BE SPECIFIC WITH GOD

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Missionaries For Jesus

One day a man was praying and asking the Lord to provide a vehicle so he could get around. He prayed and said, Lord please give me a car, just any old car will do, and that is exactly what he got an old clunker just barely driveable. We need to be specific in our prayers and get down to detail with God. Just like a Father loves to give gifts, and reward his children, so does our Heavenly Father the same, and even more so.“If ye then,being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in Heaven give good things to them that ask him.”(Matthew 7:11 ).There are some conditions though, first you must ask in the name of Jesus. “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” ( John 14:13). Second we must ask in faith.“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” ( Hebrews 11:6). So if you want to have your prayers answered and get past the ceiling, just have faith and ask in the name of Jesus.“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” ( James 1: 6-8). We need to be like the little girl who went to a prayer meeting for rain during a great drought, and she took her umbrella, and wore her rain jacket and golashes. The Lord wants us to have strong faith, and not be wishy washy, like a straw blown in the wind. Amen?

Say this prayer to be saved: Dear 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 believe you are the Only Begotten Son of God, and you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Savior. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.

THE OMNISCIENT, OMNIPOTENT, AND OMNIPRESENT, POWER OF GOD

Posted on July 27, 2015 by admin

Jesus said; “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.” (Matthew 10:29-31). He knows every thought that we think: and every move that we make. He knows what everyone is thinking even the people in Heaven and Hell at the same time. God, and Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are our spiritual parents, and they are Omniscient (All knowing), Omnipotent (All powerful), and Omnipresent (Gods spirit is everywhere; there is nowhere to hide from him). “Whether shall I go from thy spirit? or whether shall I flee from thy Presence?” (Psalm 139:7). “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3). God is a loving father who loves and pities his children. He never sleeps or slumbers. He is always there for us. “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38,39).The more we love, honor, and obey him, the more he pours out his love and spirit upon us.“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” (Matthew 22:37). “And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.” ( Acts 5:32). So there you have it, if you want more of the Holy Spirit then love and obey the Lord more.

PLEASE SAY THIS PRAYER TO BE SAVED:

Dear 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 believe you are the Only Begotten Son of God, and you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Savior. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.

DO YOU SEEK HIS FACE ?

Posted on July 26, 2015 by admin

“Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.”(I Chronicles 16:11 ). “Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” (John 7:24). There is something about seeking his face. That must mean being close to him, because if you are right up to some ones face then you are pretty close to them. They say you are in their space. The Bible says in (Isaiah 53:2,3) “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” These verses were talking about the time when Jesus came to the earth, and lived, and was crucified for you and me. If that is a picture of Jesus’s face on the shroud of Turin, and I believe it is, then he wasn’t a real handsome man when he was on the earth, was he? If you look in the book of Revelation it gives quite a different description of what Jesus looks like now in his new body. The Bible says we will look like him too, and our new body’s “shall be fashioned like unto his glorious body.”(Philippians 3:21). “and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”(Revelation 1:16b).However I am sure that we won’t shine as bright as Jesus does. Jesus said; “I am the bright and the morning star.” (Revelations 22:16b).The star that shines brighter than all the stars. Wow, that’s symbolic of Jesus ! “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” (Daniel 12:3). If you are hanging around Jesus a lot some of that shining is bound to rub off on you. So hang out with Jesus and shine. “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:” ( Isaiah 55:6). “And ye shall seek me , and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” ( Jeremiah 29:13). Jesus wants to come and live inside of you, and transform you. “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 12:2). “He must increase, but I must decrease.”(John 3:30). I just want more of Jesus, and less of me.

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. 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.

SPIRITUAL STRENGTH (video & text)

Posted on July 25, 2015 by admin

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Delilah said to Sampson “wherein lieth your strength?”( Judges 16:6) Perhaps Sampson didn’t look real strong in the flesh physically. His real strength came from the Lord. God blessed him with such special power and strength that one day he went out and killed 1,000 Philistines with the jaw bone of an ass. (Probably one of his critics).”Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” (Zechariah 4:6b ). Sampson had vowed a vow to never drink wine or cut his hair,The vow of the Nazarites (Read Judges chapter 13), and as long as he obeyed the Lord, and stood by his vow, God was with him and anointed him with great strength and power. However when he got his eyes and heart off of the Lord and was deceived by Delilah, he fell under her spell and revealed the secret of his strength. He lost not only his hair, but Gods anointing and power. Was his strength in his hair? No, it was in his obedience to the Lord. The Holy Ghost power is given to those who obey the Lord.(Acts 5:32). When his hair grew back he got his power back from the Lord, even though the Philistines who worshiped the false god dagon, gouged out his eyes, he managed to kill more of his enemies at his death then in his life.You could say he lost his eyes so he could see clearly.Have you fallen into or under a deceptive trap from the enemy and lost your spiritual sight and strength from the Lord? Well when your hair grows back or spiritual hair, or, when you come to your senses Iike the prodigal son, Then the Lord can be with you again and give you even greater power to accomplish even greater things for him and his Glory. Jesus will come running to you and take you back in his arms.It’s not too late. If you will only turn around and come toward him. “He that cometh to me , I will in no wise cast out.”(John 6:37).

“Not by might,nor by power, but by my spirit saith the Lord of Hosts.”(Zechariah 4:6b).”I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”(Philippians 4:13).The Lord will give you grace for the trial and power for the hour when you need it and not before.All you have to do is call out to Jesus.”For the eyes of the Lord run to and from through out the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.”( IIChronicles 16:9a).”And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;”( Isaiah 11:2). If you are going to partner with God you had better plan big.Don’t limit the Holy One of Israel.”Thus saith the Lord, The Holy One of Israel,( JESUS)and his Maker ( GOD),Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands,command ye me.”(Isaiah 45:11). God’s idea of strength is the picture of the weakest saint praying on his knees.Take one day at a time, Jesus said, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” ( Matthew 6:34).” Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”( 1 Peter 5:7).Sometimes you literally have to grab all your cares and worries and throw them up to the Lord !!!

If you want to go to Heaven someday, sincerely pray this simple prayer:

Dear 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 believe you are the Only Begotten Son of God, and you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Savior. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.

POWERFUL VERSES TO CLAIM FOR MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE !

Posted on July 24, 2015 by admin

“And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.”(Matthew 8:13). “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”(Matthew 18:20). “Jesus answered, and said unto them, verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto, this mountain, Be thou removed, and cast into the sea: it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”(Matthew 21:21,22).”Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”(Mark 9:23).“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”(John 14:13,14). “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” (Luke 1:37).“Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.”(Isaiah 45:11).Three men were walking on a wall, Feeling, Faith, and Fact. Feeling had an awful fall, and Faith was taken back. Only Fact remained. So Fact pulled up Faith, and Faith pulled up Feeling , and they walked on the wall again.There is a good lesson here in this little story. We are suppose to walk by Faith no matter how we feel or what conditions look like. “ For we walk by faith, not by sight:.” ( II Corinthians 5:7). Remember God is still upon the Throne, and Prayer with Faith Changes things. So Stand upon the promises of God’s Word, and quote the terms of the contract ( the Scriptures) to the contract maker,God, in the name of Jesus Christ !

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.

FREEDOM IN PRAISING THE LORD

Posted on July 23, 2015 by admin

The Lord spoke to my heart about how he wants all of his children to praise him more. If you really want to knock the devil for a loop just start praising the Lord.“And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.” (Exodus 17:11-13). So if you have some battles you need to overcome and some victories that you want to gain, just start praising the Lord. “The Lord inhabits the praises of his people.”(Psalm 22:3). The Lord is there with you when you praise him. You can praise the Lord alone by yourself, and you can praise the Lord around others during prayer, and praise and worship time. Don’t let the enemy win by using your pride, and listening to the enemy (the devil and his demons) telling you “Oh, what will people think about me? If I started raising my arms and hands and praising the Lord.” The Lord really loves it when you praise him when your alone, and when you raise your arms and hands and praise him in front of others. It’s even a testimony and can help others to break through in the spirit, and find the freedom from all their cares and troubles by praising the Lord. Just don’t do it for a show to man. “Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;” (Ephesians 6:6 ). If you are not praising the Lord enough you are really missing out on a great blessing and freedom. So have a break through out of the chains that bind you, and start praising the Lord and speak in tongues. “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:” (l Corinthians 14:18)^“Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.” (Psalm 134:2 ). There is a great freedom and blessing awaiting you as you praise him and you will get so much closer to Jesus by praising him. I have been in prayer and praise meetings where it seemed that God’s Spirit was poured out upon us so much that it seemed like he took the whole room to Heavenly places unknown. Paul talked about being caught up to the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2). I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:1-3 ). If you don’t feel like praising the Lord well then that’s the time you need to do it the most. Let God lift you up and out of it by Praising him. “Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3). Please him by Praising him, that is what you were made for.There is going to be plenty of praising the Lord in Heaven. You might as well get used to it. Try it you might like it.

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.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.

THE PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS

Posted on July 22, 2015 by admin

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury,pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness,light; and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

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.

Do You Have Time To Pray Today?

Posted on July 21, 2015 by admin

I got up early one morning,
And rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
I didn’t have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me,
And heavier came each task.
“Why doesn’t God help me?” I wondered.

He answered, “You didn’t ask.”

I tried to come into God’s presence;
I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
“Why, child, you didn’t knock.”

I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on gray and bleak.
I wondered why God didn’t show me.
He said, “You didn’t seek.”

I woke up early this morning,
And paused before entering the day.
I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to pray.

YOU CAN FIND PEACE IN THE MIDST OF A STORM

Posted on July 20, 2015 by admin

Yes, you Can find a peace that passes understanding in the midst of a storm. You can find joy when your whole world is tumbling down. Just call out to Jesus and he will immediately stretch out his hand and save you. Jesus said :“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”(Matthew 11:28-30). Have faith in God. Don’t limit the Holy One of Israel. Stand back, and see the Salvation of your God. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He will NEVER leave you or forsake you. Our God is an Awesome God. When you partner with God you had better plan big. “And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” (Matthew 13:58). Can not he who parted the Red Sea take care of your problems? Jesus is greater than your problems, if you will only turn to him. He loves you and cares about all you are going through, and he longs to be close to you as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, just surrender to him and come unto Jesus. Take one day at a time, one hour at a time one minute, and second at a time. Don’t borrow from tomorrows care by worrying about tomorrow. “Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for tomorrow shall take thought of the things of it’s self, sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” (Matthew 6:34). Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him. Faith will see you through. Leave something up to the Holy Ghost. You can’t carry the world upon your shoulders, but Jesus can. Savor the moment with Jesus. Be worried about nothing, but everything by prayer. Let your requests be made known to God. Put your burden upon the alter, and don’t pick it up again. “casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (1 Peter 5:7)

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. 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.

HOW TO RELAX AND REST IN THE LORD

Posted on July 19, 2015 by admin

“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33). Jesus just wants you to just love him first of all. “Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have some what against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” (Revelation 2:1-7).( Many Scholars believe that the deeds of the Nicolaitans that Jesus hated were compromising with the world, and pagan religions, and the occult, also forbidding to marry and have children, which the Bible says is a doctrine of devils.SEE: 1 Timothy 4:1-4) Just take one day at a time. The Lord said; “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” (Matthew 6:34). There is enough to take care of today, why borrow from tomorrow’s cares. Commit tomorrow in his hands. Mark Twain said; “most of the things I worried about never happened anyway.” If you worry about something too much you can cause it to happen. “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.” (Job 3:25) “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” (Philippians 4:8,9). Remember, God spoke Creation into existence, “And God said; It is good.” You can speak negative or positive things into existence just by talking about them. You can also think things into existence by dwelling on negative thoughts. Worrying is not trusting. Worrying is a form of worship, because you are giving your thoughts, time, and energy to whatever your worrying about. Worrying is the devils distraction. The Lord will give you grace for the trial at the hour of the trial, not before. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your paths,” (Proverbs 3:5,6). Have faith in God. Expect a miracle today! God does miracles every day. Big and small, sometimes behind the scenes, and we don’t even see or realize it. Take time with the Lord to pray and listen to him. “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying this is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” (Isaiah 30:21). “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” (Psalm 37:7-11). “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10a.) Ask someone to help you watch the kids or whatever else you are so involved in, so you can take a little prayer and Word time. You will find that you won’t be so uptight, and you’ll be more relaxed and refreshed, and renewed.