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The way the truth and the life of praise and worship are all that matters.

Scriptural Readings: John 14:6; John 4:23-24; Psalm 8:2; Matthew 11:25;21:16

Our God inhabits praise. Eternity of praise and worship is the place where our God is. Have we ever asked ourselves why we praise our God? There are many reasons why
It is a fact that we will always look for the way the truth and eventually the life we are looking for. In order that we can have the things that we needed we have to come to a place where God is.

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

It is plain and simple. God sent Jesus as the only way to Him. However, in spiritual matters it seems that we are lost on our way. It is important that we should know that the way to our God is through Jesus in a spiritual manner. In dealing with our spirituality, mostly is that we deal with the things that we see and things that we can touch which will never and ever have any spiritual value. Many christians nowadays are into many things to depend on their spirituality through certain kinds of principles, church attendance and things that merely show us how to be spiritual. Even some of us are following some other Christians way of living and to end up spiritual nothingness. Jesus is the way. The only way the only truth and the only life. Our spiritual relationship with Him, only in HIm, not what we see and hear from others not from or any form of process going through the Father. It is not important of how many doctrines we know or methods of how we become a good pastor or evangelist. The center of Christianity is Jesus. It is all about and nothing more than knowing Jesus the Son of the living God. The bottom line is that how much we know about Jesus the son of the living God.

I am the way

A lot of Christians nowadays are still looking for the right methods or formula on how to live the way, the Christian way. One of the many ways that we do is to look at other Christian’s life. We noticed that there are Christians whose prayers are always answered. Almost every time they pray their prayers were granted by God. Now we ask ourselves why. We also have the same faith as they have. It seems that we put a blame on God if we think this way. So, the next thing to do is to do whatever they are doing. Right? We copy and do their methods and formulas. We do the same things that they are doing, we focus on the things and times we memorize exactly the words and process they are doing it and only then to find out we arrive at the same situation. The big difference is that these Christians found the way. Jesus the living God, the only way, not the doctrine, not the principle or any other method. In spiritual matters apart from Jesus will not have any effect. They will not have any spiritual essence or value. If we are not going to ask the Lord for revelations and diligently seek Him it will be worthless. We are turned into real Christians by begetting and not by teaching. What is wrong is that we make sure to remember, memorize and many more details on doctrines, methods and a lot of more and not turning our faith on Jesus the only way.

the truth

How many of us can say truthfully that we are living in the truth? Many of us will claim that we follow the right doctrines about Jesus Christ about truth and words of expositions about truth concerning Him. The truth is He is the truth. Take for instance hatred. Today many Christians accept apology. The question now is after accepting the apology, is the hatred still there? Jesus said that if our brothers sinned seven times we should forgive him seventy times seven (Matthew 18:21-22). What is really sad about is that after we have been born again for many years we retain certain grudges against other christians and non Christians as well. The truth is not in us. This truth is just merely a doctrine that we follow and not the genuine truth that we claim to be having. If we do not have Jesus living in us all these truth, belief and actions we claim to be are lies. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32) and this is Jesus the truth and the only truth.

and the life

He is the life. We always have the notion of works when we think of life. In the spiritual realm, we cannot replace life by our works. Works come only after the revelations of the life Jesus in us. Jesus Christ is life Himself. At times we are always mistaken. If we see a person who has a perfect manner in ways or morally upright, can we perfectly say that he has the life what is the life of Jesus? These things come naturally. A person can be soft spoken, never would like to argue and a lot more attractive manners but we cannot fully say that person has the life of Christ. We have to know the Lord. Life is not about excitement and what our feelings, emotions, success and achievements can reach to its highest peak. The true life is Jesus emitting from inside us.

John 4

v.23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

v. 24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.

for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

Yes, when we pray, praise and worship HIm, He is magnified and glorified. This is spirituality is all about. God hears us our praise and this is where our spiritual value and essence is all about and coming to fruition worshipping HIm in spirit and truth.

Now that we know that Jesus is the way the truth and the life, now we can enter to the hour or time that we can praise and worship the Father in spirit and truth and we can be confident about this because we now know the way and the life.

Matthew 21:16

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

God perfected praise in us as soon as we come into being. He has put into our mouths what true praise and worship is all about. When we become fully matured Christian we can praise our God in spirit and truth. This is the place where God can meet us and He will be truly glorified, magnified and praised.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Yes, God reveals things to us simple minded Christians, babes or babies referred to according to this passage. If we play the role of we know the best, we should be having second thoughts. We should think of humbleness. This is why Jesus was glorified because He humbled Himself.

When we praise Him we come to a place where God would meet us and listen to us. As we humble ourselves in His presence we understand fully our spirituality is all about. We understand ourselves better which leads us to the narrow way but straight to God.

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Beating the purpose

Scriptural readings: Romans 8:11-17; Galatians 5:19-25

Life has a purpose. There is no doubt that most of us would agree but the things is sometimes we might have overlooked it. We might think that a grain of sand seems to be use less but if collectively taken inside a glass aquarium tank they become a part making a balanced ecology.

Romans 8:11-17

v.11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

What would be the reason why the Spirit inside of us decided to quicken our mortal bodies the same Spirit raised up Jesus from the dead?

v.12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

v.13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

There are two things that our lives will result into. Follow the first, to live after the flesh….ye shall die or living through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

The purpose of life is very clear. We have to live in the spirit but we and is very clear that we should not to live after the flesh.

Galatians 5:19-21

v.19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

v.20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

v.21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 8:14-17

v.14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

v.15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

v.16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

v.17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.

In order to beat the purpose of the flesh, we have to be led by the Spirit of God and this is the same Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead that dwell in us.

Galatians 5:22-25

v.22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

v.23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

v.24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

v.25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

If we try to beat the purpose of the flesh by our own it is useless. We have to live by the spirit. The Holy Spirit Who will be with in us will produce the fruits would in turn make us to live in the Spirit and we will also walk in the Spirit.




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The equation of forgiveness…Love.

Scriptural Readings: Romans 6:23; I John 1:6; Proverbs 10:12; 1 John 4:8; 19-20; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 4:13

This word seems to be the most impossible thing for us to do. There were times we cannot even get close to compromise with it. What makes it difficult to forgive? Have we ever reached a time that we completely tell and felt the true meaning of this word forgiveness? What is the prize of being forgiven?

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death.

We have heard this verse countless times but the question is does it really have the impact on us. Have we really confronted ourselves seriously this matter with our spiritual lives? If we are going to make this as an equation, sin without forgiveness is death.

but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Forgiveness through God the Son Jesus Christ resulted to eternal life. Jesus Christ and forgiveness are the constant in the equation. If we are going to take away one from this equation there is no eternal life. What would be result if there will be no forgiveness or if Jesus did not die for us?

No Forgiveness. No Jesus Christ. We are doomed.

To live in a hostile world, we have to remind ourselves always the equation of forgiveness and the Lord Jesus Christ otherwise we are befriending the enemy.

I John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

The problem that we have is the retention of hatred in our hearts. It is impossible to live as a Christian if we have hatred and we say Jesus is in our hearts. This is a lie. We do not the truth.

1 John 4:19-20

We love because God first loved us. Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love the God whom he has not seen.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

This is a simple fact. Once we Christians hate someone we become liars.

We cannot love God but because God loved us first, we learn to love and this means love covers over all wrongs. FORGIVENESS.

This is now the new equation.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Galatians 2:20

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

New International Version

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Love plus forgiveness is the result of the true meaning of being a Christian that Christ lives in me and to live by faith in the Son of God.

God’s forgiveness through the finished work of His son Jesus Christ at calvary has given us the access to everything. To live by faith in the Son of God, we learn to love because God first loved us. Now we can be confident. We know how to love because Jesus Christ lives in us and now we can see God through Jesus our Lord and Saviour.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

This is the power of love. The capacity to forgive. Love surfaces and hatred disappear. The impossible becomes possible. I can do all things… like having forgiveness to those people who hurt us…. the confidence of having assurance of peace in our hearts even being caught in the middle of restlessness and uncertainties happening around us…the bright future in our lives which seems to be just a dream……. through Christ which strengtheneth me.
AMEN!

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Where are we in here?

Scriptural Readings: John 8:3-11,15

As Christians our spiritual status is of utmost importance. In our Christian life our faith should not be hanging on a thin line. It should be anchored on a strong foundation. Our faith plays one of the biggest part in our spiritual life. Once we compromise it we let and give the enemy a foothold on us.

John 8:3-5

v.3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

v.4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

v.5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

Are we going to pick a stone like others did? Are we going for the headshot? or are we going to ask ourselves in faith?

v.6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.

When God breathed His spirit in us the soul was produced and so with it are our emotions and intelligence. Our decisions and actions are mostly based on what we feel and think. Temptation treats our emotions very well and upon basing our intelligence in it we make our conclusions, accusations, judgement and many more.

Our conscience is one of the many things produced in our soul. It tells us what is right or wrong but on the other hand our faith should tell us if our endeavours would make and justify Jesus truly as our Lord affirming the finished work on the cross and lift Him up. The Holy Spirit on the other hand will do the confirming.

But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].

Morality can be confusing. A person can be morally upright. A person maybe spending a whole lifetime of doing moral deeds for salvation but we are saved by grace not by works. This is a case where our conscience tell us to be morally upright but faith tell us that we are in need of a savior the Son of God Jesus Christ and His finished work at the calvary as the ultimate sacrifice.

Jesus could have answered them with a flash but why He didn’t and instead stooped down and started writing with His fingers? What was the reason why He delayed His response? The people and the Pharisees had the (morally)right reason why they should stone to death the woman caught in the very act of adultery. A sin that everyone knew in the community. The Son of God knew that their endeavour was inutile and He has given them time to think about it but hatred was burning and consuming their hearts. Jesus knew that they do not believe(did not have the faith too)in Him so He gave them space to think of their foolishness, sat down write using His fingers on the ground.

v.7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

This attitude today is still strongly at work. If we cannot get what we want at once we look for others to join us. The more the merrier. The more the better. Right? The word “asking” used in this verse in Greek is “erotao” meaning to interrogate. Jesus was continually interrogated so that we can turn Him into a criminal. Now, here is the twist. The tables were turned. Time for humanity to know how cruel we are when it was His time for Him to respond. God knew everything in us. For the word of God is quick and powerful….(Hebrews 4:12). The evil things in their hearts were exposed.

v.8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

v.9 And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

This is the necessary scenario. Jesus went down again and continue to write on the ground. This is the time that we should accept that we are wrong and without God’s approval at the end we see ourselves on the opposite side where God does not want us to be. We could have never reached in that place ready to condemn someone if we could have only asked ourselves by faith. Jesus Christ has become the answer to our enmity to other humans and God Himself. He is the one to reconcile us to the Father and not to divide us( Matthew 12:25).

v.10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

v.11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

There was too much hatred for that woman and it did not stop there. They turned their hatred to Jesus. When we come finally to our(spiritual)senses, we will only arrive on one thing and that is turning to Jesus. He came to this world teaching us not to hate but to love not to kill but bring the dead back to life, forgive and not to judge.

v.15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

Where are we now? Are we having stones in our hands and ready to go for the head and give our best shot? Are we in a place and become the judge and executioner as well. We should always ask ourselves through our faith in God. For we walk by faith not by sight(2nd Corinthians 5:7). Jesus is not writing anything on the ground anymore but writing down names in the Lambs book of life. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me(Revelations 3:20).

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Why it’s….sacrifice.

Scriptural Readings: Matthew 6:33 ; John 3:16

Time and again we’ve failed and fallen into a wrong way of sacrifice. We might have taken the right path but along the way only to find out that we have to stop because we had the wrong choice.

Sometimes it is a gray area when we Christians try to understand what sacrifice really means. Most of the time we have based our conclusion on what we believe is God’s will and sometimes we came up with something and only at the end it isn’t reliable(most of the time). Again the question is always how to know God’s will.

Why do we seek His kingdom?

Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

We get lost. We are always in need and this is why we have to seek the kingdom of God and if this becomes an attitude, we’ll be having blessings. Our prayers will be granted because it is His will we are asking and looking for and not of our own. This is the big change we are after for.

When we accepted Jesus Christ into our hearts and lives. We start a new life. A sacrificial life. A continuing life of denying ourselves all for the glorification of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Sacrifice

We have attached a lot of meanings into this word entering into a gray area. There were times it wasn’t clear why we sacrificed something or we sacrificed something leaving us regretful.

The thing that’s always clear is that God has always something for us to accomplish for Him. God wants us to know His will. Our spirits should always be open to receive God’s instructions which would then cooperate with our minds and ready for our bodies to accomplish and eventually sacrificing our lives for Him.

Jesus Christ sacrificed His Life for only one cause and reason and that is saving not only for a few or for some but redemption for everyone.

The line that divides on what we think and do is the cross of Jesus Christ. Once we exhaust our efforts that does not elevate the finished work of the shedding of the precious blood of Jesus Christ at Calvary is with no sense.

John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

There are many ways to express love. The word love in Greek has a lot of meaning. Phileo meaning a brotherly and friendship love. Storge is a kind of love that expresses and relates to natural, familial love such as the love between a parent and child. Eros is a kind of love that expresses and relates to natural urge for procreative urges and finally AGAPE a sacrificial kind of love. This is God’s love putting one’s life behind God making Him above everything.

The life of our Lord Jesus Christ was purely a sacrificed life. From the place He was born until the time He died are places that no one would never even dream about.

There are many ways to express love. The word love in Greek has a lot of meaning. Phileo meaning a brotherly and friendship love. Storge is a kind of love that expresses and relates to natural, familial love such as the love between a parent and child. Eros is a kind of love that expresses and relates to natural urge for procreative urges and finally AGAPE a sacrificial kind of love. This is God’s love putting one’s life behind God making Him above everything.

The life of our Lord Jesus Christ was purely a sacrificed life. From the place He was born until the time He died are places that no one would never even dream about.

It’s now therefore clear that our contentment lies before God. All our actions are dependent on what God will instruct us. We have to crave for His kingdom and start having a sacrificial agape kind of love. This is why it’s….sacrifice.

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Deception

Scriptural Readings: Luke 23:34

The question of why has always been a burden to us. Sometimes it is a lot easier to point out what or how and when unfortunate things happen but to figure out why would always take time, effort and much more.

Why did God put both the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life into the same place? Why did He let the serpent deceive them from the very place God prepared for them? If we ask how, when and where, it’s in His wisdom. The question that we have to ask ourselves is why. After they committed the sin why did God ask him(Adam)where he was. Of course God knows where he was. Why did God ask him who told them they were naked? This time it was the woman’s turn to explain and God asked her what have you done?

Have we asked ourselves why God did not ask them why?

Freewill. God gave us the gift of volition the faculty or power of using one’s will. God did not equipped in us an automated process otherwise it’s no use of creating us as His children calling Him Father and for us to experience a wonderful relationship with Him.

When we are deceived we are in the realm of deception. We are blind to the truth. When our first parents violated God they knew themselves that they disobey God. God will not ask them anymore why. Their eyes were opened to the reality that they became blind to the truth that they cannot be like God.

The result of course are more lies, mistakes and all the things that make our lives miserable.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

When confronting personal issues or social issues we will be having a lot of options and most probably they will be unreliable but if we go to the cross we only have one answer. Jesus Christ. Through Him the question of why will no longer be a burden but a satisfying truth to our question why. We were forgiven.

We should now stop asking why but rather accept the finished work of Jesus at calvary.

Let’s exhaust all our efforts on the cross. All of our undertakings will be pointless unless we accept what Jesus did on the cross at calvary.

God will not ask us of where we are. He will not ask who told us we are His children and ask us what we did. He will not ask anything more because this time we know the way the truth and the life. Jesus Christ the Son of the living God our Lord and Savior.

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Force our way

Scriptural Readings: Exodus 34:5

And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

God does not change

This is one thing that we have to store in our hearts and minds. From the beginning God did not leave us. It is always our fault that we loose and eventually lose our faith in Him intentionally or unintentionally. Our sense of direction easily points us out to uncertain terms as soon as we face our problems. God descended to his people showing His way for them how He would be a God a father to them. Is this still true today that God does not change and visits us?

God proved and showed the way.

What we miss is the way not the purpose. We get lost. If our purpose will not come from God’s will there’ll be no way to find out the right way. When Abraham was asked by God to offer his son, he was willing to do it. He was right with the purpose and there was no doubt about it but when he was about to do it, God stopped him. It’s not the way. God proved that He is with Him.

How did God prove He is still with us now?

From heaven, He came down, turned Himself into a human and dwell among us. HE proved and showed us that He never changed. We are the ones who constantly change. The love that God has for us will not and never change. Jesus Christ is the same today, yesterday and forever. He said I am the way the truth and the life. There is no other way to God but THROUGH God HIMSELF in human form, Jesus Christ.

How great is God’s love for us? When Abraham was about drop the axe, God stopped him but when His Son Jesus came, this time, He let go.

What God is trying to tell us is that He came down to meet us. He sent down His own Son, God the Son to continue what was originally planned. He wants us to be His children but we refuse.

We have to force ourselves to come into the throne of grace. We have now the access. We have been asking ourselves a lot of questions and spent time looking for answers. This is being lost. God has given us all the possible means to reach Him and we do the opposite. If we have the purpose and this time we know the way, we have to force ourselves no matter what because we know that at the end we will see the truth and our true meaning of life.

Heavenly Father, we come to You because you are our God who would never change. A Father who will always care for us. Forgive us of our shortcomings. Continue to sanctify us that we will see clearly the way the truth and your will for us. We pray through the power of the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen!

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Contentment….Collaboration….Crime..

Scriptural Readings: Phillipians 4:11

Living in this world where good and evil simultaneously exist, we are easily entangled with difficulties on how to figure out whether our decisions would end up morally right or otherwise ending up with saying the words I am sorry.

Contentment is a thing that we have to learn more. We can refer contentment like that of the tree of good and evil or the tree of life.

Phillipians 4:11

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.

It is very clear that contentment refers to not only on our overall status as humans but also to our spiritual beings.

If we do not speak and crave of more of our wants anymore but what God has to say what we need then God has truly worked on us. This verse has taken the apostle Paul to the highest level of contentment.

Adam and Eve were in a contented status. They were allowed to live in a place a lot of us probably would have. They have food water and the best shelter. What happened next is that they messed up with everything and fell into committing the biggest mistake of their lives.

Collaborate. The same as contentment, it offers us a lot of good things and also a ton of regrets at the end if not dealt rightfully.

If we allow our contentment to be compromised and would collaborate with something that we are not sure of and with no assurance of spiritual essence then the probability of ending up as a sure loser is inevitable, in Christianity it is called sin. From the beginning humanity has contentment. It can be found in us. However, collaborating with evil thoughts resulted into what God will never and ever be glad about.

Racism, poverty are only some of the many issues that we insist on having justice or suffer from injustice. The real issue and the question that we have to ask ourselves is would there be racism if we do not have hatred in our hearts? Will these issues remain in us if we have forgiveness in our hearts instead we are consumed by hatred? Evil is with in us whether there is racism, poverty and other issues or not. The evil with in us collaborates with our spirits, soul and body turning ourselves to be slaves of evil works. Racism, poverty and other social issues are tools to make us fit into our doom. These are the devil’s quickest way for us to destroy our relationship with God. Hatred is not from God but it is within racism, poverty and many more. To go out on the streets to practice our right to express, in truth is we are expressing and increasing hatred in us. Going out on the streets expressing our rights would only expose our true selves harboring hatred and losing the real value of justice. Remember that rebellion can be in our minds in our words and in our actions. Once our minds, words and actions collaborate with hatred, evil is at work and if we succomb to it, we are now guilty of crime. Sin. Haven’t we learned from our history? Haven’t we’ve seen enough hatred on every part of this world when we watch the news?

Crime is not an option but humanity chose it. Right from the start, our first parents having contentment collaborated with evil and chose to disobey God. Jesus, on the other hand commanded us to love our enemies. This means that hatred would be displaced out from our hearts. We should get rid of hatred in our lives. For as long as we have hatred in our hearts we will never have peace and we will continue to be discontented and go out on the streets. Justice was served when Jesus said “It’s done”. Let us follow what God has instructed us and not to be consumed by hatred. Let the Holy Spirit flow in our spirit, soul and body displacing hatred with peace.

Heavenly Father, there is so much hatred in our hearts and only you can take this out from us. Empower us with your Holy Spirit continually that we may know your will and not ours. We pray through your Son Jesus our Lord Savior. Amen!

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The way of healing…

Scriptural Readings: Mark 5:24-28

What are we going to do when we arrive in times of need? We are of course having a very sure clear cut of our intentions. This is of course the normal, natural and human way.

v.24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him

V.25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

V.26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

V.27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind and touched his garment.

Just like this woman, who I believe represents us this modern times had a need of time of healing which I think is very normal. It is natural for us to find healing because this is the human way.

Now we ask a question. Why is it that in time of needs God seems to be far from us. We are in the brink of death and we are still waiting for God’s answer. We have claimed the healing and victory on every sort of problem in our lives but still nothing awaits us.

If one would think it was the right time for her to heal. I think it is not. It could not be the right time for her to touch the garment of our Lord Jesus. She could have been pushed away from the Lord Jesus and the possibilities would be countless. How was she able to come close?

God knows her and her eagerness to heal and the arrival of Jesus is God’s time and will. We know in the story that she had been to a lot of kinds of doctors and she exhausted all her efforts and money and yet left suffering. God knew she was desperate during those times. God could have healed her earlier.

V. 28 For she said, if I may touch bit his clothes, I shall be whole.

It was God’s will. This was the exact time and God’s will that she has to touch the garment of Jesus. Her eagerness has now aligned with God’s will.

We have to put in mind and it should be the primary intention for us to know God’s will. We should have the attitude of Your will be done not mine.

Have we experienced this? Are we having the same predicament today? We know that there will be healing. We know and we claim with our faith that God had the answer but we do not know His will thus making it more important to know His will first. The healing we are having is not just for the purpose of healing. There will be more favoring us. God will heal us from inside out.

A crisis is a thing that blinds us from realities. Our main focus at once or immedeately is how to get rid of this, again this is normal. We seek the natural and trust our human ways instead of being spiritual first.

Our God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will never leave us nor forsake us. He knows everything but the thing is that we are always occupied by our own human knowledge and ways 24/7 which can never and ever will be the solution to our problems.

Let us spend more time on spiritual matters. Let us draw near to our God and He will draw near to us. The Holy Spirit is our comforter and He is always with us as Jesus promised. What could we ask for more.

Heavenly Father, let us know your will and let your will be done. Teach us not to rely on our futile ways and give us Your wisdom that we may follow Your given path for us. Let your Holy Spirit flow through us that we may do Your perfect will. In Jesus name we pray. Amen!

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Why faith not feelings.

Scriptural Readings: Mark 10:37; Matthew 16:22-23; Luke 23:39-42; Luke 17:11-14;

Maybe at this point of time for most of us are having difficulties how to deal with our lives, whether we are struggling with personal problems or dealing with the world problems, our feelings still dictate a lot of things to us. Sadness, boredom are only few of the things to mention. People are out on the streets angry fighting for their cause. Some people are mad because for some reasons the government decided things that will make them hungry. Everyone of us has the right to do this to express our feelings and sentiments.

Mark 10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on the right and the other on thy left, in thy glory.

It does not sound as a demand but more likely a request but then Jesus said it not for Him to decide on this matter. These two disciples might be having somethings in their minds that might have the approval from God but then again ended up as a failure because this is what they feel and think.

Matthew 16:22-23

V.22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

V.23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence to me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Peter having a larger than this world desire that our Lord Jesus would not be harmed and would protect Him at all cost ended up denying Him at the end and much more wept bitterly.

Luke 23:39-42

V.39 One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

V.40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

V.41 “And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

V.42 And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

The man beside Jesus who said he wanted to be with Him in paradise got he wanted for. Why? FAITH.

Luke 17:11-14

11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.

12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance

13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

The lepers who, yes, because the feeling of being unwanted in the society resorted to FAITH and they were healed.

John 11:21-27

21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;

26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

Martha was mourning for her brother’s death said if Jesus could have been there would not have died. Of course, the tables were turned and at the end Lazarus was coming out of the grave all because they have FAITH in Him.

At first, these are all feelings. They are all unreliable, heartbreaking and the list goes on and once FAITH comes into the picture, we are saved from these harsh realities.

It is not a question anymore whether you went outside to fight for your right or stay home for safety or just being spectators in a certain fight. It is the question if you have done these things having faith in God doing His will or just having the feelings to do it. Feelings should not come first before FAITH. FAITH concerns God. The stronger our FAITH, the more we become firm and certain with our feelings and actions with our decisions.

Feelings come from us. These things coming from us and not from God makes us unstable and unreliable that would surely result to the things we never expected.

There are more than a million reasons why we always use our feelings and think that it would certainly work but surely ending up on the wrong side.

Take the opportunity to seek and know God’s will during this trying times whether we are inside our home or outside fighting for rights. It has to be God that should be glorified during this time because after all and again it is God who will take us out of this ordeal.

Heavenly Father, confusion clouds everything you want us to do your will. Feelings have become stronger than faith. Again we come boldly unto your throne of grace. Let faith increase in us that we might see and do your will and not on our feelings that brought us to shame. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.