Have you been Disciplined?
Psalm: 94 verse 12
Blessed is the man You discipline,
O LORD,
the man you teach from your law;
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Yes, we are disciplined by our Heavenly Father. Often we do not like to be disciplined but it is necessary. The same as an earthly father teaches and disciplines his children, our Spiritual Father needs to correct us His spiritual children. We have to learn a whole lot of new things when we become Born Again, we have to learn spiritual things and let go of all the worldly ways.
From the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by: J.M.R. Larman.
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So there we are – what about that then. You see a lot of people don’t realize that God our Heavenly Father can see us where ever we are. Therefore it is no good trying to hide like we may have done when we were children, hiding from our Mother or Father thinking they would not find out what we were up to!
No, God can see us and yes we need to repent so that Jesus can forgive us……well we don’t always want to repent because we may be getting pleasure from what ever wrong thing we are doing.
But as Christians – we come under a different Law…..the Law of God…that He has set down in the Ten Commandment that He gave to Moses.
You may like to look them up in the Holy Bible if you cannot remember them, most of us can’t remember them all on the spur of the moment, so we do need to refresh our learning by not just reading them but trying to do what they say.
Just think how good we can feel when we have overcome some awful thing that we should not have been doing or thinking.
To truly repent is to not continuing doing that unlawful thing!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is very hard to give up lying, smoking, drinking to much alcohol, gossiping, gambling, violence against our loved ones and others of course. But we do have to try if we really want to walk in the Love of our Heavenly Father, who does love each of us even more than our earthly Father does.
Let us start afresh today and do something nice for our Heavenly Father – one nice thing to do is to pray for our family and friends, also for those in need of help in anyway that they can be blessed in some way today. We can ask The Holy Spirit to help us to Pray through Jesus Christ our Lord, who can help us ourselves to overcome with His help to live according to the Law of our God.
* May God Bless us Christians
who are His family on this earth *
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Goodness
Zechariah: Chapter 9 verse 17
For how great is His goodness
and
how great is His beauty!
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How can we comprehend the beauty of God, He must be magnificent. With Jesus sitting on His right hand side, surrounded by Glory, also with Angels singing Holy, Holy, Holy is The LORD. His beauty must be incredible.
From book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ with Bible verse from King James version.
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What do you think about God’s goodness especially to us as His people……?
Goodness is different from being good.
Really none of us can claim to be Good only God is Good. We all fall short of being good in one way or another. We can try day by day to be better Christians but the fact still remains that God our Father, Jesus and The Holy Spirit can truly be GOOD.
So what about Goodness then?
Well GOODNESS I believe is different from being GOOD.
God showers His GOODNESS on us day by day
What does His GOODNESS consist of:
I think it consists of our daily needs that He supplies us with. Also – although His beauty is great He allows us to see beauty….think of the lovely Sunsets, the Sunrise – His GOODNESS would include our family, friends, pets, different foods that we like to enjoy, rest & recreation – as well of the works that He allows us to do.
So it is GOOD to do something GOOD for our God but that does not make us GOOD.
Jesus is the only one who is GOOD that has walked on this earth as a human being, none of us can compare ourselves with Jesus. Nor should we try to compare ourselves with Him but we can try to walk a Goodly life in the Love of the Lord Jesus who is our Lord and Saviour.
The Good Shepherd cares for His Sheep
I pray that you have a GOOD day in the Love of the LORD.
* Remember we are His Sheep and He cares for us *
– God Bless You –
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Grace and Knowledge
2 Peter: Chapter 3 verse 18
But grow in the grace
and knowledge
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
To Him be Glory both now and forever.
Amen.
Isn’t it lovely to think that we can grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord Jesus. Today as we learn and read more about Him let us ask God Our Father to allow us more grace to really know His Son Jesus, our Saviour, more and more. Amen.
From the Book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman.
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I wonder if we have grace and knowledge – how are we using it?
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The Lord has given us knowledge – however it is good for us to try and increase that knowledge day by day. We can do that by learning something new i.e. a new craft or by reading we can really expand our knowledge.
It is good to have a vision or a dream of something that we would like to do –
so we will need knowledge to bring that to fruition.
As for Grace – well we need grace to have patience with our family and friends.
We need to have Grace that only The Lord can give us as we continue to live in this world with Peace and Love that we have when we walk with Jesus day by day.
With Grace and Knowledge we can give Glory to God our Heavenly Father for all the Blessings that he gives us day by day.
Even if there is only one small thing in your day today that you are happy and content with –
that is a small start to be thankful for.
*God Bless You Today with the Grace and Love of Jesus*
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Peace be with you
This a lovely peacefull scene of an ‘Oil Painting’ that I Painted.
Acts: Chapter 8 verse 4.
Those who had been scattered
preached the word
wherever they went.
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Today will be a good day for us to preach the Word, even in a small way. If we tell someone about Jesus today it will help forward the Gospel of Peace.
Taken from Book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by: J.M.R.Larman.
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Just to think that we as Christians have a great responibility to let people know about Jesus wherever we are. Maybe on holiday or while we are shopping, sometimes an opportunity will arise that we can say something about the Peace of The Lord.
For instance we can say God Bless you to people
(now that is not too hard to say is it)?
By saying just a simple thing like that helps to show that you believe that God is real. We cannot all preach the word like some can but we can do our part and that helps to spread The Word.
We can let someone know that Jesus loves them, especially if they are in any kind of need.
To show others that you care about them and their everyday life is a great blessing to some people.
So whereever we are scattered about in this world – we, as Christians are to do our best to encourage others to come to know The Lord Jesus and especially our Heavenly Father God.
I pray you have a lovely day and that God will bring before you those who He would like you to talk to today.
Also that The Holy Spirit
will help you to do so.
* God Bless You with Peace –
for caring about others *
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In The Spirit
Ephesians: Chapter 6 Verse 18
And pray in the Spirit
on all occasions
with all kinds of prayers and requests.
With this in mind,
be alert and always
keep on praying for all the saints.
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Pray in the Spirit, The Holy Spirit of Jesus, ask Him to help you pray and He will. God loves us to pray, it is our way of talking to Him. We need to know Jesus in our hearts before our prayers can be accomplished by Our Heavenly Father through The Holy Spirit. Yes we do need to pray for each other, all of us need help, none of us are clever enough to go through life on this earth without the Love of God and the prayers of the saints.
Taken from the book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman
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Well – it is good to know that God wants us to pray for each other.
When we pray it is best to ask that it is His will to be done in regard to the person or persons that we are praying for.
Just think of it – our soul prayers, things that we think would be best, are not always in accordance with God’s will and if we continue to pray against His will then that person does not receive the correct blessing that Our Father God in Heaven has for them.
So what should we do?
First of all I think it best not rush in (where Angels fear to tread) as the saying goes and wildly pray what we think is best for maybe our friend or loved one.
Wait and think about what Jesus would pray for in the circumstances in regard to the situation.
Remember our own mind can be fickle – thinking that we know best and not considering the outcome of what we are really praying for.
Also we need to pray for ourselves and thank God for all our Blessings day by day. Thank Him for our families, food and shelter, our health, our finance, our pets (if we have any). Also thank Him for Joy and Laughter.
Thank God our Father in Heaven for Jesus His Son and for The Holy Spirit who is with us always and will help us to pray (especially when we ask Him).
* Have a Lovely day Today *
Amen.
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Psalm 29 verse 1
The abovc painting is by: J.M.R. Larman.
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Psalm 29 verse 1
Ascribe to The LORD,
O Mighty Ones,
ascribe to The LORD
glory and strength.
We may not be mighty ones but we can give The LORD Glory by the things we say and do each day. Let us do something nice for The Lord Jesus today through Him God will receive the Glory from us! One thing we can do is to praise and thank Him for our Salvation and how blessed we are through Jesus.
The above is taken from the book: ……… ‘Drink from the Cup” by J.M.R. Larman.
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So today maybe we can really pray and thank our Heavenly Father, not just for all the blessings that he allows us to have but we can thank Him for Jesus Christ who is the Lord of our lives when we have invited him into our hearts.
Well, we can also give God the Glory because allows The Holy Spirit to be with us today and always while we live on this earth.
The Holy Spirit – is the Spirit of Jesus
and is our
helper and comforter.
I am grateful that we can talk to Jesus through His Holy Spirit who never sleeps and will be here for us day and night.
We can talk to Him and give him all our fears and worries and then feel the comfort of The Lord Jesus.
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I pray that you receive the COMFORT
of The Lord Jesus.
* Have a Lovely Day Today *
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Love
I am the baby in the above photo and it has been good to be brought up in a family that shares the Love of God.
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1 Corinthians Chapter 13 verse 1
……………but if I have not love,
I am only a resounding gong
or a clanging cymbal.
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Imagine being empty and sounding like a clanging cymbal, we do need to be filled with love, the kind of love that only Jesus can give us. To receive His love so that we can give it out to others we really must want the love of God our Heavenly Father and of Jesus Christ His Son to be in our hearts. By the Holy Spirit we then can share the Love of the Lord.
Taken from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by:J.M.R.Larman.
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So do we have love in our heart
for someone
or something?
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We do need to have love in our hearts for our family and friends, our pets, our neighbours. Also for those lost souls in the world who do not know The Lord Jesus.
Just think if we do not share the love of Jesus our Lord with others how will they come to have that special love in their hearts that they too can give or show to others.
Well – if we have not asked Jesus to come into our hearts and take charge of our life…..then no, we do not have the LOVE OF GOD in our hearts to give out to the world.
Why not invite Jesus in today?
May God Bless you today with
* HIS LOVE *
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Majestic
Psalm 8 verse 1
O LORD,
our LORD,
how Majestic is your name
in all the Earth!
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Your Name is Majestic in all the Earth God. No other name can ever match your Name and the Name of Jesus. Your Name Jesus is beautiful, the Name above all Names. May we praise your name God our Heavenly Father and the Name of Jesus with all that is within us today.
The above is from the Book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R. Larman.
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What about our Names then?
Do you like your Name?
You can of course change it if you like but not a good idea! Mainly because family love your name or they would not have given it to you.
Also all your friends know you by the name that you have…….
God our Heavenly Father knows our names.
When we become a Christian our Names are written in Lamb’s Book of Life.
What an incredible honour
– yes it tells us this in the Bible –
Revelation Chapter 21 verse 27
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*May God Bless your NAME today*
Have a lovely Day
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Can you Sing?
Psalm 13 verse 6
I will sing to
The LORD,
for He as been
good to me.
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The LORD loves to hear us sing,
so what are we waiting for – Let us: Sing,
sing, sing – today.
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The above is from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by: J.M.R.Larman.
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Do you know that God gave us each a voice and one of the things He likes us to do with it is to Sing – mainly to sing to Him. There are so many lovely Songs and Hymns that we can sing.
If you can talk you cannot say that you can’t sing, because it does not matter if you cannot compete with others with your voice because yours is special to God our Heavenly Father and He likes to hear you Sing and Praise Him with your own voice.
Even in the shower, the car, the house, outside in the garden or just walking along you can use your voice to sing quietly or out loud. However the best songs will come when you sing them as a prayer from your heart as a blessing to The Lord Jesus.
If you ask The Holy Spirit I am pretty sure He will help you to Sing – especially in the Congregation in your Church, think how lovely to have the Angels sing with you in the Congregation.
Well how about putting on a C.D. and just singalong with it while doing the housework or chores around the house where you live. Remember that depression starts to flee away when we sing – as long as it is something nice that we like.
Let the Trumpet sound and let our voice be heard to Praise The Lord our God. Amen.
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as you may try a new Song *
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Have you Sinned?
Reverse Copy of Scraperboard Drawing
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Romans Chapter 3 verse 23.
“For all have sinned
and
come short
of the glory of God”
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It sad that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. But Jesus has forgiven our sins and we can press on today knowing that there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. So don’t be weighed down by sin, if you have committed a fresh sin, repent, ask Jesus to forgive you, thank Him and press on in faith and have a good day.
The above is taken from the book “Drink from the Cup” by J.M.R. Larman.
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Well there we are then – how about a fresh start today to look at what really is sin in our life. It could be anything small or big, it is all the same to God our Heavenly Father whether we tell a lie or commit a terrible crime….sin is sin…
God sent His only Son Jesus to forgive us and save us from the evil one. So we have to try to not give in to things that are not Godly.
When we have Jesus in our life it is a bit easier to stand firm and try our best not to give in to unholy things, even like gossip, pride, stealing, lying, there is quite a long list I think but we can overcome with the help of The Holy Spirit, who is our comforter and guide.
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God Bless You Today.
I Pray that you and me can have a Sinless Day.
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