“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). If you value the praise of man, you had better catch it quickly while you can, because it is soon gone. “How can ye believe that seek honour one from another and seek not the honour that cometh from God only.”( John 5:44).”Not with eyeservice as men pleasers but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”(Ephesians 6:6). “Who made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant.” (Philippians 2:7). “But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”(Matthew 23:11 ). Jesus is where it is at. If you want to be cool then be like Jesus. If you want to have peace then come to the prince of peace. If you want to have joy remember joy comes from putting Jesus first in your heart and life, and Others second, and Yourself last. If you don’t have joy in your heart and life maybe it’s because you are not following this simple formula. Try it. You will be amazed at how it works; “And the things of this world will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.” The Lord wants you to be happy and full of joy. We who have Jesus in our hearts should be the happiest people on the face of the earth. In fact people should wonder about us, and say, “Why are they so happy,” and always smiling so much, and have so much fun, and peace, and joy, so they will want what we have, and we can give them Jesus. Amen? ”The joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10). “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” (John 15:11). Beloved we have a lot of wonderful good things to look forward too. ” whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:” (II Peter 1:4a).“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” (Proverbs 4:18).“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” ( I Corinthians 2:9).
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 know the story about the shepherd who had a sheep which was continually straying away from the flock and the shepherd. One day the shepherd broke one of the sheep’s legs and carried the sheep and hand feed him until the sheep was well enough to walk again, and that sheep never left the shepherds side, and followed the shepherd wherever he went, and stayed ever so close to him. Jesus is the Good Shepherd. He said; “my sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me, and he said the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” CAREFULLY, and PRAYERFULLY read John chapter 10. We can’t be very good shepherds of God’s sheep if we don’t stay close to the Chief Shepherd Jesus Christ, the Master of our souls. Do you sometimes feel like that sheep? “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby,”( Hebrews 12: 1-11). Lord help us to follow you closely and not to go wondering away from you into places where the wolves can get us or get caught up in the thorny vines and brambles from the enemy. Do you follow the Good Shepherd closely, or do you follow from afar?
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.
“Let thine eyes look straight on and thine eyelids straight before thee.” (Proverbs 4:25) Lord help us to stay focused on the most important thing, which is loving you Jesus. “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. This is the first and great commandment. And the secondis like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” (Matthew 22:37-39). The enemy is always faithful to try and side track us. If we could only be so faithful in serving the Lord. The Bible says; “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”(Revelations 12:12) Every day is full of distractions and trials and tests. Thank God when we can pass some of these and make some spiritual progress. If you have been saved by accepting Jesus Christ into your heart, then you have already passed the greatest and most important test. Just remember Jesus will never leave us or forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5) He is never weary and he never sleeps. “A just man falleth seven times, and rises up again.” (Proverbs 24:16a). “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). If you hear someone say “I just want to end it all” then tell them, If you’re going to throw your life away, why not give it for a worthy cause like serving Jesus Christ and helping others to know him. All the things of this life are soon too pass, and only what is done for Christ shall last. When Peter was looking at Jesus he could walk on the water, but when he took his eyes off of the Lord and started looking at the waves he began to sink, but when he cried out to Jesus, Jesus immediately stretched forth his hand and caught him. So keep your spiritual eyes and heart stayed on Jesus, and don’t look at the waves of this world, and you won’t sink but you will walk above all of that on the water. Amen? RIGHT ON !
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.
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without it. Don’t count all of your blessings in dollars and cents, but count your spiritual blessings in all of the wonderful JEWELS you have learned from God’s Word. “The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.” ( Psalm 119:72 ). You could have been born to a family in India who are starving and worship cows and rats, and they pray to rats, and make temples for them, and they feed them even before they feed their own children. My God such darkness! “I had no shoes and complained until I met a man who had no feet.” God hates murmuring and complaining and unthankfulness almost more than any other sin, except rejecting Jesus Christ, his Son. God destroyed millions in the Sinai Desert because of murmuring. “Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”( I Corinthians 10:10,11).Think of it, after seeing all these miracles happen in front of their eyes. The Jews still murmured and complained. God takes away blessings when we don’t appreciate them. One optimistic old woman said, “Yes, its pretty hard, I have to get along with only two teeth– one upper and one lower, but thank the Lord they both meet.” “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (I Thessalonians 5:16-18). Don’t let the devil trick you, and fall into his trap of murmuring, and complaining. If we are always being thankful for everything that comes our way, we won’t have time to be complaining and murmuring. Count your blessings name them one by one. Count your blessings and see what God has done ! The Promised Land is what you make it ! Be thankful and make it a little bit of Heaven right now ! Why Wait !!
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.
” For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.” ( Galatians 6:3).” Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.”(Proverbs 16:18,19).”By humility and fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life.”(Proverbs 22:4). If you are having contentions with people it is because of Pride.” Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.” ( Proverbs 13:10). Why do we get offend? It is because of our Pride. Stop and think, we are suppose to be crucified with Christ. Our old selves are not suppose to be living any more. So why should we get so offend and defend a dead person? “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” ( Galatians 2:20). “Great peace have they which love thy law:and nothing shall offend them.” ( Psalms 119:165). “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”( Romans 6:11). I don’t know of anywhere in the Bible where pride is considered a good thing. God did make our personality’s all different, and pride seems to be a temptation to us all. We need to channel our pride in the right direction, into glorifying the Lord and his awesome works. ” 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.”( Psalm 34:1-3).”Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”( Matthew 5:5). Meekness is no weakness, it is strength under control. “Come unto me, all ye that labor 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). There is a certain rest, and peace to be found in the meekness of Jesus Christ when we come to him and learn of him. Funny thing about pride, if you think you don’t have a problem with it, you do, and if you think you are humble, you’re not. Pride is what brought down Lucifer. Pride is something that we all will have to battle for the rest of our lives, but remember, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”( Philippians 4:13). We should take some pride in our work and do all to the glory of God. “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”(I Corinthians 10:31). If we will just follow Jesus, and learn his Word, and ask the Lord to fill us with the Holy Spirit and give us the Lord’s humility, he will, and meekness and true humility will just come naturally out of love.”Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but everyman also on the things of others. let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself. and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:3-11).”He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”( Micah 6:8).
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.
When King David’s two wives were taken prisoner by the Amalekites and the wives of his men and their children. David and his soldiers wept desperately and cried “until they had no more power in them to weep.” David’s soldiers even were talking about stoning him, because they blamed him for what happened. David sought the Lord, and it says “David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.” And the Lord helped him to get his wives and all the wives and children back of his men and didn’t loose one. There is a great lesson here in 1st Samuel Chapter 30. So when discouragement comes, it is OK to weep, but we need to turn to the Lord, and not to any other thing, or person. Then the Lord will bring about the victory. Discouragement is the opposite of encouragement Discouragement is one of the devil’s favorite weapons to try and get you to stop serving the Lord, and get your eyes off of Jesus, and winning souls. The devil’s demons will tell you that you can’t be a missionary or a preacher of the Gospel, because you are not good enough for God to use you, but the fact is no one is good or prefect enough. We are all men of like passion. We are all filthy mensterous rags, and sinners. ” He puts no trust in his saints, even the Heavens are unclean in his sight.” (Job 15:15). Some people even listen to the devil so much that they want to end their life. That is the enemy’s ultimate goal to destroy you, and your witness, and service for the Lord. When you talk to people in that frame of mind, tell them if you want to throw your life away, why not give it for a worthy cause in helping others to know Jesus? Many people get discouraged after the loss of a loved one. One of the best ways to overcome, and fight that, is to immerse yourself into God’s Word and service, so that you just have no time to sit around and listen to the enemy’s discouragement. This counsel is easier to say than to do, but it is the best I can give you. Lord help us not to seek to be comforted, but seek to comfort, not seek to be consoled, but to console, for it is only when we take our eyes off our selves, and our own misery, and look to ease the pain of others that we can find peace and even happiness.“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” (Matthew 10: 39). “ The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite (crushed) spirit.” (Psalm 34:18). “ He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:” (Isaiah 53:3b) .It is much easier to be a blaster, or a Prophet of doom, than to be a healer of wounds, a teacher of babes, and a Shepherd of lambs. Encouragement is a very much needed ministry in this world today with so much stress and sorrow out there. Jesus went about everywhere doing good. God’s love way, is the best way. Beloved pray for the gift of encouragement, and be like Jesus 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. 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.
45.) Romans 1:17 “ For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”
46.) Galatians 3:11 “ But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”
47.) Matthew 10: 36-39 “ And A MAN’S FOES SHALL BE THEY OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it : and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”
48.) Acts 5:42 “ And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”
49.) John 15:4,5 “ 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.”
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.
11.) Colossians 2: 6-8 “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” The Bible says, That we should beware. There are all kinds of false doctrines, and false cults, and groups, out there just waiting to gobble you up! So stay in the word daily!
12.) Matthew 9: 36-38 “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples,The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”
13.) Mark 16:15 “ And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” If you can’t be a missionary , support one. Your either a missionary of a mission field, which are you? Why should anyone hear the gospel twice when some have never heard it once.?
14.) Philippians 4:13 “ I can do all things through Christ which strengthenth me.”
15.) I Corinthians 11:26 “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.” Have communion often get a clean slate with God.
16.) John 9: 4 “ I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”
17.) Joshua 1:8 ”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.” This is the Biblical formula for prosperity and success.
18.) Philippians 2:14,15 “Do all things without murmurings and disputings. That ye may be blameless and harmless,the sons of God,without rebuke. In the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.”
19.) Philippians 3:13,14 “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 of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
20.) II Timothy 3:12 “Yea, and all that shall live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
21.) II Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove ,rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
22.) Matthew 11:28-30 “ 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.
23.) Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
24.) I Peter 3:15 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:” Remember peoples souls are at stake.
25.) Ephesians 6: 10-18 “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
26.) James 2:26 “ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”
27.) II Timothy 2:4 “ No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”Jesus called us to be in the world , but not of the world. The most fulfilling, the most exciting, the most fun, the most rewarding, and important job is following Jesus. No matter what else you are doing. The devil is always trying to side track and entangle you with the affairs of this world, and it is a constant battle daily just to keep focused on the Lord and winning lost souls and feeding the sheep.
28.) Nehemiah 8: 10b “ for this day is holy unto the Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
29.) II Timothy 2:2 “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” Teach others, to teach others.
30.) I Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice evermore, Pray without Ceasing, In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
31.) Matthew 22:37-39 “ 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. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF.” (1 John 4:8) God is Love .God’s only law is LOVE.( also see: I Corinthians Chapter 13).
32.) I Samuel 12:24 “ Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all of your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.”
33.) Proverbs 24:16a “ A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.”
34.) Matthew 18: 21,22 “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times. Jesus saith unto him,I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but,Until seventy times seven.”
35.) Matthew 5:2-12 “ And he opened his mouth, and taught them saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
36.) II Timothy 2: 2,3 “ And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
37.) II Timothy 2: 24,25a “And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves;”
38.) Ephesians 6:6,7 “ Not with eye service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men:”
39.) I Corinthians 10:31 “Whether therefore ye eat , or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
40.) Philippians 4:11 “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
41.) Ephesians 4: 32 “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
42.) Galatians 6:2 “ Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
43.) Galatians 6:9 “ And let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
44.) Proverbs 3:5,6 “ 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.”
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.
1.) Matthew 4:19 “And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”After you find Jesus you will just naturally want to follow him and tell everyone about him. 2.) John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Jesus is the way of Life. Jesus is the Answer, Jesus is the best, the kindest, and the most loving. Jesus is the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Jesus is the Son of the Living God! Jesus is what you’ve been looking for all your life. Jesus is the coolest of the cool ! Jesus is where it’s at! Jesus is the most high! 3.) Luke 9:23,24 “And he said unto them all,If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” 4.) II Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 5.) John 8:31,32 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,If ye continue in my Word , then are ye my disciples in deed. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 6.) Luke 9:2 “And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.” 7.) Luke 14:33 “So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.” I have forsaken all my material goods before, and then I found out that doing that was just the beginning. Forsaking all is a daily process, and it is about giving up your own wants and desires and putting Jesus first in your heart and life. Beloved you will never truly forsake all until your life is over,and you die for Jesus. Paul said, “I die Daily.” (I Corinthians 15:31b). 8.) Matthew 13: 45,46 “ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” 9.) John 15: 16 “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” 10.) John 4:35 “ Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”
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.
Once upon a time there was a kind elderly Grandfather. The high point of his day was when his Grand child would come and visit him. They would have a great time visiting and talking with one another. One day the child didn’t show up . The next day there was no visit either. This went on for quite a few days. The old Grandfather was brokenhearted. He just lived for that time of fellowship with his grandchild. Finally the child showed up bringing a pair of slippers. The child handed them to the Grandfather, he said my child where have you been? The young child told him I was busy making these slippers for you. The old gentleman said, I thank you my child for these fine slippers, but don’t you know that I would rather have had your company and fellowship? Isn’t this the way we sometimes treat the Lord. We get so busy in our work for him and helping others that we sometimes neglect spending time with The Lord our God our Maker and Master. God help us not to make a God out of God’s service. But to make time to pray and fellowship with him. Amen? Jesus said; “How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not.” (Matthew 23:37). Jesus is asking, “Will You”?
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.
