I have sinned

We've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. (Rom 3:23) I woke up this morning and felt sad about my sin. The Lord said to me Psalm 32:5I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
The iniquity of my sin, that word means perverse, or evil. There is such a contrast between my sin and His grace and glory, so much so that none of our sin can stand in his presence, the two just can't coexist.
"Thank you Lord for taking my sing from me, it's so perverse, so evil, and You take it all away! Thank you!"

Luke 8

In Luke 8 when Jesus calms the storm He shows He has power over "nature" which is really His creation. By calling it nature I'm giving credit to the creation rather than The Creator. He has the power and the authority ever everything, there is nothing that He cannot command. "Help our situation Lord to always be in Your control, in Your command, for You are able even though we are not. It is You who works in us to will and do of Your good pleasure. It is not my own abilities or strengths that make this all possible, it is You and only You. I Love You Lord, and today lift my voice to worship You, the creator of all things. You are magnificent.
In The Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, amen."
Luke 8:22 Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.” And they launched out. 23 But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!”
Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 But He said to them, “Where is your faith?”
And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, “Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!”
(Thanks Biblegateway.com)

To God be the glory!!

It doesn't matter what we think as much as it matters what He thinks. He alone is wise. He is coming back for a bride without spot or wrinkle and that's us His church, (Eph 5:27) and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it because It's Him at work and not us. (Matt. 16:18 & Phil 2:13) Even in us, it's God at work. Every good thing: it's He that created it, molded it, made it in His own image. He gets all the credit for every good thing. (James 1:17)
So to God be the glory (Luke 2:14) for the great things He has done, is doing, and will do through us, in us, and to us.
"To You be the glory Lord, in Jesus Name, amen. "

Let us live for His glory!

It's funny; whenever we start out on our own we either get lost, create havoc, or just really messes stuff up. And yet we still think we know the better way. Don't we know Christ died to make our lives a sweet fragrance to Him. To take us from where we were to where He is?
Look at how perfectly He created this world to begin with. Garden, no cares, perfection with everything, nothing out of place, everything just right. Then along came the serpent, the tempter, and the temptation, to be like God. Don't we have the same temptation today. We run our lives the way we think they should be run, and look at the outcome, and yet we still don't hand it all over to Him, even though He is able. instead we plow ahead, making our own way again and again, never seeing that it just does not work out.
"Lord help us to trust You to take over, and help us to have joy in it, and not still grab it all, and try to take it all back. We are Your workmanship, created in Christ to do good works which You prepared before hand that we should walk in them, (Eph 2:10) Lord and only them may we walk in, not all these things we're asked, or tempted to walk in, but the sweetness of God, all those things, all the things that You prepared for us to walk in, let us only walk in them, and thus be fulfilled, made right, and full of Your peace, Your Love, Your joy! In Jesus Name, Amen!" What we're we created to be? His workmanship. We are made by His hands, the hands of the master, not to do our own will, but now the will of the Father. His purposes, His desires, His visions and dreams. Our lives all about Him and not us! "Lord help us to be about Your business. Your will. Wearing Your wedding garments, (Matt 22:11-14) Your attire, let us shine Your glory, (2Cor 4:6 Is 60:1) witnesses of Your work and Word. Have You not made us to will and do of Your good pleasure? (Phil 2:13) "Let us be content with that, in Your Name, the Name above all names!"

The Bride of Christ

Hello everyone! Thank You Lord for Your Word, it is gracious like You, it is holy, like You, and it is worthy of a lot more of our attention, like You are. We Love You Lord, and we lift our voice to worship You, in Jesus Name.
Let us see what kind of bride He is transforming us into: Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

I would love to have this read in Jerusalem next April when we renew our vows, and Lord help us to be Yours, in every faithful way, in Jesus Name.
Amen.

A gospel of He and not we

James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
I have heard some of these verses quoted so many times. We love some of these, but some of them say things like if we do this, God will do that...we don't like that. God did do everything, it's true, He accomplished all on the cross, He makes all things possible. What does Christ require of us now? To do justly, walk humbly, and by the above verse, submit, resist, draw near, cleanse, purify and humble. We do have to act, but it is because He acted first. We are to Love, with His Love, but because He first Loved us. This is not though a gospel of me, it is still very much a gospel of He.
"To You alone all glory and honor Lord, You are God, and we are Your people." In Jesus Name. Amen.

The fruit of the Spirit

We as Christians believe this: Gal 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control." We also believe verse 5:25 "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." But do we believe or practice the middle verse of 24:" And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires." (Thanks Bible Gateway again!) NKJV
Love....Joy..."Lord help me to live by this, help me to live by the Spirit, in Jesus Name."We are taught to be diligent in everything we do,; "Lord help me to be diligent in You, in The Spirit, in the things that You are saying and doing, in Jesus Name, amen."