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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Why do people fall into sin?
Some reasons are:
They don't believe in God, or keep His promises in their heart.
They quit being thankful/grateful for what they have, and seek things outside of His will.





Forgiveness of sin does not mean that the sin is ok. It means that it is understood that the sinner has need for God in thier life.

Everyone needs God in their life.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Speaking is Believing

Today I woke up and it was like there was a dark cloud looming right over my soul. I did not really want to get out of bed... I picked up my "God's Promises for Women" book and read a few pages and started to think to myself.. "yeah, right... then why am I dissappointed now?"
I almost opened my mouth to complain. I almost started pouring out some comlaints to God... I almost started to tell Him how long it feels like it takes for Him to keep His word, and how miserable I am alone, and how come, if He loves me so much, why won't he just do what I ask?
But
I didn't say a word. I know that if I open my mouth and start speaking like that, then I will REALLY start to have a bad day. So I didn't say anything. I got up and got out of bed, and here I am.
I am not going to sit here and write this like I have some immeasurable amount of strength to fend of the horrible attack of depression on my own. No, I'm not going to lie. I logged onto Facebook and read a post one of my beloved pastors of Praise Chapel wrote, and it he said, When we praise the LORD, satan flees. When we worship our God, darkness is overtaken by Light. (He didn't word it exactly like this, bt this is how I agree with what he said), and it is true.. when we focus on how good our God is and how much He has done for us, and how much HE really loves us, the dissappointments shrink, the darkness dissipates, and the tears, they dry up and usually a smile appears on the faces of those who know His love is true!

So be careful what you speak. You might actually believe it. See, if I had started complaining this morning, I would be believing that I was defeated. I would have been agreeing with the father of lies, and I would be having a really bad day right now, and would eventually miss out on the promises God has for me because I would have stopped believing in the faithfulness of my Promise Keeper.

Let's agree with the Word of God today.


1 John 4:4
(NIV)
4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.


1 John 5:4
(NIV)
4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.



Romans 8:31
(NIV)
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?


Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Overcoming Blood



Fill my heart with your blood
That I might have the power to overcome
The entangled flesh –
The veins of life –
Flowing inside me
He died for my life.
I remember Jesus’ pain
His sorrows, grief
His undeserved shame
Now I am alive and life is worth living
Resurrection truth
The Power is for-giving
Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do
O, Holy Spirit, come reveal the truth
Revealing in me, my destiny
This prophecy of eternity
Love is the Spirit
Love is why
Mercy is goodness
I think I know why…
Father, open our eyes
Pour into us
Your Heavenly Spirit, God With Us
Emmanuel
The Kingdom of Heaven is nigh at hand
Jesus’ words ring true as I am
Lord, help me be, truly free
Opening my heart, to You and mercy.

Ashleigh Finton

Saturday, February 2, 2013

The Answer is Love.

Do you ever question your beliefs? Do you ever question your thought life, and examine what you think, how you think and why you believe what you think?
I have learned that thoughts - our conscious understanding of ourselves, others and life- can be changed. They can be wrong, they can be right. And we all have them. We all think, and we all believe "something".
Our thoughts define our opinions, choices, beliefs, actions, and relationships.
I have been covered by the blood and saved by the grace of Jesus Christ for about 12 years now. I have read the Bible and I have gone to church. I have met people who also serve the Lord and study the Word of God and also go to church.
I have talked with men and I have talked to women, and one of the most important topics of life, as expressed in our lives and through the written Word of God, is the marriage relationship of man and woman.
From the book of Genesis with Adam and Eve, to the end Revelations, of Jesus Christbeing the husbandman and the church being his bride, I see God's evident desire to bring man and woman together as one.
I don't understand how people can think in thier minds- thought that are opposite or... off track with the Lord in this.
How can a Righteous, Loving God, create man and woman - with all our needs and desires and longings - and not take great pleasure and delight in bringing the man and woman together?

Now, what I want to address is people's (man's or woman's) thoughts and beliefs about marriage. I don't know what you think, or what you have grown to believe about mariage, but I can be assured that at one time or another every person has thought or believed something about marriage that was not right- meaning according to the liberty and grace and love of God, His Word, and His Will.
I have heard men say that according to the Bible, men shouldn't get married, because it causes trouble for them.
I want to dissect that thought, because, if marriage was wrong or if God's desire to bring man and woman together is bad, then why from the beginning of time has God done such a thing, and even when Adam and Eve sinned- God had mercy and forgivness for their sin? And His desire from the beginning was for them to be together, blessed, with Him, and living free in the garden of Eden..
BEcause HE loves us. We can't want to get married because we want sex or because Mr.Right is rich or because Girlfriend has a hot body or anything else. Marriage is something designated and designed by God, the LORD of everything and He made man to need woman and woman to need man.
It isn't fair for a woman to not see and meet the needs of the man God places in her life just like it isn't fair for a man to not see and meet the needs of the woman God brngs into his life. Needs being more then sexual. We need comfort, we need companionship, we need help and sometimes we just need a friend.
People (whether man or woman) alter- "pervert" - the Word of God and they manipulate God's truths into lies. (in their own minds)
Because if men and women were honest with themselves and each other, there would be a lot more love in this world and a lot less heartache.
Anything you think or believe that doesn't match the Word and the truth of God comes from the father of lies.
That is why we must not only read the Word, but we must obey the Word. We must study the Word and figure out how to apply it and where it takes place in our life- we have to let ourselves believe like children and sometimes we have to make ourselves believe and that is sometimes like moving a mountain out of the way and it can be done.... if you want it bad enough. What I mean is, if you are tired of feeling bad and sad or depressed or angry - only you can change your feelings, only you can say to that thing that is bringing you down to get out of your way- only you are responsible for how you truly feel and I think it is important to figure out what you really think- what you really believe because sometimes we go around thinking and believeing things, that aren't neccessarily true. Sometimes we think and believe things that aren't what God's Word says, and we need to weed out those thoughts, like Jesus says when the harvest comes, weed out the thistles and burn them and then gather the wheat into the barn. We need to heed our thought life and listen to what we tell ourselves inside our hearts and our minds and we should also listen to what we tell other people. We as humans like to think we are alright and right all the time, but we must take heed - and watch ourselves.
And I want to challenge anyone reading this, to examine your thoughts about marriage. Examine your thoughts about yourself and about the opposite sex. Think about what you believe... do you believe that marriage ends with two people bickering and cranky for the rest of thier life? Do you think marriage inevitably ends in divorce for everybody? Do you think men and women can never be faithful in marriage? I mean, examine what you think about marriage and if you have any beliefs that are less than holy, less than good, less than righteous, less than anything worthy to be praised, then you need to grow in truth- and you need to ask Jesus to renew your heart and give you childlike faith. God wants to bless people. People want to be blessed. I know plenty of men and women that would be and want to be godly loving spouses to a member of the opposite sex. We want to be good, and we want what is good. If you disagree with this then I would like to think there is something wrong with you! I think being and finding the right spouse is vital and I think also that no person on the earth is perfect as a human but if you can find someone to love and they love you in return, then that is all you really need. The Bible tells us that love covers a multitude of sin. I don't think that means go sin, but I think it means you accept a person for who they are, and they accept you. People are born into sin we cannot escape it- but we have been saved by Jesus Christ, and we can obey His commandment to love one another and this brings Him and us fulfillment. No one can have a successful relationship of anytype without love and forgiveness. Even with God. I wam honest here, sometimes I have told God I forgive him for letting certain things happen to me that I saw as unfair. Do I think He ever owes me anything or do I really think like that at all? I have... life hurts us sometimes and I have had my ins and outs with my Lord and my God, and yeah, I have been through some things in my life that made me angry at God. And if he ordained those things or if they were the result of sin, either way, I felt like for me to overcome my anger and for me to reconcile myself to Him, I forgave Him... He forgives me... I don't know if that will make any sense maybe one day it will. I don't know who I'm writing to, how many and all of you.. but just keep looking to Jesus Christ because He has the answers and he is the answer. His answer is love.
-Jesus-