Let perseverance finish its work

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

JAMES 1:2-4

The Lord is the greatest teacher ever. He never tires, never waivers, he is always making you whole - a complete transformation of mind and heart - not from the mind any longer. To be with God is for all time. It is not a brief moment on a Sunday morning. It is ALL things - sleeping, dreaming, thinking, loving, teaching. Every aspect of life renewed in Jesus name is completely made new into the most pleasing ways to the Lord!

We are called to be a light for Jesus through his Holy Spirit. This relationship is both internal and external in expression. God will not let the character of the disciple be unfinished as it is his very purpose for you to do his will perfectly. In this - the Lord will return you to a situation over and over until his way has been realized. His very purpose is for you to be a complete and finished creation in him. Should you return to face the same obstacle repeatedly, recognize this as a moment for perseverance - seek the Lord in prayer moment by moment and allow him to show you a new way to pass through the situation.

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 2:24-25

Jesus Christ is your lone salvation. No job, no man, no entity besides the living God can truly help. As your mind and body are renewed in Christ Jesus you will become disillusioned from the false realities of this world and tuned in completely to the spirit forces acting through people to deliver messages.

Trust in the Lord and you shall no longer be blind or dead to the spiritual truths of life. 

Jesus did not trust any man, but he was not bitter. The confident and Holy life of Jesus was based solely on his trust in God to bring about the change in man. Trust based on the human line will always end in dissatisfaction and disaster. There is no cynical nature to Jesus because of his knowledge of man. Jesus came to set us free - to show us how to live for God - to show us how to love our neighbor.

The clouds of God

“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”

    and “every eye will see him,

even those who pierced him”;

    and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”

So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

REVELATION 1:7-8

The clouds signify personal life struggles that represent God in the clearest form. Maturing in God and accepting scripture as the only life tool, is essential to creating a full complete dependence on the Lord. If you depend on others - Jesus is not the only way. God will save you.

He created the heavens and the earth. He loves you the most. Just depend on him. He will come. Soon.

The clouds represent that God is there - within the struggle - within the fight - within the pain - within the sadness. There is no need for God if there are no clouds. It is within the cloud of faith that you are made wise and faith is strengthened and righteousness is earned. It is within the cloud the Lord teaches you to change your old ways and begin a new way.

Jesus is a teacher and he will mold you by the measure of your obedience to him. 

Obedience to Jesus

 "Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray."

MARK 6:45-46

Obedience is the essence of the loving God in Heaven. Obedience is when you have complete dependence on the father in heaven to guide you through the second by second nature of a chaotic or nice day. It is not saying, "when I do this - do I get this?" No - in being obedient in the face turmoil the Lord brings peace and wisdom - allowing you and Jesus to deal together with the day.

The purpose of obedience is to be molded into the Lord's image. A person who does their own will above the desired will of God is of no use to God. The situation of the present moment is the task at hand for the Lord. He is a God of now. He may give a vision of a time in the future - but the vision is realized in obedience to the one who gave the vision. The process of molding occurs only in the current as that is when the fire of the Lord burns the hottest and thus you are ripe for a new way. The victory is in choosing Jesus and his way.

When Jesus began to pass his disciples in the boat while he was walking on the lake, Peter asked the Lord to call him to do the same, Jesus replied, "Come," at once Peter walked on the lake. At the moment the wind swept through, Peter became scared and began to sink. "You of little faith" replied Jesus as he grabbed Peters hand and got in the boat. It is the power of your faith in Jesus that powers The Holy Spirit in you.

My teaching...comes from the one who sent me

“My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me. Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him."

JOHN 7:16-18

The world, your friends and your family will think you have lost it. Obedience to God is first - when the word of God comes upon you - obedience is ALL you can do. Do not be guided by worldly pressures. 

The measure of success in this world has shifted from having God to having money. Do NOT fall into that trap of placing distance between you and your creator. Jesus will take care of you. Blessed are those that have not seen, but still believe.

The spiritual dialogue between you and the Lord occurs in the spirit. The Lord will ask you to do a thing for him. The choice to do the thing is obedience. Darkness in the spiritual life is found through not doing what the Lord asks. God will make you sensitive in areas that you never thought of previously. Do not shrink from the task of the Lord. Think not of how people will perceive you in obedience - but rather how you are pleasing to the most high God - to the Lord of Heavens Armies. Jesus has prepared "the way" for you to go and his way is only found through obedience to him.

Purity of Heart

“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

MATTHEW 15:18-20

Jesus Christ is love. The father created all of us. In doing so, he gave us a heart and a brain. Jesus taught us to use our hearts - to let go of our minds and live for and with pure love. He is the only authority on the human heart. 

Give everything you have to the Lord - it is his anyway. Let go - be removed and purified as only the Lord can do for you.

Purity of the heart is the desire of the Lord. There is no purity in evil planning or any thought on the line of immorality. There is a reverence for ignorance in regard to the knowledge of Jesus on the line that he is Holy and you are not. This is a true statement  -  it is very specifically the Lords desire that you are Holy because he is Holy and he gives you this option through faith in him and his Holy Spirit.

Innocence and ignorance are not the same. Innocence falls on the line of sinning in unawareness and at once you are made aware of your sin - you seek forgiveness and do not return to the situation. Ignorance falls on the line of sinning in unawareness and at once you are made aware of your sin - you say you are just human with no conviction to alter your state of awareness.

At once the immoral feelings of humanity bubble up inside you, seek the Lord's help in renewing your heart and mind into his loving way. Be awake in Christ and dead to the false teachings of this fading world. The truth is his kingdom and it lasts from everlasting to everlasting.

Blessings of The Holy Spirit

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,

    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 Blessed are those who mourn,

    for they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,

    for they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

    for they will be filled.

Blessed are the merciful,

    for they will be shown mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart,

    for they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,

    for they will be called children of God.

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

MATTHEW 5:3-10

The teachings of the bible and Jesus are often looked at like nice statements to give people hope. When you surrender all of your heart to Jesus though - he makes you new - alive in the spirit. Transformed into what the Lord has already created you to be.

Surrendering to Jesus is his que for the father to fill you with the spirit. It is through this transformation that the bible becomes life.

"The Way" in which Jesus asks for you to live is specifically counter to the way of the world. The beatitudes are promises of the blessings that you will receive from the Holy Spirit when you choose Jesus and his way by faith. Jesus does not give information that does not lead to life. He is The Life.

Every written word that Jesus spoke was for the purpose of the kingdom of heaven. He did not speak to make people feel good or tell them what they want to hear. No - he specifically spoke about what people need to do to see the kingdom of heaven. Jesus does not speak in the abstract but rather in the littoral. It is this same and singular purpose of teaching and declaring life that will become the disposition of the disciple - this is the truth of the transformation in Christ.