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Standing In Confidence??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #250

16 Friday Aug 2024

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Standing In Confidence??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #250

 

I have a few things to share with you this morning, and I pray that they will encourage your heart on this hot summer day (at least here in Oklahoma it’s scorching hot–), but no matter your location, our God is faithful in all things, and we can prevail over the evil around us!

Paul’s great chapter on the confidence that we can have in the resurrection and the return of our Lord concludes with an amazing passage of encouragement.  No matter your situation—God knows your grief, your sorrow, your fears, your uncertainty in the future, your confusion over the world situations—take heart for the Apostle John made it clear in The Revelation!

“And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude,

and as the voice of many waters,

and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying,

Alleluia:

for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.”   Revelation 19:6

So, let’s consider Paul’s words of encouragement—We win!!!

“O death,

where is thy sting?

O grave,

where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death

is sin;

and the strength of sin

is the law.

57 But thanks be to God,

which giveth us the victory

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren,

 be ye stedfast,

unmoveable,

always abounding

 in the work of the Lord,

 forasmuch as ye know

that your labour is not in vain

in the Lord.”  1 Corinthians 15:55-58

So, my friends, take heart, God has not stepped down from His throne, nor has He relinquished His omnipotent control of all things!  You can trust to His care, for He keeps His Word!  Always!  We can know truth because Jesus IS truth, and the only way to God and heaven.  So if you know Him, you can “withstand in the evil day” (See Ephesians 6:10-18); and if you don’t know Jesus you can, by simply repenting of your sin, and believing that HE is the one who paid for your sin by His substitutionary, atoning sacrifice on the cross.

“Thomas saith unto him,

Lord, we know not whither thou goest;

and how can we know the way?

6 Jesus saith unto him,

I am

the way,

the truth,

and the life:

no man cometh unto the Father,

but by me.”  John 14:5-6

Jesus loves us, and offers us life and victory by His death, burial and resurrection for sin.  Keep your eyes on the prize—JESUS!!!  He is coming again and sooner than we may think!

“In hope of eternal life,

which God,

that cannot lie,

promised before the world began;”   Titus 1:2

Amen and Amen!!!

All About JESUS??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #48

18 Friday Nov 2022

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All About JESUS??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #48

Today I would simply like to set our focus on our soon-returning King Jesus!  It’s all about Jesus–for HE is the beginning and the end, and HE gave HIS life for you and for me!  It’s not just at Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or Resurrection time, or even prayer time; it’s about Jesus “ALL” the time, in every moment of every day.

“I am Alpha and Omega,

the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord,

which is,

and which was,

and which is to come,

the Almighty…

….17 And when I saw him,

I fell at his feet as dead.

And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me,

Fear not;

I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that liveth,

and was dead;

and, behold, I am alive for evermore,

Amen;

and have the keys

of hell and of death.”   Revelation 1:8 & 17-18

Paul so powerfully told the Athenians that our God–Father, Son, and Holy Ghost–IS THE GOD!

“For in him

we live,

and move,

and have our being…”  Acts 17:28a

Much like the reminder that Jesus gave the disciples just before He went to the cross.

“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.

5 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.”  John 15:4-5

 Did you catch that?  Jesus said clearly, “without me ye can do nothing”; yet we so often (Probably most often for some of us!) run off on our own tangents thinking “I’ve got this!”, then when we fall flat, we wonder why!  Well, my dear friends, Jesus told us “why” beforehand, “without me ye can do nothing”!  Oh, that we would walk in this truth–how peaceful our lives would be–not without trials and troubles, but we would know HIS peace in the midst of every storm!

“I can do all things

through Christ

which strengtheneth me.”  Philippians 4:13

We quote this verse so often, yet we regularly forget to walk in its powerful truth.  Paul gave us another reminder which is one of my favorites–I quote it often to myself!

“Giving thanks unto the Father,

which hath made us meet

to be partakers

of the inheritance of the saints

in light:

13 Who hath delivered us

from the power of darkness,

and hath translated us

into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14 In whom we have redemption

through his blood,

even the forgiveness of sins:”  Colossians 1:12-14

You see, my friends, we have been redeemed and given the power to walk victoriously over sin, and to live a life pleasing to our Lord Jesus, who is the only way to live this victorious life.  For HE IS the only way to God The Father, heaven, and eternal life.

“Jesus saith unto him,

I am the way,

the truth,

and the life:

no man cometh unto the Father,

but by me.”  John 14:6

I pray that this brief reminder of “whom” we ought to be thankful for, and how we can walk in HIS victorious power will encourage you today!  For:

“And he saith unto them,

Be not affrighted:

Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,

which was crucified:

he is risen;

he is not here:

behold the place

where they laid him.”  Mark 16:6

Praise God JESUS LIVES today!  Walk in resurrection power, my friend, remembering that it’s all about JESUS!!  We win!

Amen and Amen!!!