A CHALLENGE FOR US ALL! Part 2

Current times have caused many of us to seek answers, The WHY’S, the HOW’S, the REASONINGS for so much confusion, hate, and UNGODLY BEHAVIOUR, We want to challenge you to take the time to read One Posting daily for 30 days in www.answersintheword.com, and see what that does for you in your life. Please let us know. It should only take a few minutes. You could add it with your daily prayer and devotions. This web site has been a work in progress in our lives for over 50 years. As we ourselves look back to the past before we were born, since Adam & Eve disobeyed God in the Garden Of Eden. Wars and more Wars throughout History. The Holocaust, Nuclear bomb testing, then the Bombing of Japan. Then during the 1950’s and 1960’s we looked for answers, to why the killing of Martin Luther King, President JFK, the Vietnam War, and young people running to drugs and ungodly living, choosing abortion and killing millions of babies?

To give you hope in a world gone astray, The King James Bible is a good version to read. Start with the New Testament, the Book of John, then Matthew, Mark, & Luke. “as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”(1Peter 2:2-4)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. (John 3:16). “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John14:6).

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I  believed you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.

Before I Go Give Me One More Soul!

The Bible only gives us around 70 years and by reason of strength another 5 years for a good average of time to be on our watch here on Earth. The Lord is watching over us to see what we will do with this time. My Son James has remained faithful to help me in my life and Ministry, and my wife Danna. The rest have followed from a far. My legacy I leave for my children and all others is www.answersintheword.com. I have given them Thy Word Lord, soon it will be up to them to carry the torch and do something with it. Sometimes I feel like my time here is drawing close to the end, but I can’t give up. Paul said, ” For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”(Philippians 1:21). Please learn from my mistakes and don’t repeat them or waste your time. We have a duty to God, and Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, To Stay Alive and Win as Many Souls to the Lord as We Can. Jesus was the faithful witness even unto the Cross, he was Witnessing. “There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war;” (Ecclesiastes 8:8a).

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WAS WRITTEN ON FEBRUARY 18,2024 by James Lawrence Cole, Born February 23,1952, and passed away on May 26,2024. At the time he got this message he chose not to post it. He asked me to keep pouring out the Golden Oil, which is: THE WORD OF GOD. I will continue to share what my husband truly believed in, which is The Only Begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ. Our LORD and Saviour. Signed: Danna Gayle Cole

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believe you died on the cross for my sins, and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen

SPEND TIME

I THINK ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN LIFE IS HAVING CHILDREN WHO GROW UP AND LEAVE YOU AND DESERT YOU AND GO ON TO WHERE THEIR HEART AND DESIRES LEAD THEM. I know it says a man shall leave his parents and cleave to his wife and a woman to her husband, but it also says in (Exodus 20:12) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. also in (Ephesians 6:1-3) “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth” There must be a balance to be found. We have to rightly divide the Word of Truth. So love them while you can. They won’t always be with you. SPEND TIME with them, go places, do things together. Also just visit have a glass of tea and remanence together about good things. Jesus will bless you for your loving one another as he commanded us too.  “As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”(John 15:9-13). “These things I command you, that ye love one another.”(John 15:17). I didn’t like trains stations or airplanes and Airports when I was younger because it always met to me that someone was leaving. “I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me” (Proverbs 8:1) Sometimes we are forced to be this way just to keep going on. We have to harden our hearts somewhat against those that reject us to be able to bare it. He that is able to receive this saying let him receive it.

Say this prayer if you want to be saved, Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believed you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace.

HOW DEEP ARE YOU?

You are in too deep, you know too much especially if you have read www.answersintheword.com. You are accountable and you will be even more accountable if you don’t learn more when you have the opportunity. “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” (Romans 11:33). You will never be normal according to this world’s standards. You will never be the same once your eyes have been opened to THE TRUTH! “And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables.” (Mark 4:11). One way I have of always been able to determine how deep, and sincere a person is. Is how they react after being taught DANIEL CHAPTER 9. Do they whole heartily go after it, and study it to get a clear understanding, and when they do, do they tell everybody about it that they can? Can you teach a Daniel 9 class? It’s probably the most important life changing and faith building and eye-opening Prophecy in the Bible proving when the Messiah, Jesus Christ would come and proving that the rest of the Bible is true and will come to pass !

Say this prayer to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.

EXPERIENCE!

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:” (Proverbs 1:5). “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.” (Proverbs 27:12). One of the most needed abilities is availability and also experience. A Wise man will learn from his own mistakes but a Wiser man will learn from the mistakes of others. Experience is a better teacher but often a bitter teacher. Listening to the voice of experience from those who have gone before you is often a better short cut. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6). “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7). Do you want to be successful and prosper? The Bible tells us how. “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” (Joshua 1:8). “Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” (Deuteronomy 5:16). “The only thing we learn from History is that we never learn from History.” Toynbee said. The reason we study History is to learn from the mistakes of others. “He that can not learn from History is doomed to repeat it.” We also study History to prove the Bible. Why must we learn the hard way? Beloved try and take the advice from those that love you and have experience and want to help you, or you can go your own way and learn it the hard way. Don’t leave school before the bell rings. Be a faithful steward of what the Lord has made you to be responsible over. “His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” (Matthew 25:23). Jesus said, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” (John 15:4-5). Beloved a lot of the mistakes you have made and will make in the future can be avoided if you would just listen and act on the counsel given to you. Just make sure it goes along with the WORD OF GOD, the BIBLE, THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION
!

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believe you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me your peace. Amen.

DO YOU NEED A SPIRITUAL BREAK THROUGH?

Do you feel sometimes that you can’t make any real progress toward your goals and that you keep running into a brick wall, or spinning your wheels? Well, you probably need a spiritual Break through. The Prophet Daniel had to fight in the Spirit for 21 days with the chief Demon Spirit of Persia to get the revelation that is why the ARC Angel Gabriel came to him and told him he was greatly loved by the Lord and gave him the powerful revelations of The Book of Daniel Especially Chapter Nine which is one of the most powerful faith building Chapters in the whole Bible, proving that Jesus Christ is the Messiah ! He was gratefully loved because the Lord saw that he didn’t give up he didn’t throw in the towel, he kept fighting even though after the spiritual Battle he was sick certain days. The Lord even sent Michael the Arch Angel to help Gabriel fight the Demons for Daniel. Sometimes we need help from powerful Angels. (Daniel 10:11-21). There are times we need to get desperate with the Lord Jesus in Prayer, with strong crying out and in tears and even on our faces alone crying out to Jesus to get a breakthrough and don’t give up! Quote the terms of the Contract (THE BIBLE) To The Contract Makers, (God, Jesus, and The Holy Ghost). KEEP THE FAITH !!! Be a Fighter in the Spirit, a Prayer Warrior for Jesus! No Victory without a Battle No Testimony without a TEST ! No Triumph without a trial. I will Not doubt Though All My Ships Come Home with Broken Sails. “I Have Not Yet Began to Fight”! Rebuke The Devil and His Demons in The Name of Jesus Christ!!! Don’t take No for an Answer! Where there is a will there is a way. “Be Thou Faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of Life! “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him” (James 1:12). “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life” (Revelations 2:10). The Lord wants to make a Spiritual fighter out of you. Not a bed of roses, but of spiritual war is what he has promised us!

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things and sins, I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believe you died on the cross for my sins, and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen

KINDNESS

The Bible says “and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”(Ephesians 4:32). Be kind to people you meet along life’s way because you never know what they are going thru. Where there is hatred let me show love. Where there is sadness let me sow joy, where there is strife let me bring peace. All the things of this life are soon to pass. Only what’s done for Christ shall last. Jesus was always the true witness even when he was dying on the cross. He was a Faithful Witness. Jesus Christ is the ultimate manfestion of God’s Love and Kindness. We can have a little bit of Heaven right now if we would only be like Jesus. Life is like a boomerang it comes back to you according to how you throw it out. “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”(Matthew 7:12). In other words, treat others the way you would like the Lord to treat you. Kindness can come in different forms like telling people, things they don’t necessarly want to hear but need too. If you have a hard time loving people, or some people, ask Jesus to show them to you through his eyes. Mercy, forgivness, and love are three gifts of the spirit that go along with kindness, aren’t they? Jesus said, “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”(John 15:12). Jesus even commanded us to love our enemies. “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:”(Matthew 5:44,45a).

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believe you died on the cross for my sins ,and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen

HOW TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD AND MAKE PEACE WITH HIM

(This is a powerful Psalm full of God’s wonderful promises in every verse) PLEASE READ IT SLOWLY and meditate on each verse.

Psalm 103

A Psalm of David.

Bless the LORD, O my soul:
and all that is within me, bless his holy name.


Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits:


who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
who healeth all thy diseases;


who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;


who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;
so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The LORD executeth righteousness
and judgment for all that are oppressed.


He made known his ways unto Moses,
his acts unto the children of Israel.


The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.


He will not always chide:
neither will he keep his anger for ever.


He hath not dealt with us after our sins;
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.


For as the heaven is high above the earth,
so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.


As far as the east is from the west,
so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.


Like as a father pitieth his children,
so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.


For he knoweth our frame;
he remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass:
as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.


For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
and the place thereof shall know it no more.


But the mercy of the is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;


to such as keep his covenant,
and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens;
and his kingdom ruleth over all.


Bless the LORD,ye his angels,
that excel in strength, that do his commandments,
hearkening unto the voice of his word.


Bless ye the LORD all ye is hosts;
ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.


Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion:
bless the LORD, O my soul. (Psalms 103:1-22)

(THIS IS AN EXCELLENIT CHAPTER TO MEMORIZE! It is also in the “CHAPTERS TO MEMORIZE AND LIVE BY” in www.answersintheword.com)

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God,
and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.” (Isaiah 59:2)

First of all let us define sin. It comes from an Old English Archery Term Meaning “to Miss the mark.” Jesus never sinned, he said “ And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. “ (John 8:29). “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48). This is what we need to strive for. To please him first of all. “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:14-16)

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” (James 4:17).

whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Romans 14:23b). “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23). “For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23). God knew that Adam and Eve would sin before they ate of the “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil”, and disobey God. In fact the Lord knew that they would sin even before he created them. They could have eaten of THE TREE OF LIFE instead and live forever, but no not them they listened to the devil and brought sin upon all of man kind just like you and I would have done if we were them. “And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”(Genesis 3:22-24). “why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:” (Acts 14:15). The reason the Lord made us with a freewill instead of ,making us a mindless robot is because he wanted us to learn the great Eternal Lesson That We Need Him and could not make it ourselves to Heaven. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9). “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.” (Romans 7:19-25). “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:2).

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: “(Romans 5:12) “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” (Psalm 51:5). So to get right with our Heavenly Father and Jesus God’s son and the Holy Spirit and make and find peace with them we must come through Jesus Christ, God’s Only Begotten Son and sacrifice for sins. “For God so loved the world that he gave his Only Begotten Son that whosoever beliveth in him should not perish but have ever lasting life.”(John 3:16). “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”(John 14:6). Beloved God loves you so much that he gave his only begotten son to die for you! Wow such Love I can’t hardly comprehend how he could do that, for you and for me,can you? Would you give your son to die for some bad guy? Claim 1John 1:7, “but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6). Jesus also said; Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand. The word Repent comes from the Greek word Metanoya which means To Turn Around and go a different direction. The Bible says to bring forth the fruits of repentance. “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:” (Matthew 3:8).“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:22-25). Do these things for Jesus because you Love him and want to show him that you are sincere and truly sorry for your sins, not that your trying to be self righteous or work your way to Heaven. “not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;” (Titus 3:5). “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.(Isaiah 1:18).And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.(Philippians 4:7).

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believe you died on the cross for my sins, and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen

POWERFUL VERSES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS TO MEMORIZE AND LIVE FOR

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8).

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:1-4).

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: and I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:  the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: and it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:17-21)

And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, (Acts 2:44-46).

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:12-13)

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, (Acts 4:29)

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. (Acts 4:32).

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. (Acts 5:41-42).

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believe you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.

NEW BEGINNINGS

All things change but Jesus NEVER changes. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”(Matthew 24:35).Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.”(Psalms 55:19b). I personally have had some changes this past year. Have you? Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”(2 Corinthians 5:17). Think about the good things that Jesus has done for you. Write them down. Think about the many miracles that the Lord has done for you, even small ones. Remember the loss of a nail caused the loss of a shoe and the loss of a shoe caused the loss of a horse, and the loss of a horse caused the loss of a King, and the loss of a King caused the loss of a Kingdom. All because of the loss of one little nail. (Zechariah 4). Can you see God’s mighty hand working in your life? “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.”(Philippians 3:13-15). Think of what you have learned to help get you closer to Jesus. Have a good communion. Get clean and right with God, and get a clean slate by faith in the Blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Only Begotten Son. “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”(John 15:3). “but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”(1 John 1:7). Are you closer to Jesus than you were a year ago? “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”(Romans 8:1-2). “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”(Romans 8:28). “being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”(Philippians 1:6). “He must increase, but I must decrease.”(John 3:30). If you are closer to Jesus you will be farther from yourself. “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.”(Luke 9:24). “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”( Romans 12:1-2). YOU CAN HAVE A NEW BEGINNING EVERY DAY!

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. I believe you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.