God's Mighty hands

HE who holds the Universe, holds us in His hands and looks at us His children and says, "See, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before me." Isaiah 49:16 So, in midst our pain, loss, trials and all that we see happen around us in this world, it gives us a sense of security! And He keeps His Word. All His promises are "Yes and Amen" in Him! So...as we go to bed tonight, let us rest our head in the pillow of Gods promises, leaving our cares and worries in His mighty hands.

Good Night,

Julia

He will never leave or forsake us...

Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

Jesus Christ our Lord promised to never leave or forsake and He keeps His Word to His own. There are times our heart may be heavy, we may feel weak to move on but then you will hear that voice within say "Have faith and I'll carry you again". 

When the going gets tough, let us call out to Him, He will come and give us hope and strength to move on!

Good Night!

Julia

Study The Word of God!

Good Morning!

Ignorance of God's Word makes us confused, double minded, keeps us in darkness and weakens us!

It is better we search ‪God's Word‬ prayerfully to know God's thoughts on any matter, than search on Google which will only leave us confused!

God's Word says,

2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

We may read God's Word daily but when was the last time we sat down to study and search the Word of God?

Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart."

If we do not seek and search, how will we find and know the truth?

Only when we study His Word we can discern right from wrong and know what is acceptable to the Lord. May we too daily take time to search God's Word to find out what God has to say and not believe all the different teachings we hear on TV, read on the net etc.

The Bereans not only received the word in all readiness but they also searched the scriptures to confirm if the things they heard preached were true!

In ancient times, the Bereans were the inhabitants of the city of Berea, also known in the Bible as Beroea, and now known as Veria in what is today Greek Macedonia, northern Greece.

Acts 17:10 "Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these."

What is it, though, that made the Bereans so special? The Bereans did not blindly believe but examined what they heard by comparing it to the Old Testament Scriptures. The fact that they honestly listened and conducted further personal research led many Bereans to faith in Jesus as the Messiah. They are a positive example of how a person has to respond to biblical teaching.

May we not blindly believe all we hear and read and form our opinion of Yahweh and His Word! Let us ourselves Read His Word and get to know Him and His Will.

Be blessed studying His Word,

Julia

His Grace is sufficient for us!

Paul writes in 

2 Corinthians 12:9

" And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

Yes! His Grace is always sufficient for us!

His power in us will strengthen us in our weakness.

What is impossible to us is possible to Him!

God will come through for us...

He will lift us when we fall,

He will make every crooked path straight,

He will not let us suffer more than we can bear...

Soon, very soon, He will raise us up as He is the Glory and the Lifter of our heads!

We may be broken but He will restore us!

It is said, that when a bone is broken and then heals, that previously broken place becomes the strongest part of the bone. What an amazing thing!

His strength is made perfect through our weakness!

He works all things for our good!

May the peace that passeth all understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ be our portion!

Good Night...

Julia

Truth of God's Word!

Truth does hurt!

Quoting the "WORD OF GOD" is not to "condemn" but 

"HIGHLIGHT GOD'S WORD" over

our thoughts and words!

Some people will love us if we HIDE THE TRUTH.

Some will hate us if we SIDE THE TRUTH.

But God sure will be pleased with us if we ABIDE BY THE 

TRUTH.

Homosexuality ...what God's Word says about it...

Hi ...

• Starting with a prayer..

  Lord give us Your love in our hearts to love everyone like you loved, to pray for those who persecute us and for those struggling, fallen and backslidden. Help us not be quick to judge, condemn, criticize, cast stones but reach out to others in prayer and love. 

  In Jesus Name, Amen!"

  John 8:10 "Woman where are they? Has no one condemned you? Then neither do I condemn you. Go now and sin no more."

  In this day and age of "tolerance" and NOT wanting to offend someone...are we tolerating a soul to HELL?

  or 

  Are we willing to STAND up for THE TRUTH and SPEAK THE UNCOMPROMISING TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD AND LOVE ANOTHER TO HEAVEN...

  NO MATTER THE COST?

  May we always do everything with this fact that we too were once sinners but it was because someone reached out to us, prayed for us, showed us the way to the cross, that we came to know the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that saved us. And when He looked at us, our repentant heart, He never condemned us, but did forgive us and sure said, "Go and sin no more."

  

  
  

  God's Word says...

  1 Corinthians 6:9 "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders."

  When the Bible says these people will not inherit God's Kingdom, I am sure God meant it! Then why not warn people involved in it? 

  The God-ordained institution of marriage is under attack in courts all over the world, and your help is needed to save it before the one man-one woman definition of marriage is completely and radically redefined. Homosexual marriage/relationships will soon be a reality if you fail to get involved!

  What we 'tolerate' we can never change!!

  LET'S PRAY AND DO ALL WE CAN TO PRESERVE THE ONE MAN ONE WOMAN COVENANT RELATIONSHIP~"MARRIAGE"

  It's sad to see some so called 'Christians' justifying Homosexuality.

  There are "Homosexual Churches" " Christian Gays" 

  Lurpus a young 25 year old man of God asks,

  "How can one believe that a person can be a Christian while wantonly engaging in habitual sin; such as homosexuality, fornication, adultery in mind or body, the support in any way whatsoever of the murder of the unborn, or any other sin."

  One Ronnie writes 

  Do we next also accept incest, blasphemy and finally murder?  Why should we compromise our values and the teachings of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus just to accommodate roughly 2% of the population?  

  Mankind advances while God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow for eternity.  If it was sin in the beginning, it's still sin now.  There is no compromise.  I don't care if anyone disagrees with me or what they may think of me for my stance on this issue.  I WILL NOT compromise and accept what I know to be a sin. When I accepted Christ as my savior I vowed to be as much like Him as I possibly can.  This is what Christian means, Christlike."

  What does God's word say about this?

  

  
  

  Genesis 19:5  "And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.” 

  Leviticus 18:22  You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. 

  Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. 

  Romans 1:26-27 "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. 

  1 Timothy 1:10 "for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, "

  Jude 1:6 "And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire."

   I write this not because it is related to "conforming or not conforming to the norms of our society" but because it is totally related to the "Word of God". So how can I take a compromising stand and call white black or black white? There is no grey area when it comes to the Word of God....!
  My prayer is the Lord pours His love in our hearts so that we can pray and reach out in love and with the truth of His Word to those who feel rejected, unloved and struggle to be set free from anything that holds them down.
  But truth does hurt....
  But quoting God's Word is not to "CONDEMN" but it is just speaking the "WORD OF GOD" as it is! 
  Some people will love us if we HIDE THE TRUTH.    
  Some will hate us if we SIDE THE TRUTH..  
  But God sure will be pleased with us if we ABIDE BY THE TRUTH.
  My intention was never to condemn but share the truth of God's Word! I don't want to either debate....
   I like what Max Lucado writes ,.."It’s easier to talk about a person than to help a person. It’s easier to debate homosexuality than to be a friend to a gay person. It’s easier to discuss divorce than to help the divorced. It’s easier to argue abortion than to support an orphanage. It’s easier to complain about the welfare system than to help the poor.
  It’s easier to label than to love.
  Is that to say we should be unconcerned for doctrine or lax in a desire for holiness? 
  Absolutely not." May we love like Jesus did to all who need His touch."
  Loving does not mean we take stand for that which contradicts God's Word. This love is not a love that ignores the dirt that destroys and defiles God’s Masterpiece, but a love that recognizes that the grace of God can cleanse heal and restore any messed-up person like you or me!

  ~Time to stand up fot the truth..and Say "NO" to sin!

  ~Be willing to "FLEE AND RESIST" temptations,

  ~Stop "COMPROMISING", 

  ~Be willing to "GIVE UP" things that hold us back,

  ~"STAND UP" when we fall and keep moving forward,

  ~Let us "NOT DELIBERATELY SIN" after we know the truth,

  ~Let's say "NO" to anything that in the long run will harm our BODY, SOUL or SPIRIT.

  Have a blessed day..

  YSIC

  Julia

  

Let us explore The Word of God....

Psalm 119:162

I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.

Word of God is like a treasure box...so many go deeper into it and find precious gems(truths),and when they share it with us we are so...blessed!

Thank God for children of God who share and teach the the Word of God.

But we need to explore the mystery and treasures ourselves too!

Let's explore God's Word and be amazed at what the Holy Spirit will teach us!

Be blessed,

Julia

Nothing is hidden from God....

God's Word says...

♥Psalm 33:14,"from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—"

and...

♥Hebrews 4:13 "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account."

Our God watches over all who live on earth, so we His children sure can keep no secrets from our God, He is El Roi, The God who sees you and me.

Since we have a God who watches our every step and move, it's better we confess our wrong doings and not dismiss or deny it!

When we confess and repent He forgives!

Is there any place to hide from God?

♥Job 34:21 “His eyes are on the ways of mortals;

he sees their every step. 22 There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness,  where evildoers can hide."

The Psalmist knew there was no place where his God could not see him and so he wrote...

♥Psalm 139:7 "Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

 if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

 if I settle on the far side of the sea,"

Thank God...He watches over us!

Be blessed..

Julia

Quench not the Fire...

Let us live worthy of the calling for the One who called us is Holy(1 Peter 1:15) and live a chosen, victorious, conquering, and loving life filled with the power and the fire of the Holy Spirit!

We who are called by His Name are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that we may proclaim the praises of Him who called Who out of darkness into His marvelous light(1 Peter 2:9)!

O Lord Jesus Christ, let Your Fire fall on us, baptizes us with fire(Matthew 3:11) and help us not to quench the Spirit(1 Thessalonians 5:19) nor grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom we were sealed for the day of redemption(Ephesians 4:30).

If our Savior lifted us out of the pit of sin, He is faithful to present us blameless and spotless to His Father.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it."

Our Lord mends broken vessels...and He is a does total makeovers to completely messed up souls...no one is beyond repair to God.

May we be an yielded vessel in His hands, so that He can make us into the vessel of His choice...

Have a blessed day...

Julia

God's Word and presence is like fire...

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Jeremiah 23:29 says that "God's word is like fire...."

FIRE ..........

      1) Removes darkness (the word of God removes spiritual darkness)

      2) It gives light and warmth (word of God is a lamp to our path and warms our Spiritual life)

      3) It burns the rubbish (word of God helps us get rid of sin by revealing it to us)

      4) It spreads (So does the word of God. No man or power can stop the word of God spreading to the ends of the earth)

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

John the Baptist preached:

Matthew 3:11 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:"

Jeremiah 20:9, ” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not."

May His Word be like fire in us and may His Word change us and make us the 'people after His own heart.'

Our Lord's looking for a generation who will be on fire!
He's looking out for people who will stand up boldly and speak up the truth of the gospel.
Carman writes in his book "Raising the Standard"(one of my all time favorites, don't miss to read this)
"..... we are blood-bought members of the most powerful army that ever walked the earth. We are filled with the same Spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead. We are to be champions."
JESUS WANTS US TO LIVE A HOLY, SANCTIFIED LIFE FOR HIM. Even as the world around gets darker and darker, He's looking for a generation that will be His light..!II Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on Jesus from a pure heart.I John 2:14 …I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Even when the enemy comes like a flood, our Lord has promised He will raise our standard against him.Isaiah 59:19b"When the enemy shall come in like a flood,
the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him"

God bless,

Julia

Free indeed!

Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.1 Peter 2:16
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

I am so hungry to be 

All that I already AM AND IN WITH CHRIST JESUS!!

I want all of the weeds pulled, 

no matter how big the OUCH!! 

Let's tell the world...

Hi...

Another day has dawned. Life moves on....
Yesterday has gone and tomorrow may never be mine.Let us do all we can to spread God's love around this day.

Let us spread the word that we are loved unconditionally by a Father in Heaven who is never too busy to talk to us, walk with us and lift us up when we fall and that we are safe in His hands.

Let us let the world know, "Be ready JESUS CHRIST is COMING SOON." 

1 Thessalonians 5: 16 Be joyful always;

17pray continually;

18give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

19Do not put out the Spirit's fire; 20do not treat prophecies with contempt.21Test everything. Hold on to the good. 22Avoid every kind of evil.

 23May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it."

We need to be living a life that pleases our Savior.

Let the world know...

"There is therefore now no condemnation
to those who are in Christ Jesus,
who do not walk according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit."

Romans 8:1

If Jesus is our Savior we need to be do all we can to tell the world about JESUS(Yeshua). There are millions out there who need to know of His saving grace.

Here below is a thought shared by Susan Lenzkes.

~Quote~

"Who Grieves God heart more"

by Susan Lenzkes

The masses who feed their loneliness and longings,

their insatiable hunger and thirst,

on the worlds hollow scraps?

Or we, His well fed children, who

hoard our Source of substance,

THE LIVING WATER AND THE BREAD OF LIFE,

As though He were a private delight?

God's all-sufficient Son is meant to be shared.

Come to the table meet my Jesus.

Feast on His eternal riches.

Let's tell the world.

~Unquote~

Let's do all we can to tell this world about our savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul wrote some of his powerful letters from behind the prison walls.

So we can take the gospel out to the world by many ways.

Even closed doors can't stop us!

Selwyn Hughes write about Paul...

" Our first reaction might be to think it's sad an apostle should be shut up in Prison rather than winning new territories for Christ. But although circumstances prevented him from travelling, his spirit was free to reach out through his pen.

Think of it like this: had he not been imprisoned we would not have had the captivity letters- Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians and Philemon. From prison his influence extended to the ends of the earth and throughout the ages. HE WAS SHUT UP TO WRITE!! "

Nothing could hold him from telling the world about Jesus Christ our Lord and His saving grace.

Rev Selwyn Hughes asks after examining Paul's letter to Colossians asks, "Does Jesus Christ have pre-eminence in your life?"

He adds, "When we are free to live, live lives that will truly make a difference in the world."

Let's ask ourselves, " Does Jesus Christ my Lord have pre-eminence in my life?"

Have a blessed day,

YSIC,

Julia