This afternoon, I was sitting in the office. As I began to prepare my station for the work I was about to begin, I just felt a necessary pull toward getting into the scriptures before starting anything. The last place I left off was in John 8 when the Pharisees brought Jesus the woman caught in adultery, as they’ve been looking for a reason to imprison him. It goes like this:
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"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working unto God, not for human masters." Colossians 3:23
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I’ve recently come to find a so-called, ‘golden nugget,’ in my relationship with God, and it is referred to in Matthew 6:6 as the “Secret Place.”
“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
In the last few weeks, I have felt the Lord calling me to sit silently in the secret place with Him. It’s as if I prayed for Him to place the desire within me, leading me to desire more time with Him. Oh wait, that is exactly what happened!!! As we see just a chapter ahead, where Jesus gives another word of wisdom when He says, “Ask and you shall receive…” (Matthew 7:7). So I figured, Jesus is Truth so this must be true as well, and I tried it. Well, as you can read above, it is true, He did place it within me after I asked. Now, I am simply reaping the benefits of His guiding me with His word; His benefit being, a desire to be with Him.
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At the moment as I read through the Old Testament books: First and Second Kings I can’t help but see a re-occurring theme in which I hope to convey correctly and unlock in our minds the understanding through the Spirit of Jesus about the areas in life that are similar to that which is laid out in the Holy Book. (more…)
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The scriptures state an eternal truth when it states that, “All Scripture is God-breathed,” (2 Timothy 3:16) meaning that it came directly from God through man, into this world. His word being very sacred and holy, even to the point that in the Old Testament (before God became man to enter this world for our redemption), if a ‘prophet’ would speak words that were not given by God, he was to be put to death. Meaning that with the holy fear not to add or take away from God’s word, the bible is the very words of God to us, His people, His children.
In 2 Peter 1:20-21 we read, (more…)
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‘“Whoever loves father or mother or son or daughter more than me is not fit to be my disciple. And whoever comes to me must follow in my steps and be willing to share my cross and experience it as his own, or he cannot be considered to be my disciple. All who seek to live apart from me will lose it all. But those who let go of their lives for my sake and surrender it all to me will discover true life!’
Matthew 10:37-39
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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.”
John 15:1-3
So much about the Kingdom of God is counter-intuitive to our natural school of thought. The more I dig deeper within the gospels and the teachings of Jesus, the more inverted it seems to the eye. For example: (more…)
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The Secret of His Presence
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“In the Secret of His presence,
how my soul delights to hide!
O, how precious are the lessons
which I learn at Jesus’ side!
Earthly cares could never vex me,
neither trials lay me low;
For when Satan comes to tempt me,
to the “secret place,” I go.
When my soul is faint and thirsty,
‘neath the shadow of His wing
There is cool and pleasant shelter,
and a fresh and crystal spring;
And my Savior rests beside me
as we hold communion sweet;
If I tried, I could not utter
what He says when thus we meet.
Would you like to know the sweetness
of the secret of the Lord?
Go and hide beneath His shadow;
this shall then be your reward:
And whene’er you leave the silence
of that happy meeting place
You must mind and bear the image
of your Master in your face.
You will surely lose the blessing
and the fullness of your joy
If you let dark clouds distress you
and your inward peace destroy;
You may always be abiding,
if you will, at Jesus’ side;
In the secret of His presence
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Tonight, as I lay watching “The Case for Christ” on Netflix, a story of Lee Strobel a very important thought came to me on the basis of my faith. What is the next step after choosing to believe? This thought helped me perceive the importance of having a personal relationship with the Father (God), and I hope you can follow along and see how my mind works as The Lord gives me insight and knowledge further than what I would understand on my own. Enjoy! (more…)
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Is it not interesting that as you read the Bible, specifically the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) depicting the life of Jesus, that the very things Jesus spoke about in the first few chapters of each book actually play out. Is it not interesting that Jesus placed a high value on the words that he chose to speak? Is it not interesting that the entire bible is simply a love story of God seeking to restore a relationship with us in order to draw nearer to us and us draw nearer to Him? (more…)
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Within the recent week, God has been pushing me toward spending a day with Him and simply leaving everything behind to be with Him. Let’s just say, it happened and it was awesome! In that time, I set some time aside to dive deep in the scriptures and really seek to know God’s heart more through His recorded words and those that are living and acting according to Hebrews 4:12. During my time with the Lord, I ended up reading Luke 13:1-9 and this is what was revealed… (more…)
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