Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Are You To Busy For God ?
My message is for the non-believer and the believer . We all have busy lives , trying to work to keep food on the table or go to school so we can earn a living . There is nothing wrong with those things and the Bible even says in Genesis 3:19 - By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread,Till you return to the ground ,..... or in other words , if you want to eat you need to work .The problem comes in when we spend all of our time running around DOING things when we should be sitting and listening , or being at rest with God .Did you know that God created the Sabbath ( day of rest ) for us ? God knows us better then we know ourselves and He knew that if He didn't tell us to set aside a time to be at rest with Him we would not stop . Did you ever wonder why God calls us sheep ? You see sheep can do some funny things sometimes . Did you know that sheep will run themselves to death and must be forced to lie down ? The Sheppard's job is to keep sheep ( us ) out of harm , Psalm 23:1-3 says The Lord is my Shepperd ,I shall not want , He makes me lie in green pastures ; He leads me besides quiet waters . He restores my soul ; He guides me in the path of righteousness for His name's sake .
What God wants YOU to know is that He loves YOU so much and He desires to spend time with YOU . That alone should amaze YOU because here the Creator of all things , with all power and wisdom wants YOU . He wants to spend time with YOU ,He wants to show YOU the plan He has for YOU . I guess that got a little annoying with all the " you" thing , but I want to hammer the point . God did it a better way when He sent His only Son to the cross for you .
Let me finish and say that if you're a Christian reading this and you're to busy DOING instead of listening and spending time with God , then you need to stop . Get back to church , read the Bible , sharing your faith , singing praise to God . Have you been asking yourself why things don't seem to be going right for you , like everything goes wrong . Understand that God might trying to get your attention ,but you keep running around . Stop and see if there isn't something God is trying to show or tell you . Maybe He just wants to spend time with you like a loving Father just enjoys the company of His kids .
If you're not a Christian and you're reading this can I just say God is trying to reach you as well . How do I know ? well , you're reading this . Nothing happens by accident with God and if you have made your way here it's because God has lead you here . Stop running from God and acting like you don't have the time . There will be a day when there isn't any time left rather by your personal death or it's the end of days ,but make no mistake , time will end for everyone . Make time for God now while you have the chance . God loves you .
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Jesus Wept
The first time we see Jesus wept is in John 11:35 and the verse just says " Jesus wept " The back ground to this is a dear friend of Jesus had died and the mans family and friend's were there pleading for Jesus to do something . There are so many reasons that Jesus cried at this time , but I just want to focus on one thing for this message .That one thing is God feels pain when we lose a loved one . That pain and hurt isn't for the person that died and has gone on to Heaven because they are in total peace and without anymore trouble from this life . God hates the pain we feel from the loss of a loved one . He knows what that is all about because He lost His Son to pay the price of mans sin ( John 3:16 ) . If you have lost a loved one ( we all will ) then know that Jesus cries with us
The second time Jesus wept is in Luke 19:41 -" And when He approached , He saw the city and wept over it", . The back ground for this is that Jesus was going into the city to be proclaimed King . The people had a different idea of what kind of King He was . They wanted a conquering King to overthrow the Romans , but Jesus was there to die . When the people failed to accept this and ultimately reject Him it would turn into a nightmare for them seventy years later when the Romans burned down the Temple and scattered the Jews all over the world . This was the end of the Jewish nation until 1946 . The whole reason Jesus wept was because they refused to accept Him as Lord and Savior and that rejection caused the destruction of Israel and the death of so many . It could have been avoided if the people would have accepted Jesus ,but they were unwilling . Jesus had spend three and a half years preaching in synagogues trying to reach the people and they would not listen . Time had run out and now the pain and suffering that was coming was seen by Jesus and so He wept .
As you now know death is a painful process for everyone including God . Death was not part of the original plan , but man through Adam sinned against God's law and God Himself paid the price for that sin on the cross . The problem is no longer who will pay the cost of mans sin ,but rather or not YOU will accept Jesus as Lord and Savior . The Jewish people rejected Jesus and so reaped the cost of that choice by being destroyed and causing God to wept . Let me be clear about something and that is God DOESN'T want you to perish . Ezekiel 33:11 says " Say to them 'As I live!" declares the Lord God,' I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked ,but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live....God waits for you to turn away from your sinful life so He can show you mercy . He loves you more than you know and wants you to avoid the destruction that everyone rejecting Him will receive . Make no mistake that time will run out and God will wept for the lost , but He is a holy God and must deal with sin. Either by people accepting what Jesus did on the cross or they will have to face a holy God with their sins intact .
My question to you is why would you do that ? You need to know God loves you completely . Don't be one of those that go to destruction and make God weep .
You might be saying " What must I do then " and my answer is pray .The Bible says Romans 10:9-10
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord , and believe in your heart that God raised Him form the dead,you shall be saved ; for with the heart man believes ,resulting in righteousness ,and with the mouth he confesses , resulting in salvation . Here is a simple prayer -
Father I'm sorry for my sin and all the wrong I've done . I believe in Jesus and the price He paid for me on the cross . I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior and turn from my old life to follow Jesus . Please accept me and make me your disciple . Thank you for forgiving me , in Jesus name I pray Amen .
On the authority of the Bible I tell you if you meant what you prayed then you are a child of God with all of the promises of God and the hope of eternal life in heaven .
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD !!!
Saturday, June 9, 2012
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Do you feel alone?
I never felt I belonged when I was younger. I was never comfortable no matter who I was with, not even my family. I was supposed to be the man of the house because I never had a father around ( I never met him). I didn't know what that even meant. I had no example so what was a man supposed to be? My mom always worked to support us so she wasn't there to help me either. I was trying to help raise my other brothers, but that was a failure. The only males around me were a series of losers trying to play dad, but they had no clue and besides my brother's and I were just excess baggage to them. I had friends like anyone else, but they didn't care about what was going on with me. They wanted to party and so I partied too fit in and fill that gap I felt. I was alone and confused about life. Why was I alive? Why did I want to live? What was the point anyway?
Enter God. The picture below shows Jesus talking to the woman at the well. I love this story because of what God did. You see this woman had an appointment with Jesus and she didn't even know it when her day started. The story starts in John 4:3-42. The Bible says that Jesus had to pass through Samaria which is where He met this woman. She was drawing water from this well at noon. This is a desert area and noon was not the perfect time to be hallin water around. She was a loner in her village and that's why she was out there by herself. She was living the wrong way and people didn't want anything to do with her. Enter Jesus.
The Lord came to see her where she was because she wouldn't or couldn't go to Him. That's how God works. He knows where we are at and comes to get us. Jesus begins to ask her questions to draw her out from her walls that have been built. Walls built from hiding and pain from being alone. She puts up a fight, but Jesus hit her in that soft spot of her sin and she is forced to face it. At the end of the day she comes to faith and draws many to Jesus.
Her loneliness was over and when I became a Christian The Lord showed me why I was alive and what my purpose was. God gave me so much and I'm grateful everyday. The loneliness is gone and replaced with a family and friends.
Are you alone and confused? Enter Jesus. If you are reading this, it's because you have an appointment with Jesus and He's waiting for you because He loves you. He wants to draw you out from the wall you hide behind. Stop fighting and stop being alone He's meeting you here.
