Jesus knew…..
Drawing of Key by J.M.R. Larman.
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St. John Chapter 13 verse 3
Jesus knew that the Father had put
all things under His power
and
that He had come from God
and
was returning to God;
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As Christians we have been given the Power that Jesus bestowed upon us to use for His Kingdom while we live on this earth, then when our time is right we shall return to God our maker in Heaven to be with Jesus. Let us make good use today of that divine power and walk in the love of The Lord Jesus.
Taken from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by: J.M.R.Larman.
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So the Key to the Power of the Kingdom of God is Jesus, he has bestowed on us Power to use by His Holy Spirit indwelling in us when we have accepted Jesus as Lord of our life. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus, who helps us to pray, who opens the door to the throne room of God, who will hear our Prayers through Jesus Christ our Lord.
What a privilage to be able to Pray to our Heavenly Father at any time day or night. Remember The Holy Spirit never sleeps He is with us always, to comfort and guide us, teach us and lead us in the ways of The Kingdom of God. Now that must be Power indeed.
Did you know that I beleive The Dove represents
the Holy Spirit.
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* Have a Lovely Powerful Day walking
in the Power of Jesus,
in Peace & Love & Joy
to share with others *
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The Key
Does God hold the KEY to your Heart?
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Psalm 7 verse 10
My shield is God Most High,
who saves
the upright in heart.
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When our heart is right with God He truly is our shield against the devil and all his ways. We best watch out on the occasions when our heart is not right toward God. That is when sin can enter in and God will not be our shield to stop it entering. Today let us try to be right in our hearts and in our thinking.
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Well where are we up to today, can we say that God is the Key to our heart, can we say that God is our shield against all evil. Let us pray that we truly can.
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* God Bless you today *
Please do not loose that precious KEY.
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Prisoner for The Lord
Drawing by: Artist J.Larman.
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Ephesians: Chapter 4 verse 1
As a prisoner for The Lord,
then I urge you to live a life
worthy of the calling
you have received.
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What a wonderful thing it is when God Himself has called us into His Kingdom. What an honour to be a prisoner for Jesus. It’s only with His help that we can ever be truly worthy of the calling we have received to work for the Kingdom of God.
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So – if we are Christians we need to try to be worthy and do some work at least for The Kingdom of God.
I do know that we do not have to work for our Salvation as it is already ours when we invite Jesus into our lives having then repented of our sins and have been forgiven of them.
Therefore one of the things that we can do for God our Father in Heaven would be a good thing to try not to do that sin again. Then how good would we feel that being a prisoner of Jesus we can do that for Him.
If you happen to feel that you are living in a prison at the moment, either in your home or a relationship – remember what the disciples did when they were in a real prison……?
Well they sang – what a privilege to be able to sing out loud or in our hearts to God and thank Him for our Salvation which no-one can take away from us.
Praise The Lord.
I pray that you have a lovely Day today and all through the coming week.
* Rejoice in being
a
Prisoner for Jesus *
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The Way is…..
St. John: Chapter 14 verse 6
Jesus answered,
“I am the way and the truth and the life.
No-one comes to The Father
except through me”
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No other religion anywhere can go to God our Father in Heaven unless they accept Jesus Christ as Lord. We must invite Jesus into our hearts for our own spirit in us to be Born Again into the Kingdom of God. I praise The Lord that I have done that, what about yourself, remember today is a good day, if you have not already done so.
Well that give us food for thought dosn’t it?
If you are not sure how to be Born Again into Gods Kingdom – well all you have to do is to say to God that you repent of your sins and ask Jesus to come into your heart and be the Lord of your life.
That sounds very easy dosn’t it?
But you have to be sincere and really mean it. If you do, you may find that your addictions (if you have any) will start to be less important to you and you may have a lovely peace and contentment in your heart and life.
Also you can then look forward – knowing that when you leave this life you will go to be in Heaven with Jesus the Christ, God’s true Son.
That is really worth thinking about.
You do need to tell a Christian that you have taken this important step – because speaking out is an action of Faith and is a real confirmation that you are truly Born Again into the Kingdom of God.
Then you can start to Read The Holy Bible
(that is the Word of God)
May God Bless you
if you are making this important
committment today
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Sheep without Blemish
Psalm 100 verse 3
Know that The LORD is God.
It is He who made us and we are His,
we are His people,
the sheep of His pasture.
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It’s incredible to know that we have a Shepherd, who cares enough for us, that He sent His only Son Jesus to be slain on the Cross as a Sheep without blemish for our sins.
Let us try to be sheep without blemish.
Shall we start afresh today?
Taken from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’
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Well the thing is – how do we become a Sheep without Blemish?
It seems most unlikely that we can ever be a Sheep without Blemish.
But – when we repent of our sins – surprise – surprise – Jesus forgives us and the Blemish of that or those sins that we repent of are washed away.
So that would be a Blemish gone.
– But Wait –
Are there more things we need to repent of so that we can be Blemish Free i.e. Do we have a sin of – Anger, Addiction, Vioence, Unholy thoughts, Gossip, Slander, Gluttony, Self Indulgence.
Well with all that to think about I may never be a Sheep without Blemish!
But there is hope – we must take one Day at a Time and rejoice that Jesus is our Lord and Saviour and He loves us Just as We Are.
However, I am sure that He hopes because we belong as Sheep in His fold (His Kingdom) we will try with His help to get rid of ungodly things.
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So – * REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS *
Have a LOVELY Day Today
God Bless You & me for trying to be –
A Sheep without Blemish.
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Compassion
Isaiah: Chapter 30 verse 18
Yet The LORD longs to be gracious to you;
He rises to show you compassion.
For The LORD is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for Him!
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Thank you LORD that you are a God of compassion – please continue to have compassion on me and my family, especially today. Thank you for all your blessings to me. Amen.
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I really do thank The LORD that He is gracious to me, how about you?.
It is good to think of all the good things that God allows us to have and to do.
Remember ours is a God of Love not of hate or injustice. Do you know I believe He loves us each one as if we are the only one….that sounds a bit odd really but if you make something you treasure it and love it ….. so it makes sence that when God made us in our Mothers womb then we would be a treasure to Him and yes He would love us.
So we should try to be content just where we are – if you are not used to praying, you may like to give it a try – then like it says in The Bible…….Blessed are all who wait for Him!
Let us try to wait on God and let the unholy things
not have a hold on us.
We can make a fresh start each day – it is best to take just One Day at a Time and try to find something nice to do for our self or for someone else. We can be gracious – even a smile to to say ‘Hello’ to someone can really make their day just a bit nicer.
* May God be Gracious to us today.*
Have a lovely Day
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Nehemiah: Chapter 1 verse 10-11
Nehemiah: Chapter 1 verse 10 -11
They are your servants and your people,
whom you redeemed by your great strength
and your mighty hand.
O Lord,
let your ear be attentive
to the prayer of this your servant
and to the prayer of your servants
who delight in revering your name…………………….
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Please hear my prayer today Lord God, I am one of your servants who delights in revering your name.
And I know that the Name of Jesus your Son is the Name above all names on this earth where are living now.
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Let us think about what it means to be a Servant….. really none of us want to think that we are a Servant.
Jesus came as our Saviour, He showed us that we need to be Servants, remember how He washed the Disciples feet? Not only are we to serve others but that we need to obey God our Father in Heaven, in that way we can say we are servants of God.
To be servants of God- is obeying His commands and revering Jesus as our Lord, then He will hear our Prayers.
It is no good praying anything if we do not believe that God is real. If we do believe – then we can delight in the fact that our prayers however humble or desperate will be heard.
But – now this is the But.….we need to wait for God to answer them in the way that He thinks fit….not us wanting them answered right that minute. Sometime we have to wait and wait and think that He may not have heard us. Well, then some of us go off and do our own thing not waiting for the better time when God may answer in a very different way than we could have imagined.
Let us Pray today and learn to wait for God our Heavenly Father to answer in His good timing.
May God Bless our Prayers
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Fear of The Lord
Proverbs: Chapter 1 verse 7
The fear of The LORD
is the beginning of knowledge
but
fools despise wisdom
and
instruction.
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I think I shall ask The LORD for more knowledge and wisdom today, I do not want to be a fool, I pray that I do have the fear of The LORD and I certainly do not despise wisdom and knowledge.
For my part I know that I do love wisdom and knowledge, also I do know that I definitely need more! Thank you LORD God that you continue to fill me afresh each day, also with the knowledge and love of Jesus.
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So let us just think where are we really going to get this knowledge and wisdom from……well I think it does help to read our Bible because it has been written for our learning. Therefore if we decide not to read, then we are limiting our brains to absorb knowledge and wisdom from the Apostles and followers of Jesus that are written about in the most Holy Book.
Lots of them were not clever people but with the account of their lives we can learn from their mistakes. (Hopefully we can!)
So where does the FEAR come from then?
You see we are not to be afraid of our God because He is the God of Love. Our only fear is to be that we really don’t acknowledge Him as we should and that we don’t always walk in the knowledge that He is our Heavenly Father and He Loves us even more than our earthly fathers love us.
We do fear being chastised by our earthly fathers and need to realize that our Heavenly Father does chastise us too.
So that FEAR OF THE LORD
is that we DO NOT need to be
FRIGHTENED OF THE LORD OUR GOD.
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I hope you have a lovely day walking in the Love and Knowledge, Wisdom and Joy of our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Heavenly Father.
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Money?
Praying Hands Scrapper Board Drawing by J.M.R.Larman.
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1 Timothy: Chapter 6 verse 5
…., who have been robbed of the truth
and who think that godliness
is a means to financial gain.
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This Scripture applies to those who love money, yes, we do need money and we have to work to earn it but we must not make it a god in our lives. Because God supplies all our needs, we cannot think that we can pray – please God send me a fortune in money. Best to read the above Scripture to get a really good meaning of this for our lives today, then get on with our Godly living in the knowledge that God supplies all our needs, financial or otherwise.
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Let us Pray for God to bless us with finance – that is not problem – the problem arises when we ask for ungodly gains that we really do not need i.e. I believe that the Prosperity Gospel is not the true Gospel of Jesus.
The bible does say: ‘ask and you shall receive’ – yes we are to ask – but God does know our needs and he will supply our daily needs, not unlimited funds and more and more unholy wants.
He does supply us with our families, food, clothes and shelter. We can ask and receive Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Discernment and everyday Commonsense. I believe these are things that God likes us to ask for and receive. We can ask for healing or good health for our bodies and loved ones. We can ask that we can share The Love of The Lord Jesus with those that God allows us to see and care for each day.
Do you know that it is a privilege to be able to Pray – Jesus prayed and gave us “The Lord’s Prayer” – which really covers everything that we need to ask God for.
May God Bless you
&
keep you safe in His care.
With Love and Blessings
for your needs today.
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Spiritual Blessings
Ephesians: Chapter 1 verse 3.
Praise be to the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us in the heavenly realms
with every spiritual blessing
in Christ.
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Can you ever imagine all the beautiful spiritual blessings that we have been given? Just sit and think for a moment on some of them – then, what about the earthly blessings that we have. God loves us so much He really wants us to have the best of His blessings.
I wonder what special blessing is in store for us today?
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So what are the Spiritual Blessings
that we have?
Let us have a think…. First would be our Salvation that Jesus really did die on the Cross for us. We cannot really imagine how that could be but we can accept that He did it for us to become Sons of the Living God i.e. our Father in Heaven.
Spiritual Blessings can be Peace, Love, Joy, Contentment, Healing, Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding and normal everyday Commonsense etc.,
Also Earthly Blessings…
What could they be….well we can have another think….we have families, friends, food and shelter, finance. But one really nice thing to think about is that we have all things that were made at the time of Creation….NOT Evolution. Look around at the beautiful things that our God has made, none of us can make even a birds feather, a flower, the wind, the waves, the seas, the fish and animals. Also he has made our Brothers and Sisters here and throughout this earth the we live on.
Let us Praise the God and Father of:
our Lord Jesus Christ.
God Bless You Today with whatever Blessings you have.
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