1st book

what Life is all about…

I am happy to say that the manuscript for my first book is in the hands of the folks who will prepare it to take to the printer.  May not be long and I will be able to hold it MY hand.  Well, amen!

    

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There is nothing the presence of Christ can’t overcome

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Carrying the Load

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CARRYING THE LOAD

Two consequences from carrying a load Believers are not meant to carry: stress and depression.  And both do not fit a Christian, according to God.

Hudson Taylor said, “Never let any pressure in life come between you and the Lord.  If you don’t, the greater the pressure the more it presses you to His breast.”  All loads, all stress, all pressure should drive us to our Source of peace and provision -- the Person of Jesus Christ.

One scripture gives us the Apostle Paul’s take in a situation where he says he was “pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life” (2 Corinthians 1:8).  That’s a difficult situation.  But look at his solution: “But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead” (v. 9).

So, no matter what our load is, Jesus wants to carry our load: “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30).

Oh, by the way, depression comes from carrying a load that should never be carried, and it gets to the point it overwhelms the carrier.

Oh Lord, I cast all my load upon You, and rest in your yoke.

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Walk In The Truth

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Walk In The Truth

My friend, Michael Wells, wrote about this in his first volume of My Weakness for His Strength. 

     his book is available at ABIDING LIFE MINISTRIES, INT’L, www.abidinglife.com and (303) 972-0859

Three points Michael made have stayed with me for years…

1.  If truth can set anyone free for five minutes, then it can set him free for a lifetime.

          John 8:32 and 8:36 are truth that verifies this.

2. Truth (Christ) is something to be walked in as faith (which is Christ’s) works alongside to bring experience.  To know the power of truth one must walk in it.

          Inserts in parentheses are mine.

3.  When anyone decides not to walk in truth they rebel, and the one thing that will most facilitate rebellion and render them the least uncomfortable during the process is anger.  The progression is 1) rebel, 2) develop anger, and 3) justify the anger.  No one can rebel and blame anyone but themselves.

And here is a most incredible point: no one’s “will” is broken.  We CHOOSE.  Believers really have no inkling of an excuse.

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God's Way Out

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A couple of events waylaid my plans to get this “list” posted sooner…please forgive me!

Back on 7-13, I mentioned Proverbs 12:25.  And I asked you to think of some feelings associated with a heavy/depressed heart.  And some verses from God’s Word that give God’s “way out” of those feelings leading to a heavy/depressed heart.

Keep in mind that I am a firm believer in God being able to heal any “damage” done to a Saint’s feelings/emotions.  And that His healing is the only real “cure” for such damage.  Not time.  Not anything else.  An uncomplicated prayer asking God to heal those damaged emotions, and to take away all the fallout (damaged emotions) done works well with His Word.  (a sample prayer available upon request)

Also, know that the Word of God sometimes mentions an “answer” from God that is indirect, not direct.  By that I mean we must soak on His Word to grasp His healing Word and find His heart in the matter.

Here are some things I have kept track of over the years that have been a great help for folks to find that “merry heart” mentioned in Proverbs 15:13 and 17:22:

·         fear – Isaiah 26:3, 2 Timothy 1:7

·         worry – Philippians 4:4-9

·         guilt/condemnation – Romans 8:1, 1 John 1:9

·         doubt – Philippians 4:19, James 1:5-8, Romans 8:28

What destroys the “peace” spoken of in God’s Word?  Dwelling on circumstances (which God has under His control.  He permits what He could prevent.  He prevents what He could permit.).  Meditating on the wrong things (that which is not on God’s list in these verses).

God always has a “way out.”  It does not suit us as His Children to dwell in a heavy/depressed heart.

Now, these things are basically about one area of life.  God has a Good Word for every area of life we are confronted with.  Amen.

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The Voice of God

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The Voice of God

Some Christians get concerned, or fearful, that they are not hearing God tell them something each and every day…like others give testimony of such.  Have we ever stopped to think of what the “voice of God” truthfully is?  Have we ever stopped to think that if we are meandering in the pasture He has taken us to and are not wandering off where we ought not to be, that there is no reason for Him to “speak” to us?

Jesus told us “My sheep hear My voice” (John 10:27).  He spoke with emphasis in context of that wonderful 10^th chapter of John.  Is there any reason that IF He spoke to us we would not hear Him?  That He would not MAKE SURE we would hear Him?  Are we to “listen” to someone who MUST need a word from Jesus day in and day out, or to Jesus?

Look over and see if you don’t “see” Jesus, YOUR Good Shepherd, sitting down on a knoll near you watching you as you graze and meander through the pasture He took you to…

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the way out

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When someone says they have a “problem,” be sure and ask them a few questions to find out what is REALLY their “problem.”  I have learned that “their problem is not their problem.”

But all discussion about that aside, the real issue is “the way out.”  For example, doctors say they want to help a person with depression.  They give them some medicine to neutralize their emotional state, thereby seeming to “help” them.  Of course the medicine is temporary, and the person will have to take some more medicine to carry them through another time period.

But, God has an answer for anyone who is depressed.  Proverbs 12:25, “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad” (KJV).  What that verse is saying is that “heaviness in the heart of man” (caused by being anxious over some thing in life) has resulted in “the heart stooping” (to bend down)…depressed.  BUT (what I call a “holy” but), a good word makes the heart glad (not stooped, depressed).  WHERE do we find a “good word”?  GOD’s WORD.

In case you need more convincing about “depression,” listen to this: “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.”  Proverbs 13:12 

And “A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”  Proverbs 15:13

And “The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.”  Proverbs 14:10

And “A merry heart does good, like a medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.”  Proverbs 17:22

Take a moment to sit down and list the “feelings” that come from a heart that is stooped/depressed/heavy.  Then think of verses that address those things.

I will post my list in a couple of days…

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Christ, son of man?

Christ, son of man?                                                                                                                   7-2-18

We can find some very interesting things when we browse through an exhaustive concordance of Scripture.  One such find is this: Jesus Christ never referred to Himself as “the son of man” AFTER His resurrection.  On the surface, that may not seem too important, but take a moment to consider the following:

·         Jesus came as “the son of man” when he was born of the virgin Mary.  He was God come in the flesh (earthsuit).

·         At His resurrection, He arose from the dead NOT in His earthsuit, but His Heavenly, Spiritual body.  He was NO LONGER “God come in the flesh” as such, therefore NO LONGER as “the son of man.”

·         No one touched Christ after His resurrection.

·         Christ was back to His state of being God “in Heaven,” although He had not been “taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight,” which took place on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 1:9).

How do you refer to Christ today?  Son of man?  Son of God?  or, just God?

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