God Jehovah Shammah appears in the last verse of the Book of Ezekiel. The prophet sees a future temple, perfect and beautiful. What makes the temple so special is the fact that God lives there.
The revelation of the name Jehovah Shammah connects the manifested presence of God and His glory revealed to men. It is revealed in particular as the Owner of a house living inside.
THE Woman – The Well – The Water – The Worship
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THE WOMAN – THE WELL – THE WATER – THE WORSHIP‘Jesus declared: “Believe Me, woman…” (Jn 4:21)
Jesus ‘left Judea’. His own people ‘received Him not’. He goes to Samaria for a particular mission. O…the sovereign grace of God!
The Jews detest the Samaritans and had no dealings with them. According to the Jews, they are not worthy of heaven. But Jesus goes there to meet with a (low class) woman.
She was married 5 times and now living with the sixth man. She was a failure, according to men. She was an outcast of the outcasts.
Prophetic Word By Gerri Saiz
PROPHETIC WORD By Gerri Saiz
Lift up your heads, My children, and walk with Me. I have not forgotten you. I’ve watched over you from the day of your birth. I have followed you on the path of life. I have brought you through circumstances even as I brought the three Hebrew children through the fire without the smell of smoke on them. I have been with you, I have loved you, and I have shown you the way. I am for you and not against you.
Frustrated Creation
‘For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of God’ (Rom 8:20)
Again, let me make it personal: before I read the Bible for the first time in my life, I did not know what is called sin. I did not believe in a holy God that could be offended by my sins. I thought that even if God exists He is too far and too detached from me; that my sins are my own business and not his.
One Encounter With God
I had my own idea of what is good and what is bad and I judged myself and others based on that. I was my own god and I invented my own righteousness. Looking back I see my foolishness all the more!
I remember the first time I read the Bible. My encounter with the Word was terrifying. I just came face to face with God who hated sin. I saw myself for the first time in my life as a sinner in need of salvation. I tried to read just my life based on what I discovered in the Bible, but all that new behavior still did not bring peace to my soul.
I thought that I will die and go to hell. All my arguments, all my good deeds and all that I stood for, became useless to me. I needed something else to cling to. God did not reveal to me the hope in Christ until the Holy Spirit finished His work of conviction.
Then the light shone in my heart…I saw Christ Crucified praying for me…His Blood shed for me…Too good to be true? Is that what you say? It may be so, but the grace to believe the impossible came, descended on my dying soul…and I became saved.
Except you have passed this path, this valley of the shadow of death…you can never believe so to be saved!
O, the wisdom and the power of God to lead frustration to hope, to glory and life!
THE Name Of God: Jehovah Tsidkenu
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THE NAMES OF GOD:
JEHOVAH TSIDKENU (The Lord our Righteousness)
(THE HOPE FOR REVIVAL)
‘Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people’ (PV 14:34)
Any true believer will soon discover that God will give him a hatred for sin and a burden to pray for revival.
The Holy Spirit gives him a vision of what his city can be if most people live upright and obey God. Even the unbelievers like that idea and have created utopic societies, trying to convince people that they should obey their laws and love one another.
Missionaries Who Sold Themselves As Slaves
John Leonard Dober and David Nitschman are names you may not readily recognize. John was a potter and David a carpenter. Ordinary occupations. Extraordinary men. They are men who left the security of their jobs and families in Copenhagen to become the first Moravian missionaries in 1732. They are unsung heroes.
These men were not going on a nice short term mission to the Caribbean, or even Africa or China but they sold themselves into slavery to answer the call ‘come and minister the gospel to us’. It gives new meaning to the phrase “sold out for Christ”.
Green Pastures 