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Give your heart and mind to God first…

Give your heart and mind to God first…

 

Hear Israel’s King David…Psalm 40…

 

…I waited patiently for Jehovah; And He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And He set my feet upon a rock (solid ground not quicksand), and established (taught David how to behave and directed his step) my goings. And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah… (sounds like David knew what P.U.S.H. meant…Pray Until Something Happens)

…Blessed is the man that makes Jehovah his trust, And respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And Your Thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto you (who is going to tell Jehovah what to think or when to think it?); If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered…

…Sacrifice and offering you have no delight in (Does God have pleasure in someone who has to offer a sin sacrifice…or Does He have pleasure in repentance or obedience which requires no sacrifice…other than the heart, mind, soul, and spirit to surrendered or sacrificed in  obedience to His Word); Mine ears have you opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering have You not required. Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Yea, Your law is within my heart. (Psa 40:1-8)

 

 

Are you the judge or being judged…a chance to give and be blessed or a chance to hold to “your” money? When you see a man humble himself and ask for money…is it a chance to be a blessing or is he a liar and a cheat…a sinner being punished?

And judge not, and you shall not be judged: and condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: release, and you shall be released: give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure you mete it shall be measured to you again. (Luk 6:37-38) (Do you give instruction out of the pit or laugh and say better learn your lesson…do you wash his feet or move your own feet away?)

 

 

 

Do you want to please God by giving to His children and His works?

 

Give as God has prospered you…or to be prospered…

…Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do you. Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come… (Sunday is the first day of the week and there is a Sunday each week…So we have a command from an Apostle with the Authority of the Holy Spirit and same as God…to meet each first day or Sunday and take a collection given to more than one congregation)…But this I say, He that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity (because he “has” to…do you sigh when asked to give or do you smile): for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace (unearned…undeserved favors) abound unto you; that you, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work…No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon…(do you hold to “your” money or do you despise giving to needy Christians? Do you love to give to God children or do you hate to give money to a good work?) (1Co 16:1-2…2Co 9:6-8…Mat 6:24)

 

Exhortation to be faithful…in loving your neighbor as yourself…the perfect law of liberty

He that hath pity upon the poor lends unto Jehovah, And his good deed will He pay him again. Chasten your son, seeing there is hope; And set not your heart on his destruction…But he that looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continues, being not a hearer that forgets but a doer that works, this man shall be blessed in his doing…What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies… (Pro 19:17-18 Jas 1:25 Rom 8:31-33)

 

Prayer

Father please open our eyes and ears and help us to prosper in all thing concerning You and Your only Son Jesus the Christ…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

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Do not judge but teach better...

The child of God…said do not judge me but help me be better

And do not judge others, so that you yourself will not be judged in any way. Do not condemn others, so that you will not be condemned in any way. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. Give, and it shall be given to you. Good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete out, it shall be measured again to you." Then He spoke a parable to them, saying, "Is a blind man able to lead a blind man? Will not both fall into the ditch?... (Luk 6:37-39)


There is only One Door into Heaven…

…For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may receive according to the things done in his body—what he has practiced, whether good or evil… (2Co 5:10)


Have you ever met Jesus in judgment…

…But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Rev 21:8 AFV)


Prayer

Father please meet our soul's deepest needs and search us to see our souls deepest needs for You, Your Son, and the Holy Spirit...we know we will never hunger and thirst because we believe in Jesus...in Jesus of Nazareth's name amen.


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God loves everyone, but prefers "fruits of the spirit" over "religious nuts"!

God loves everyone, but probably prefers "fruits of the spirit" over "religious nuts"!

Matt 3:8, “bring forth fruit worthy of repentance”

Matt 7:16-20, “you shall know them by their fruits, do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bring forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree brings forth evil. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit nor can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire, wherefore by their fruits you shall know them”

Gal 5:22=24, “but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance (self-control), against such there is no law and they that are Christ’s have crucifies the flesh with the affections and lusts”

Eph 5:9-11, “for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth proving what is acceptable unto the Lord and having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them.”

James 3:17, “but the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace”


Just because someone says they have a word from God does not mean they know Jesus. There are many false Christs and Christians in the world who are deceived and deceiving others. There are many teachers that claim to know Christ and that their teaching is from Christ. How can you tell the difference from the authentic fruits of the spirit and those that are counterfeits of false teachers that transform themselves into apostles of God? By their fruits, are they overcoming evil with good? Are the cursing in Jesus name? Are they loving God by keeping His commandments or are they teaching the commandments of men? Many false teachers teach lip service will save you, saying ask the Lord into your heart and you will be saved. However Jesus said it requires more than honoring Him with your lips, He said in John 3:5, “Except a man be born of the water and the Spirit He CANNOT enter into the kingdom of God” Jesus also said this, Mark 16:15-16, “Go you into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature he that believes and is baptized shall be saved but he that does not believe will be damned”. So you can believe all those false people that tell you what their teachers, and imaginations say is God’s will to be saved or you can believe the commands of Jesus. Will you obey Jesus rather than men that are religious nuts following their imaginations and man-made doctrines? When you do follow Jesus commands to be saved, then you will produce fruits of the Spirit.


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