Keep The Faith

I have said that I've learned to trust the Lord in all things. In my post " Salvation " I talked about how the Lord has saved me from great harm from a number of things throughout my life. That building of trust in the Lord has come from looking back at the many things that happened in my past. God had to have had a hand in them. Well, lately I have had thoughts of questioning the very existence of God. Maybe I've just talked myself into believing. (Satan working again) Why am I starting to question things you might ask. Back in August of 2015 I posted " Funny Dream ". In this dream, it was like God saying to me that the problems with my back will not be as bad as I envision, and we shook hands on it. I was telling God at the time that I will trust Him in whatever happens, but I said it in such a way as to try and build up my trust; "I WILL TRUST YOU LORD." There was no time frame when or how much better my back would get. At that time, I was ...

From Pride to Praise: The Story of a Humbled King A Study of Daniel Chapter 4 Read Daniel 4 (CEB) on BibleGateway After reading the full account of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, his downfall, and his restoration, I found myself reflecting on what this chapter reveals about the character of Father God and the way He works in the lives of both kings and ordinary people. My Takeaway on Daniel Chapter 4 This chapter is a revelation of Father God’s character and power . It reminds us that no matter how high a person rises, every kingdom and every breath ultimately belong to Him. It also points toward a future moment when all creation will stand in awe of Father God, recognizing His justice, His mercy, and His absolute sovereignty. Nebuchadnezzar was a powerful king, yet his power could not shield him from the consequences of pride. Father God removed his kingship and allowed him to live among the animals. But even this judgment was not...

In my last post " Jesus " I talked about how I've learned to trust the Lord in all things and about receiving salvation when I accepted Yeshua Jesus into my life. I've told you that I live in the Houston, Texas area and if you've been following the news, you've seen all the destructive flooding going on here from hurricane Harvey. Again, the Lord has protected us. We did not get water into our house but so many in our neighborhood did. Why we were spared, I don't know. We have lived here now for almost 30 years and thus far we have not flooded, and we received only very minor destruction from the previous major hurricane, hurricane Ike. Added 10/19/17 -- I want to say more about how the Lord has protected us. We are fortunate enough to have two properties. Our other property is a little over an hour away, closer to the coast. That area was also hit hard by flooding from hurricane Harvey. For about a week we didn't know if we got water in that hous...

Yeshua Jesus is the Son of the living God. Another name given Him is the Word of God. It is from Him we get knowledge and understanding of God. At the right time, a little over 2000 years ago, Yeshua Jesus came to earth in the form of a human, a baby born of a human mother but not of a human father. This was God's plan to save us, we humans. Jesus lived a life without sin so that He could take our place. He became that unblemished lamb that was sacrificed for our sins. All us humans have sinned, disobeyed God's laws. The Bible says that we are slaves to sin. Jesus fulfilled all prophesies proving Him to be the messiah, giving us a way to break free from the bondage of sin. He was beaten, spit on, scourged, cursed, mocked, and nailed to a cross to die. But He did not stay in the grave, that tomb. On the third day He arose from the dead. He appeared to many people for a period of 40 days until He went into heaven to be with the Father. I look at this this way. God...

To all the world leaders, those who rule over people; where is your heart? What is it you think about most? Is it towards the people you rule over and their well being or is it to gain more riches and power? Take a minute to think about how it might be if you had not been born into the family you were born into but instead you were born into a poor family and someone else was in power and doing to you the same as what you are doing. Jesus told a parable once about a rich man and a poor beggar who was at the gates of the rich man just wishing for a few scraps of food from the rich man's table. Luke 16:19-25 Lexham English Bible (LEB) The Rich Man and Lazarus 19  “Now a certain man was rich, and dressed in purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day. 20  And a certain poor man named [ a ] Lazarus, covered with sores, lay at his gate, 21  and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs...

Matthew 5:9 King James Version (KJV) 9  Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Lent and The Sign of Jonah Luke 11:29 New American Standard Bible (NASB) The Sign of Jonah 29  As the crowds were increasing, He (Yeshua Jesus) began to say, “ This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a [ a ] sign, and yet no [ b ] sign will be given to it but the [ c ] sign of Jonah. The original Greek word translated "generation" is genea {ghen-eh-ah'}. This Greek word can be translated to age so we could read it this way, "This age is a wicked age........" Also, the Greek word translated "sign" also means a supernatural miracle, a token, or a wonder {a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration}. In our Old Testament story of Jonah, God sent Jonah to the wicked city of Nineveh and when he got there, the Lord would give him the words to say to the Ninevites. Most of us know the story about Jonah and the whale but I want to concentrate on what happened when Jonah finally obeyed and got to Nineveh.  Jonah 3:1-4 ...

I have had two pictures of our future in my mind for some time now and those pictures are becoming clearer to me. Two separate paths will lead us to two separate results. One path will lead to destruction and the other will lead to peace and serenity. I believe God is giving us, as a whole and individually, the decision of choosing which path we will take. The Bible talks about a new heaven and new earth. I see that could happen in two different ways. If all of us humans decided to receive the Living Water and we all become One with God in Christ Jesus, then Satan will be defeated. He would have no more control or influence over us. In essence, there would be a new heaven and new earth. If we continue down our present path, then I think God has no choice but to destroy everything and create a new heaven and new earth. The choice is up to us. Isaiah 65:17 King James Version (KJV) 17  For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be r...

EVIL SPIRIT.............................. IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, KING JESUS, COME OUT OF MY FRIEND AND GO...................... LEAVE.............................. Friend, Jesus offers us Living Water. This water cleans out the bad in us and brings in the good. All we have to do is ask Jesus for it. You can't see Jesus but He is everywhere in Spirit. He knows each one of us better then we know ourselves. He knows the condition of our hearts and He knows what we think. Jesus said that unless you eat of His body and drink of His blood you cannot enter God's kingdom, His kingdom. There is an old saying, “You are what you eat.” This was just one of the ways Jesus helps us to understand the act of taking Him in and His blood is that Life Giving Water that flows, courses through us. You can't get to know the ruler of a kingdom until you become a member, a subject of it. John 6:54 King James Version (KJV) 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my bl...

My recent studies have been about slave versus servant and if our sin is something we are in control of; can I choose to sin or not to sin? Is our sinning because we are slaves to Satan or does Satan just take advantage of us because we are slaves to sin? The Bible is clear in that we are all by nature slaves of sin, we have lost our self-control. We are slaves to sin, does this mean we are slaves to Satan? When I look at who Satan is; the ruler of the world ( John 12:31 ), the god of this age ( 2 Corinthians 4:4 ). We all begin life being part of the world so could I not say that if Christ is not my master, then Satan is my master. First let me talk about the difference between slave and servant. You probable believe, like I do, that it is better to be a servant than to be a slave but, in a way they seem to be kind of the same. Even as I was studying the New Testament passages in my Ultimate Bible Study Suite that had slave or servant in them, the original...