Sunday, May 31, 2020

He knew what was in each person

"Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person."
JOHN 2:23-25

I am the alpha and the omega. The beginning and the end. All life all creation. The Lord is as the scriptures represent. As the spirit fills you up, the word of God becomes more and more clear. Fill up on me and let my abundance spill into all aspects of your being.

I am sovereign over all aspects of your life. Believe in me as a child believes in anything. Knowing the father is knowing the way. For I am infinite wisdom and man is as I have created - needing to be dependent on the father.

Jesus did not trust any man for he knew what was in each person. Jesus is the one that is good. The only one. Only through him do you have access to the father - the father is in Jesus. Man lives by the needs of his own perception. Jesus lives by being absolutely and completely obedient to the father. Those who call Jesus Lord are called to live for the will of Jesus - the will of our father in heaven.

Saturday, May 30, 2020

I will follow you, but...

"Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
LUKE 9:61-62

At the moment when you doubt the message you hear, ask if it is "good" or "bad." If the message you hear is inherently good it is from your Lord. All good things are done in Jesus name and to Jesus the credit is given. 

At that moment of praise know that your Lord protects your spirit from the wicked and the spirit you possess will enjoy the new fruits of the Holy Spirit allowing you to produce the finest fruit your creator has given your tree.

The Lord asks that you abandon your personal will and common sense understanding and follow him. He does not say do as you need and then follow me. At the point in which you break the stubbornness of the misguided mind and follow Jesus without hesitation, the Lord will reveal to you more of him in you. This is true. God molds you into his image as you are obedient and willing to follow what he asks of you.

Friday, May 29, 2020

The Father himself loves you

“Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God."
JOHN 16:25-27

Belief in Jesus as Lord and Savior is step one. You are in. Accept the Holy Ghost to enter you an ascend you to heaven with the Lord. This occurs when you accept nothing except Christ as the way. When your soul, body and mind find this place, the Lord will reveal himself to you. Sit calmly, meditate on God and the Lord will be sovereign over all aspects of your being.

The very purpose of the Holy Ghost is to give you power from God in Heaven. Through faith and obedience, the Spirit will make you one with the Lord such that the disposition that is in Jesus will be in you - and you in turn will do the will of Jesus as his power is in you. His name is power - but to be made like him with the intention for God to live in you is divine.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

You will no longer ask me anything

22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. 23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 
JOHN 16:22-23

The Lord is my savior - my King. I was created by God to be filled with the Holy Spirit to be guided into God's will through the body of Jesus Christ. In all things God gets the glory. In all things good, Jesus is there. He lives. In us believers we shall raise Jesus with our devotion to the Lord our God.

The power of Christ lives in me. Placed by God to do great things in the name of the son, Jesus. His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 

The day in which you no longer ask the Lord for anything is the first day of being one with the father as Jesus is. You see, through faith and obedience he lives as you allow him in you. Yes - complete access to the power of the Holy Spirit is completely in your control. Jesus did his part and he sits at the right hand of God for you. Think about Jesus not with head knowledge but rather in tangible disposition. It is not simply understanding that sets you free - it is in the actionable life of being a disciple where Christ will be seen in you.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

You are witness

He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
LUKE 24:46-49

As disciples we carry on - not for Pentecost - for we already have what are brothers had yet to receive. Christ died for his glory - such he may live through all who believe he is the son of God. In this truth lives the spirit of Christ Jesus. Purified and Glorified by God Jesus lives.

Our task is to let Christ live in us - to not wait for Pentecost for it has already been. To live free and be free in Jesus - to speak boldly in Christ our Lord - to give hope to the poor - to feed the hungry. The life that lives is only the life of Christ Jesus our Lord.

When Jesus ascended to Heaven to sit at the right hand of God to plead on our behalf he sent his Holy Spirit to his people. While Jesus walked, the power was in him alone. After his triumph on the cross and rising from death - the spirit can be in all those who choose Jesus and his way. You see, his spirit is here now. He is coming soon, but is most certainly already here.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Pray continually

"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18

Jesus taught us how to live in the spirit with God while remaining in the world. He did not come so his words could be shown as examples of how to live in the world. No - he came to set us free from the world - the world is sin - Jesus is clean - pure. Think not in terms of applying the Lord's words in the non-littoral. He is the truth.

He says - "sell your things and follow me" - not moan and wail and borrow money. He says, "love your neighbor" - do not covet. Yet this world scorns their neighbor and covets everything. Choose Jesus in every situation. Pray to him - love him always - listen to his love.

Pray without ceasing. In prayer with the Lord you are always with the Lord. When you are with the Lord - you are always where you are supposed to be. Rejoice in the knowledge of the spirit of God. Rejoice in the triumph of Jesus Christ. 

Monday, May 25, 2020

Let's part company


And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
GENESIS 13:7-9

There is no good person except one - Jesus Christ. If not for him there is no life - no standard - no truth. All good is less then the greatness of King Jesus. All good is done such that you keep yourself one foot from the fire - the fire of faith - the fire of purity - the unknown fear of following the invisible God. 

Good does not measure up. Good is failing. Christ Jesus came such that his life - his spirit - his love can pour through us from him. He is the river of living water and from his life all life is given. There is no standard of good - only to be given over to Christ Jesus.

When life is lived based on the personal notion of making good your goal, the enemy than becomes the good. For life in Jesus is based on faith and doing his will. God has chosen your path and he asks you to walk with him along the path so he will guide you.

Sunday, May 24, 2020

I am alive for ever and ever

"When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades."
REVELATION 1:17-18

Suffer for truth and love prevails - suffer for Jesus and truth is given. Give your life to God and be free of agony and despair. In hopelessness seek Jesus. In pain, seek Jesus. The Lord lives to make your flesh whole in him such that his life may be magnified for all to see - in you. This is the truth of the spirit of the most high God - King Jesus lives. Jesus is God - King Jesus is coming and is certainly already here.

Saturday, May 23, 2020

Do not worry about your life

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"
MATTHEW 6:25-27

Jesus is food - he is shelter - he is clothing - he is all life - he is abundant - he is true - his kingdom lasts forever - from everlasting to everlasting. Be not caught in the world  - Jesus has overcome the world and all that is in it. 

He overcame death for you to live in peace and freedom with the fore knowledge and truth that he is life. He is perfect and he is with you. In all things abandon your mind - your will and give freely to Jesus. In him are all things - with him is all truth.

As a follower of Christ - to worry about ones self is to say the Lord does not have a plan for this. "Do not worry" is what Jesus specifically asks of us. Set your gaze on him and he will provide what you need when you need it for what you need to do. Abandon your mind to Jesus and be set free.

Friday, May 22, 2020

I pray...that they may be one as we are one

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity."
John 17:20-23

In complete discipleship there are no options - no choices - only that the will of the father be done in me.  In despair - in sadness - in solace - these are emotions that must be broken free for the will of God to be complete. There is no longer "I" - just "him." The one who makes me clean - his will is my will. 

I am but a bondservant to Jesus Christ - in suffering - in pain - the Lord's will be done. For God is the truth - in this pain - it too shall pass - for the Lord God desires we live in peace and joy with him. My redeemer - my Lord - My Jesus.

God is not concerned about the plans you have designed for your life. God is concerned about his will being done in you such you will live the life he has prepared for you. This only happens through following Christ.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Seek first his kingdom

"So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
MATTHEW 6:31-34

To have life - you must seek Jesus. To have eternity - you must seek Jesus. To see Heaven - you must seek Jesus. Jesus is the life, the truth and the way. His way is above all else. This is life. You have no life without him. None.

The truth of our time on earth is simply to be used by God for his divine purpose. If you are not being used by God - if you are not centered on Christ Jesus - as surely as the Lord lives, I tell you - you are decaying flesh in the world. Life is only given by Jesus - through Jesus. Everything else is false and is passing away.

People live not centered on the living God Jesus Christ who overcame death, but rather on how to live in the world each passing day. Food, Clothes and money are the dominate thoughts of man that drives their day. Jesus says to "follow me." Jesus is saying to put him first and all these other things you need shall be provided by God. Focus on Jesus and you will always have what you need when you need it.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Stand firm, and you will win life

"You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. Everyone will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish. Stand firm, and you will win life."
LUKE 21:16-19

A new life in Christ is exactly that. There is not an old life - only a new commitment. Your spirit is new - new eyes - new ears - the Lord within. In patience, faith - trust - obedience - all things within you are truly made new.

In this new - there is you adjusting to a new life. Be free in Jesus in that you are guided perfectly in each moment. Jesus is purposeful in all things. His purpose for you is to be his perfect vessel such that his spirit and life will be seen in you.

We are not called to create tasks based on the Christian life, but rather develop an attitude of following Christ regardless of how you feel. The mood and attitude of an individual that serves Jesus is reconciled to the will of King Jesus being completed. The attitude is set on the face and life of Jesus.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Who shall separate us

"Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?"
ROMANS 8:33-35

To overcome death is to overcome sin. There is no situation that God is not aware of. In the fire we are made to look like him. We are not born of this world in Christ - we are born new in faith and baptism of the one who lives eternal - Christ Jesus. 

There are no accidents, no worries, no concerns - nothing that God has not planned. This is truth when walking in the spirit - Christ Jesus is God - deliverer of his people - keeper of all promises. God is truth - be easy in Jesus and trust his will is greater.

We are not immune for trouble and difficult periods of life. God is with you in trouble, in sadness and in hardship. Focus on God and he will focus his love on you.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Do not worry

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"
MATTHEW 6:25-27

There is really only one way to be - with Jesus in consciousness and unconsciousness - in this you are a perfect vessel of God - of perfect use in all things. This is the truth of Jesus - the truth of the spirit - the truth of God.

The eyes reveal God in life. Because he spoke - it is. Therefore, there is one life - Jesus Christ.

The continual thought of self keeps the Lord from being the first focus to fulfill what you need. The denial of self allows the Holy Spirit to live the life of Jesus in you. Jesus denied his own life for his father - for love. He asks you to deny yourself for him to live in you through the Holy Spirit. If you are living in your way - you cannot be in The Way. Jesus is the Truth of The Way to Eternal Life.

Sunday, May 17, 2020

He left them and was taken up to heaven

"When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven."
LUKE 24:50-51

The Lord's perfect plan came to fruition at the cross. It is there Jesus made us whole in him. It is Jesus desire that we as heirs - and children of the most high submit our will completely to him. That we accept him - his life - his truth - and his purpose. It is through this heart acceptance - through faith and obedience - we are to share in the Lord's glory.

He came to the cross such that we could be his family. Jesus - our brother - our blood, died for love, such that we would trust him with our lives and he can give us eternal life and be his brothers and sisters.


Saturday, May 16, 2020

His divine power has given us everything

"His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."
2 PETER 1:3-4

The human mind has been trained into false realities and truths. People say, "If I just had more money - this problem would not be." The truth is - there are no problems - simply situations of fire the Lord places us in to be glazed and cured into his image.

It is the attitude of the situation that causes angst, worry and doubt. With God, being poor is not a crime - being humble is to be divine. The kingdom of heaven is not like this earth. We must not walk this earth as children of it - but rather walk in freedom - in Jesus Christ. He rose to set us free - to give us the truth. There is no death in Christ Jesus.

We are called to participate in the "divine nature." There is no self pity in the divine nature of God, for the life of the spiritual person is derived from allowing the spirit of God to live in their flesh. Self pity has the eyes of your mind focused on yourself. There re no thoughts of self in the heavenly realms. There are no thoughts of self in King Jesus. He lived and died for you for the purpose of our father in heaven. Those who call Jesus Lord are to give their flesh to him and allow he has overcome the world to live in them.

Friday, May 15, 2020

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened

"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms..."
EPHESIANS 1:18-20

God pours the full measure of faith you need in every single situation. You are never lacking, never on accident, never in the wrong place. With God, you are his perfect vessel of transport. For God the father is a Spirit - he is love. In going to the cross, Jesus completed life as a man in faith of his birthright as the Son of God - Savior of man - King of the world.

Jesus is the full measure of faith - truth - love - grace. He is God manifested into the perfect flesh. There is no anguish - just truth of being a servant - an obedient son or daughter. In him is life - walk in his way.

The grand purpose of the life of Jesus was not only to forgive sin, but to allow his great power and love to be in you through the power of the Holy Spirit. He has done his part. The part of the Christian worker is rise to the life of Christ incarnate in you. If you remain in a state of misery, you have not been diligent in working out Christ in you. Be ever diligent in working your mind, voice and energy into the life Jesus has prepared for you to live.

Thursday, May 14, 2020

We are hard pressed, but not crushed

"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."
2 Corinthians 4:7-10

The truth of life here on earth is that until Jesus comes - the world is increasingly getting worse - dying - decaying - passing away. With it, the people - all impure. Jesus is life - he desires for his life to be seen in you. It is good to know that he is in everything you do. He is in you. 

No matter how uncomfortable, how scary, how new something may feel, he is in you. Give him the power and each moment will reveal his grace in you. Let him pour through. He is love. He is kindness. He feeds the hungry, clothes the unclothed, teaches, prays - Christ Jesus lives. Let him live in you. Submit all things to Jesus and be free.

It is one thing to be saved from hell, it is quite another to allow the Lord to manifest his life in your flesh through the Holy Spirit. The habit of obeying the calling of the Lord is the habit that gives life in the way that Jesus has prepared for you to walk and live.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Strive to keep your conscience clear before God

"However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man."
ACTS 24:14-16

The Holy Spirit - the Spirit of God - the very purpose of the risen Lord Christ Jesus - lives in his children. We are his and he is ours. There is no God, no truth, no life without Jesus. The voice within is his. He is always speaking - guiding - loving - teaching - holding. The Spirit of God - the voice of love that you hear inside is Christ Jesus the risen Lord.

Until his coming - which is soon - he sill lives with full power and authority of heaven on the inside. This is the truth of Jesus - the truth of the Holy Spirit - this is God - Emmanuel - God with us. Give everything to Jesus and obey his love.

Conscience is the inner voice that dictates and judges as to what behavior is right or wrong. When you cause your conscience to be directly pointed at Jesus, the way of King Jesus will be consistent in you as you obey his quiet direction. That which is the priority you have placed in your conscience will direct the path for which you walk.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Confirm your calling

"For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
2 PETER 1:8-11

When you have seen the Lord Jesus Christ - it makes obedience and faith quite simple. For the truth is the resurrected Lord. Therefore, there is no death - no suffering - only eternity in the Lord. To see him - you must know him - to know him - you must walk with him - to walk with him you must know his way - you must seek his will - to seek his will - you must know his word.

This is life - the truth - and the way. The word is God. The word is Jesus Christ. For if the only way to life is through Jesus Christ - there is but one way to live - through Jesus Christ.

A Christian can get caught up in the habit of worshipping God. The times for prayer are the same, the time for fellowship is arranged, the time for reading is kept in routine. The worship of God is not a habit that takes place on schedule but a state of being. Jesus had the father with him every moment of his life, for he was sent to fulfill the will of his father. Those who call Jesus Lord have the power of the Holy Spirit which provides the same direct line to the father. God is with you everywhere, therefore his will can be done without routine, but when he calls.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Perseverance in Godliness

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; "and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins."
2 Peter 1:5-9

To pour love from you, you must consciously choose to act and obey the word of the Lord. To love one another - to love your neighbor - this is exhibited by helping - teaching - giving - guiding. Always allow the Lord to work his word - his voice - and his ear into your flesh. It is him in you - his spirit that provides wisdom, knowledge and love.

To choose the Lord Jesus Christ is divine. Let him live through you in all situations. He is the sovereign perfect Lord, and we as humans are dependent on his love and his way to eternal life.

God is Love, the very nature of him is Love. He loves us, not because we are lovable, but because it is his nature - his way to be love. We are called to love in this way. Jesus says, "Love, as I have loved you." Jesus was always healing, loving, teaching, guiding, and showing his way by how he lived. This took effort, intention and discipline. He awoke each day with the single purpose of doing his father's will. We are called to do the same.

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Make every effort

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
2 Peter 1:3-6

Faith is worked out in action. It is always telling the truth - always loving - always living with honor - keeping your word - helping the poor - loving your neighbor - rebuking evil desires - rebuking yourself. There is no life except that given through Jesus Christ. Therefore, for Jesus to live in you, it is only his will that you should do.

Jesus is the way - his ways - his wisdom is known from beginning to end. Each of our hairs are numbered, just like our days. Only God knows his perfect plan for us. Take the initiative and live according to the will of God. Seek Jesus.

God will do his part and cleanse you of sin and direct your path. You must "add" to your faith goodness by meeting the Lord in action. He will not do for you, but rather give you a new heart and mind and provide you with the Holy Spirit. It is the spirit that teaches. You must get in the habit of seeking the Lord in all things, such that you will be the hands and feet for the Holy Spirit to do as needed for God.

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint

"Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;
    but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction."
PROVERBS 29:18

Ideals are a set of standards thought worthy of a higher life. The truth is, ideals are the law - they are works, empty and devoid of purpose. There is but one will and one vision - this instills one purpose - to do the will of the Lord your God. In his will, everything is perfect.

Lose yourself, your thoughts, your judgments. Be free of mental persecution in the thought of ideals. Jesus has set the captives free, Be free in him - his spirit - his truth - his way. There is but one way to heaven - Christ Jesus. He is King of the world.

When we lose sight of God, the vision is lost. We create an internal moral compass of ideals that anguish our decisions of right and wrong. A vision of God provides motivational incentive to be diligent in the purpose of God. Without the vision concentrated on God, ideals are formed based on the idea of God which does not create action. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.

Friday, May 8, 2020

Endure patiently

Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God.
REVELATION 3:10-12


Patience in faith is endured only through the truth of Jesus Christ. He is real - his way - is the only way to the kingdom. There is nothing to receive but the divine intercession of the most high God in every aspect of life. Wait not for items or monetary benefit, but rather to be made perfect on the inside, such that only the new life of Jesus may be seen in you. This is the re-birth.

Be faithfully patient in knowing God is in all things and his ways are Holy. To receive the power and kingdom, the truth must be made whole in you. Abandon yourself fully to Christ Jesus - be made perfect in him.

God prepares us for the big moments in which we will not waiver. In the life of Jesus, he was perfect. Flawless without areas needing to made perfect. He is perfect. In him, through the Holy Spirit, we can be too. Patient endurance is in the understanding of the mundane that God is perfectly in control of you. With God, you are always where you are supposed to be. 

Thursday, May 7, 2020

The cost of discipleship

"Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?"
LUKE 14:25-28

All life belongs to Jesus Christ. He willingly sacrificed himself for his father such that all people may live through him. Therefore, there is no such life without Jesus. It is not enough to know his name. You must seek him personally. Learn his ways. In him is all truth - realized when walking with him. God is love. God is truth.

Jesus is the way. There is no work for God. There is no, "I did this" before God. He does all things. If you feel you do things for God - you are not rightly related. For Jesus came to bring you himself - his spirit. Therefore, all things are done with God for his purposes.

Jesus states that if you are not completely, deliberately and passionately his, then you honor something or someone greater in your life and thus cannot be his disciple. God uses men and women to fulfill his will. To be completely his, is to to free and patient where you are. Jesus uses people that choose his will above anything else in their life. Choose Jesus with all of you heart, mind and strength and he will place you where he has selected you to be. Choosing Jesus allows God to move in your life such they he can provide for you the plan that he has prepared for you. 

Salvation and eternity in heaven were paid for by Jesus, he incurred the cost that we could not pay. He is the foundation of life because he is life. All other roads lead to death. A foundation built on Jesus is one that never fails. 

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
GALATIANS 5:1

There is no life without Jesus. There is no truth without Jesus. There is no love without Jesus. God has called us to be abandoned completely to his will. This is shown in Christ Jesus - Our Savior. Through his spirit we are brought into harmony with the most high. We are created by him for his purpose - nothing else.

There are not many ways into heaven.  There is but one way - the Lord's way - through Jesus - with Jesus. There is no God but Jesus. Be free in what he has given, for everything of the world is passing away - very truly I tell you.

Jesus said, "Go and make disciples." He did not say share your opinion with others and convince them. The life of a disciple is directed in all ways by the life of Jesus. It is his yoke that they bear. Be present minded to the allegiances that guide you. Be also conscious of the yoke that you bear unto others, if it is not of Jesus, do not lead others into unnecessary burden. 

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed

If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And,
“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
1 PETER 4:14-18

Self reliance is the enemy of the house of God. What can a mere human - a creation by the most high God - do for the creator of the moon and stars? Self thought - self ability - is not giving of yourself. You must no longer live in the flesh to see Jesus in you. All things are God's. When all reliance is on God, all is made whole in God.

This is how the metal is purified. It must be burned in the fire, thus a new shape may emerge. A beautiful new creation set apart for the purpose of him - for Christ Jesus. His will must live in you - abandon your heart and mind to God.

Salvation is a gift and plan conceived and created by God, not man. Man cannot fathom God, though every effort is made to do so. Jesus Christ is the good news. He is risen and has freed us from sin. Salvation is not an experience but rather a new way, the way to heaven through Christ Jesus. Salvation occurs in the giving over your understanding and turning your old ways to his way. For those that find it difficult to get to God, never sympathize with them. A Christian worker does not rationalize why God is difficult, but rather presents the good news of salvation in the name of Jesus Christ.

Monday, May 4, 2020

Let us draw near

19" Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. "
HEBREWS 10:19-22

There is no life except through Jesus Christ. This means his will supersedes ours. It means his will is greater than ours. He knows all things for it has been pre-planned. Rest not in yourself, but in the fact that Jesus Christ is God. His will, therefore, is greater.

Thus, in sympathy you recognize feeling and condition with one not set in the truth of Christ Jesus. This truth is that he is in all circumstances - bending - molding and creating his people for his perfect will, because his will is greater than ours.

To completely give in to the will of Jesus through Holy Spirit, we have to completely change our understanding of sympathy to self and others, such that we have complete faith that God's new way in us is exactly the way he desires it to be. Be present minded not to intercede on behalf of your line of idea and sin. We cling to our old ways and say this does not need to change, there is no sin here.

The truth is that sin died with Jesus if you identify with Jesus. To identify with Jesus is to choose Jesus and his way. Only his blood will clean you allowing a new mind and new heart to take hold inside you through Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Be confidant in Jesus - he is the only truth of life for life.

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Pray in the Spirit on all occasions

"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."
EPHESIANS 6:18-20

There is no will but that of our father in heaven. In him is all truth - to sympathize is to humanize - not to heavenize. The Lord is all in all, therefore in sympathy you give recognition to giving into another's self-feeling circumstance. This act loses sight of God' greater and better purpose. God is love. Even in breaking - he is creating himself in you. Some parts are rough, tough to mold, but God is truth and he will be seen in you. Jesus lives. The Holy Spirit is God in heaven - our father most high - Christ Jesus lives - all praise is his.

Obedience to God can cost more than anticipated. The line of sympathy is a stance of recognizing the cost associated with God and not the rebirth. This line of thought is an identification to self which stands in the way of intercession. The rebirth of God in you is one in which the Spirit grows strong in maturity in you as you allow it, changing your old ways for the way of the Lord.

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Though it will linger, wait for it

" Then the Lord replied:
“Write down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald may run with it.
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
    it speaks of the end
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
    it will certainly come
    and will not delay."
HABAKKUK 2:2-3

If you are living life in personal satisfaction you can be assured that you have given in to the world. The vision and purpose of God is eternal. It is not a once and done. The spirit is all the time. Jesus did not heal on appointment, he healed because it was the will of his father.

Likewise with us, we are not but perfect vessels in Jesus Christ. The spirit within - from above - the spirit that binds us into eternity is constant - all consuming. Rest not in personal satisfaction, but strive to be free in the spirit to always be doing the Lord's will.

Patience is not laziness or uncaring, but rather a strength that can withstand all obstacles in the interim of the vision. For once you have had the vision of God, the spirit will stir the drive to be patient in knowing that the vision is of God. Moses did not complain about walking in the wilderness for 40 years because his sight was on God. He was patient in the present of daily life because he was devoted to God, not time or personal pursuits.

Friday, May 1, 2020

We live by faith, not by sight

"Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it."
2 CORINTHIANS 5:5-9

We are here as sons and daughters of the most high to do his will - not ours. That means in doing God's will, we do not have emotion. Emotion is individual based. It comes from a worry or some unknown fear that enters the mind when you take the path of God - which is unknown.

The walk with Jesus is one of faith and obedience. It is more about self denial with Jesus such that he can mold you perfect for his Holy purpose. It is the Lord's will we pray for God's will, not ours. He knows better than us. Pray for God's will to be done in you - then let Jesus live in faith.

When at first the Lord gains our attention in a matter of inspiration, we pledge our allegiance to him. When the Lord begins his work in us and the trials and difficulties become tiresome, our faces become sad and tired. It is in the unknown in which he desires to do his will - as obscure people far from praise. It is in the daily life that the Lord needs workers. We are molded and tested in the small and obscure to be made whole, willing to do the Lord's will in all situations we are placed.