Pray Without Ceasing

In 1Thessalonians 5:17 We are instructed to "pray without ceasing."

Why?

because prayer, is communication, it is speech, it is words,

which God used to create the universe.

When we pray we are creating, we are being like our creator in whose image we have been made.

When we pray we are communicating with God and giving him permission to intervene on our behalf.

 In the beginning God gave mankind domino and authority in the earth.

  In the fall, Adam and Eve gave that which was given to mankind by God, away to Satan.

God does not take back anything that he gives.

As it is written in Romans 11:29 "For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable."

The earth was God's gift to mankind.

It is for mankind to take back what we allowed to be taken from us.

When a righteous man prays believing, he is fighting the good fight of faith,

giving God permission to intervene and fight the battle.

Praise the Lord that through faith we can go into this battle knowing we already have victory.

There is much territory to regain; families, communities, opportunities, joy, peace, finances, all that the enemy has taken from us.

James 5:16 says "Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much".

Let us not discount the power of prayer, let us not neglect .prayer

There is much to be done.

Let us pray without ceasing.

 



Don't Be Deceived

I feel it very important to let all know,

there are many people that are leaving this earth without ever having lived.

They will have allowed the thief to come steal kill and destroy the which Jesus came to give them.

John 10:10 "The thief does not come except to steal kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly."

There are those who have allowed the enemy to rob them of the truth.

John 14:6 " Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

It takes more than just believing that there is a God.

We must also believe on God's Son, Jesus Christ, to be saved, to be able to spend eternity with Him.

Those who do not accept Jesus and His finished work on the cross,

will go into eternity separated from God.

Jesus is the only way, the only way to even begin to experience life.

The wonderful things we experience in life through Jesus are just a taste of the abundance he brings to our lives.

We get to taste joy, peace, love, grace, mercy, kindness, strength and more, which are just apart of the taste platter of life in Christ.

The abundance of life platter goes beyond our wildest dreams and hopes.

The enemy has deceived too many with thoughts that they are enjoying life on their own without God.

King Solomon says life without God is vanity.

It's existence without purpose.

Praise God, He created us with not just a purpose, but a plan to get us to that purpose.

The plan he has is a good one.

We can't allow the enemy to continue with his tricks and schemes of destruction of God's creation.

Don't be deceived there is an eternity.

Your eternity can either be with  or without God.

With God you will have all the good that God brings.

Without God, you will be without ANY of the good that only God can bring.

The choice is yours.

 



Never Alone

I think in times of going through difficulties,

we feel that we are the only one who is experiencing or has experienced such difficulty.

When going through those difficult times we often feel alone,

  which we often cause by our alienating ourselves in fear of no one understanding.

I am here to tell you that you are not alone.

In all the millions of people in the world, you are not the only one that has or is experiencing such a difficulty.

The difficulty can simply be a test demonstrating to us if we truly trust God.

There are times we fail the test by allowing fear to creep in.

 Fear that God will some how fail us and not deliver us from or get us through the difficulty.

1Corithians 10:13 "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape that you may be able to bear it."

You are not alone in what it is that you are going through.

If you are a child of God through your faith in Jesus and what He accomplished at the cross,

you have with you at all times your source of strength and help.

Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble."

Let us take time to reflect on who God is to us.

We are never alone no matter how it feels.

He is with us always and when we trust him and his love for us,

we can rest in his peace, our way of escape.

 

Taking Hold

Let us give thanks to the Lord for all He has done.

All that  we have need of His hand has already provided.

Let us not forget Philippians 4:19 "and my God shall provide all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

It is through the finished work of Jesus Christ that every need we've had, now have, or will ever have has already been provided.

The provision for all our needs is available to us NOW.

It is for us to seek the Lord for instruction on how to obtain his provision.

We are to ask the Lord in faith, for what we need.

Matthew 21:22 "and whatever things you ask in prayer,  believing, you will receive.".

Too often we ask doubtingly that God is able or will provide.

Therefore we pray without having expectation of the answer manifesting.
Let's change this, first with finding scripture that supports our request.
Once we find supporting scripture, lets us not only read the scripture but meditate on it.
Allow for the word to become alive in us, seeing it being so real that we see it happening for us
Jeremiah 1:12 "...for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled".
The Lord does just what He says's he will do.

Add to meditation on God's word, a heart ot thanksgiving with words of praise,
We also ought to be a good steward over all that he has already given to us.
No matter what it is that God has given us, we are to be good care takers of that which He has given.
Matthew 25:29 "for to everyone who has more will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who does not have even what he has will be taken away."
The Lord delights in blessing His people.
Delight yourself in Him and take hold of all His promises.

New and Improved

I remember in my youth, thinking "when I get myself together

 I will be ready to serve God."

Oh how wrong my thinking was.

The truth is, we can't make ourselves any better for God's use.

We are all sinners,

sinners in need of a savior.

When saved, we are sinners saved by grace.

That Savior is Jesus Christ the Lord.

It isn't mind over matter, will power, or even good behavior that saves us,

  ONLY Jesus can save.

Acts 4:12 "...for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we MUST be saved." (NKJV)

Jesus came into the world for that purpose,

to save us from sin destruction and death.

Sin is like a cancer that destroys everything in it's path.

It's presence is a path for destruction.

Jesus, the living word of God is the antidote for sin.

Apart from Jesus there is no getting ourselves together.

 It is Jesus that get's all things in order, makes all things whole, and new.

Give Him your sinful broken life,

and He will forgive your sins and give you a whole new life.

2Corinthians 5:17 " Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold, ALL things have become new.

We hear often in advertising the term "new and improved."

Though we may not always be able to take that as truth with man.

We can always take God at His word, as the scriptures state in Titus 1:2 he is "God,who cannot lie..."

He makes us a new creation, new and improved.

We need renewed minds that compliment our new man.

Matthew 9:17 "...but, they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved."

It is the process of spending time in God's word

that renews our mind.

 We unlearn the world's way and learn to think God's way. 

Romans 12:2 " And do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

Let's live life New and Improved.