May 26, 2016

Good day; Meihao deyitian; Goede dag; Bonne journee; Schonen tag; Achchha din; Buongiorno; Dzien dobry; Buna ziva; Khoroshego dnya; Buenos dias; God dag; Khoroshyy den  and GOD BLESS!  I pray all are well and having a blessed day or evening. 

Beautiful morning here, sunny, blue skies, birds singing, bright sunlight on the leaves of trees, on the mountains with their red, brown and snow on top, the flowers, thank you Jesus, GOD.

Today’s Bible messages come from Jeremiah and Acts….

Jeremiah, chapters 6-8….

The fallen….will be brought down when I punish them….

Look for the ancient paths….and walk in it

You will find rest for your souls

I appointed watchmen over you

Listen for the sound of the trumpet

You are witnesses…observe what will happen to them…the fruit of their schemes….

Burnt offerings do not please Me

Obstacles….will perish

An army is coming…stirred up from the ends of the earth

They are cruel and show no mercy

The enemy is on every side

The destroyer upon us

They act corruptly….

The Lord has rejected them

Stand at the Gate of the Lord’s house….proclaim this message…..”Hear the Word of the Lord, all you people who come through these gates to worship the Lord”…….The Lord says, “Reform your ways and I will let you live in this house”

Deceptive words are worthless

Come and stand before Me

This house which bears My name

I have been watching….the wickedness of My people

I called but you did not answer

Do you not see?.....will you not listen?

The children gather…to the Queen of Heaven

My anger and wrath will be poured out

Add your burnt offering to your other sacrifices……eat them yourselves….(GOD does not need money and things.  Offer up your sin and guilt)

Pay attention…

Again and again I sent My servant and prophets….you did not listen

Truth has perished…

Detestable idols…have defiled it

Beware, the days are coming

Food will be no more

The land will become desolate

At that time, the bones of the priests…will be removed from their graves…exposed to the sun….that which they loved gathered up…will be like dung lying on the ground

Survivors will prefer death over life

They cling to deceit….wickedness…

The law of the Lord…handled falsely

They rejected the Word of the Lord

What kind of wisdom do they have?

Greedy for gain…practice deceit…prophets and priests…….they will fall among the Fallen…when they are punished

I will take away their harvest….all will be taken from them

From Acts, chapters 9-12….

Peter called the believers..known all over…in the Lord

All devout…GOD-fearing….

One had a vision…saw an angel…

Your gifts and prayers to the poor…have come up as an memorial…

The angel told everything

GOD has made clean…what was taken back to Heaven

The meaning of the vision…why you have come…ask

GOD has heard your prayer

Remembered your gifts to the poor

Sent the good news through Jesus Christ

GOD had already chosen…the people to testify….in whom receive forgiveness of sins through His name

The Holy Spirit…circumcised believers….speaking in tongues and praising GOD

Baptized…with the Holy Spirit..in the name of Jesus Christ…received the Word of GOD

He will bring you a message…with the Holy Spirit….

When heard this…praise GOD….grant repentance…to those scattered…spreading the Word…among them

Telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus…(He has returned)

Be glad…full of the Holy Spirit and faith

The disciples called Christians…the Holy Spirit predicted would spread over the entire world

Some who belong to the church persecute them

After the Passover….an angel of the Lord appeared……(the one I saw in the sky?)….Know without a doubt that the Lord has sent His angel

The earth is full of problems, causing our thoughts to be full of stress and anxiety.  Our focus is drawn away from the Lord and things seem dark.  The Lord stands back watching and waiting.  We try and fix things ourselves.  Call out to Him and He will immediately spring into action.  Our free will is given to us to choose or not.  Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you…

A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all…..Psalm 34:19

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your GOD.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand…..Isaiah 41:10

The Lord never ever changes.  He is the beginning and the end.  He made a beautiful world designed perfectly to provide for us all we NEED.  However, having plunged into sin and corruption, evil and wickedness, we plunge forward into a world filled with uncertainty and despair.   The only cure is GOD.  Focus on His guiding Light to navigate your way through to the home He promised. 

I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace and confidence.  In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer.  For I have overcome the world.   John 16:33

 

I would like to talk a bit about why GOD allows things to happen, bad things, in our lives, in the world.  I have talked of this many times before and for the sake of those who are new and not reading older postings and as reminder to those who have, I touch upon it again.

Now in the beginning of mankind, we had the real or symbolic Adam and Eve.  We also had the gift of free will, which GOD gave to them.  This means the freedom to make our own choices.  Now there was also the devil, the fallen angel number one, who was allowed to be in the world.  Do you think that GOD, who knows all, sees all, could not easily have stopped the devil and darkness from being here?  GOD said to His children,  go wherever you want, do whatever you want, eat whatever you want, BUT do NOT eat from the tree of life.  That is forbidden. 

Now here comes the devil, who tempts the woman who then convinces the man to disobey what GOD said not to do.  Well here we have a few important points…..one is that they had freedom to choose; two is that the devil TEMPTS NOT FORCES Eve to eat from the tree to disobey what GOD said not to do; three is we have Eve who convinces Adam to do the same; fourth is that the devil manipulated one to get to the other who was closer to GOD as first creation.  This last is perfect example of how the devil uses others to get to those who are closer to GOD.  He is the great ventriloquist, the great manipulator, deceiver, liar.  You must be on guard and it is easier to do so when you are in communication and focus on the Lord.

Now, bad things…..back to free will…. Here in the world, a wonderful gift, where the Father gives freedom to His children, just as we begin to give more freedom to our children as they grow up.  They hopefully learn that this freedom comes at a price.  Outcomes of bad choices and the responsibility, ownership of them.  Many bad things happen in our lives and we complain to GOD and ask, “WHY?”.  Well first think long and hard, could this event, this bad thing, be the result of a bad choice I made recently or not so recently or even wayyyyyy back in my youth or childhood?  If we did not realize it then and ask GOD for forgiveness and help to correct it then whose fault is it now?  Just like He gave the first man and woman choice and told not what to do, well who owned the result?  Like a parent tells a child not to put finger in the socket, or worse if it has a cover on it, not to pull it off and put finger in socket; then the child does so and ZAPPP!.  Well child or not they own it.  And what if that zap coaused tiny damage to nerves in fingers and no biggie at time but that damage spreads over their life to the point where hey, “Doctor I am losing feeling in my fingers and hand what’s causing it?” 

Also, bad things happen when GOD may be disciplining as being our Father; tests us being our Teacher; essentially slaps us on the head to get our attention, being our teacher and Father; is trying to strengthen us or prepare us for something ahead, being our Trainer; has something bad happen to detour us or delay us or stop us from moving towards a far worse problem ahead on our path, being our Protector/Guide; or shakes us up to get us back on track focused on Him, again being our Teacher, Coach, Guide.   Also, and most prevalently would be that the devil has had free reign in this world to wreak havoc.   He was allowed to do so, perhaps even instructed to do so…..and GOD stands by to see what we will do in response….

He shows us this in JOB, where He tells the devil, to consider JOB.  I think he is the most worthy of my children on earth right now, give it your best shot and see what he does.  JOB did quite well.  Read JOB and see if you could have reacted as he did to what the devil did and note exactly what the devil did and compare it to things in your life and the world. 

So brothers and sisters, before you question GOD on why, think back to see if you see the answer, for I promise you this….GOD will tell you the same thing when you ask it either then or when you stand before Him.  Thou shalt not test the Lord your GOD…..Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find…the answers.  You have to ask the right questions.

GOD BLESS!  PRAISE JESUS CHRIST!  GOD IS AWESOME!