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In this day and age,

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We are choosing our own thing, and our own way. As students of scripture, we see a recurring theme happening. As God’s people in the Book of Jeremiah, walked in their own way, we in this age are doing the same thing. But I implore us to read the book! Nebuchadnezzar descended on Jerusalem with a fury like no other. Old people and children weren’t safe, all the people felt his wrath!

Remember…The choice we make today about how we live our life, the decisions we make about the upbringing of our children, how we treat our neighbor and how we relate to the God that made us, gave us mercy, grace, granted forgiveness whenever we truly repented, and above all else, showed His unending love for us when He sent Jesus, His Son to the cross as propitiation – that God, based on our actions will grant us our forever home.

UPDATE…everyone, including our husbands, wives, and children is our neighbor. And whatever we are doing with the body, soul and spirit HE gave us, HE sees and records it. NOW is the time, the acceptable time to choose SALVATION!!!

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Church and People

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We live in such an open age where everything is available to the public, your thoughts, feelings, pictures, and basically your life is available to anyone who is interested. We post our feelings on every social media we have our fingertips, and its normal according to the world. With this new age also comes opinions, and oh so many opinions, there will always be someone who doesn’t agree with what you say and will argue you down until next week. One subject that gets a lot of attention is the Church, the world is looking to accuse the Church of anything. I have read several comments about how the Church is a million dollar business and they pay no taxes and steal peoples money, the Pastor has new cars and lots of money while the congregation is poor and still giving all their money. Think about all the Churches you know? I don’t know any of these Churches!

First off if a Pastor or Church is operating in this manner then it is The Pastor and The People! God gave men commandments and laws, HE told men how to live according to HIS word, HE had nothing but good for HIS people! The Bible is clear on how God intended for people to live, but so many read The Bible in scrutiny instead of reading it for understanding, and God will not give the unbeliever interpretation if they are reading it to judge the book.

“God is the only Judge and Creator of all man kind”, and that is the problem people have, they would rather believe that some “big bang theory” created them, or they evolved from “Apes” or “Fish”, but if this were true, why aren’t the apes and fishing still evolving?

The Bible has answers for every aspect of our lives, it gives instruction on how Pastors are to lead and guide the Church (Jeremiah 3:15) How Husbands should love theirs wives and how wives should treat their husbands (Ephesians 5:22-26), how children should honor and obey their parents (Ephesians 6:1-3).

God did not leave any part of life uninstructed! Those who do not believe in God are the same ones who love to give opinions but don’t want to be taught or told how to live a good life because they think they know everything.

I have heard from so many people how they have gone to Church and someone hurt their feelings so they left and wouldn’t go back to a Church, GOD has an answer for those who have been hurt in the Church, King David said in Psalms 55:12-14, It was a man mine equal, we took sweet counsel together in the house of GOD, the friend hurt King David. That did not change King David’s heart towards GOD and HIS love for David!!!

My final scripture is John 3:16-17 “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. For GOD sent not HIS Son into the World to condemn the World; but that the World through HIM might be Saved”!

We have no excuses, GOD is Real, men and women are not perfect and their choices and mistakes does not change who GOD is!!! Please leave a comment or thought below.

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“Arm of Flesh”

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Why does God tell us not to trust in the arm of flesh? What does this mean? The Arm of flesh according to the Dictionary means ‘Human Strength or Aid’; in other words and for example: The Doctor says you have cancer and there is no cure, our first inclination is to cry and feel in despair, like there is no hope, but God can do anything but fail, and we must trust in God, because the Doctor can only tell you what they know, he/she is flesh and blood, a person with limited knowledge about our bodies, but God created us, and if we have Faith we must believe that God can heal us no matter what the Doctor says. Let me put this in here as well, believing that God can heal us is a great start, but remember we have a responsibility to our only body that God has created for us, yes God can heal us and completely abolish cancer from our bodies but we must make sure we are doing all we know to do to stay cancer free; such as eating the right foods that are healthy for our bodies and not eat a bunch of fast food and junk that will allow cancer to live in our bodies, or flesh if you will. The Scripture says in Jeremiah 17:5 “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord” and in 2 chronicles 32:7-8 The scripture says 7 Be Strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the King of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 8 With him is an Arm of Flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles, and the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah”. In other words the people believed what the King said that the Lord God would be their deliverer from the enemies and from being destroy by the Assyrians, and He is the same God today, no matter what battle you are in; trusting God to bring you out gives us hope and faith, not waiting for someone to deliver us, because God is more than the world against us. Maybe you are not dealing with cancer, maybe you are dealing with something else, that seems impossible and man/woman will tell you it is not possible, but with God all things are possible as stated in Matthew 19:26 “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible”. and Hebrews 11:1 says “Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. In other words we are not hoping in what we see with our flesh but believing in what we don’t see in God. Our last scripture is Ephesians 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”. So in other words, We need God to fight these problems in our lives, because flesh is not strong enough alone. When we feel in despair, remember God is our Hope!!! What are your thoughts, or what would you like to add to this thought.

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How do we help?

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We are asking what we can do to become not just the Church in the community, but also a resource for the people in the community?

We know that Jesus is the answer to every problem. He makes the difference. We as His people are to allow Him to use our hands, feet, heart and head to encourage and lift our community and neighbors. Having the love of Christ, means using what we have to make it better.

As a resource, we ask for the chance to do what we can, when we can, where we can, how we can, because we want to help. Give us suggestions on how we accomplish the work of Christ in your life!

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What am I doing?

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Some might say, “I pay tithes and attend church and I’m still having a difficult time. Things are not adding up!”

What am I doing? Well there are a couple of things that you missed –

1.  Remember the scripture, Matthew 6:31-33 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Remember the scripture and find yourself fulfilling it. It’s hard to do because our society today is going by the whatever you want to do theology. But if we find ourselves putting what God says first, then God will put us first.  Lets follow God wholeheartedly and steadfastly, so we really will be his people and he will be our God.

 

2. Remember GRACE – I’m not perfect, neither are you. But I’m doing all I can to follow God’s Word, statutes, laws and commandments. I miss His mark sometimes and you do too. That’s why you must remember GRACE! The thing that came by way of Jesus, the person who shed his blood and gave his life for us, grace is the element from God that keeps us when we misstep, keeps us when we fall and holds us until we repent. The reason why we must remember GRACE is because your enemy, the devil, will use your mistakes against you, make you feel like a failure and fill you with fear. But God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of love, and of power, and of a sound mind.

 

It’s in fulfilling the scripture and remembering GRACE, not misusing it, but understanding that you have it from the Father, by Jesus Christ, and not taking on the spirit of fear or failure – that we overcome and have victory in Jesus the Christ of God!

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What about working in the Church?

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When I was a kid my Big Mamma set me to work in the church. I enjoyed it very much, one of those helpful-hannah types. Now that I’m an adult I want to continue working in the church. Sometimes the saints can be very interesting and my patience is tried as I work out my own salvation (Philippians 2). Wouldn’t it be nice if someone published a guide to Surviving the Church. As I work through my own issues, I’ve learned a few tricks.

No matter what people say or do, keep your mind on what would Jesus do. People all come with something, and if we keep our mind on Jesus, this will help us respond.

Keep the FAITH

 

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    What does GOD think of our SIN ?

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    Wednesday in bible study, we were working on the Book of Proverbs. Somehow, we got to talking about the father and mother of Solomon and hit on her that had been the wife of Uriahs. Then David’s sin. Then God talking through Nathan the prophet to David concerning that sin. 2 Samuel 12 starting at vs 7 and going though vs 14 is where God is laying down what is going to happen because King David did this evil in his sight. In verse 10 he says, “ because thou hast despised me……..” Before last night I never thought about how God felt about my sin, especially the sin that I purposely did, even knowing that it was not something he wanted me to do. But after reading this, in 2 Samuel 12:10, how do I ‘live any longer therein?’ Sin, I mean. I never thought how He felt about it? What do you think?

     

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      Salvation: Is it necessary today?

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      Salvation

       

      The concept of salvation can be hard for humans because there is “being” and not solely “doing” with salvation. Also in a time when scandal is the language of the day, there is “believing”. I believe in God (But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6 (AKJV) therefore I attend to the things of His Word. My attempt is to not only do the things of His Word but with His help to be re-shaped by His Word. (Romans 12:2 (AKJV)And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.)  In my thinking and very being. (Psalm 119:11 (AKJV) Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.)  And can I say that there is no pat answer for the questions you come up with during this process. (Romans 9:15 (AKJV)For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.) Yup, it’s a process. It’s going to take some time (Galatians 5:1 (AKJV)Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.)
       But if you give God time, the results are wonderful.  The time and situations that water the rock that we are, smooths us over into different shapes according to His will and purpose. God didn’t just say that He loved us but He proved it. The kind of love God has for us is amazing.

      (1 John 4:10 (AKJV) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins)

      . I understand that we are the New Testament church but we should study the first testament along with the New Testament to truly understand our God.

      (2 Corinthians 5:18-20 (AKJV), “18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”)

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      John 3:16-18

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