Thought For The Day

WE ARE SEEING A TIME OF GREAT LIES AND DECEPTION IN THE EARTH AT THIS TIME. IT'S AS THOUGH THE ENEMY HAS SOWED SO MANY LIES, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW JESUS, WE HAVE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH. JOHN 16: 13-14 (JESUS SPEAKING) " HOWEVER, WHEN HE,THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, HAS COME.  HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH; FOR HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY, BUT WHATEVER HE HEARS HE WILL SPEAK; AND HE WILL TELL YOU THINGS TO COME. HE WILL GLORIFY ME, FOR HE WILL TAKE WHAT IS MINE AND DECLARE IT TO YOU. SATAN'S VERY NATURE IS TO LIE.  HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF ALL LIES.  THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM.  HE IS FULL OF STRIFE AND TROUBLE. 2 TIMOTHY 2:23-26 BUT AVOID FOOLISH AND IGNORANT DISPUTES, KNOWING THAT THEY GENERATE STRIFE. AND A SERVANT OF THE LORD MUST NOT QUARREL, BUT BE GENTLE TO ALL, ABLE TO TEACH, PATIENT IN HUMILITY CORRECTING THOSE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION.   IF GOD PERHAPS WILL GRANT THEM REPENTANCE, SO THAT THEY MAY KNOW TRU

THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO BE THE HOLY SPIRIT POLICE. THEY TEND TO RUN IN WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD. (LIKE THE OLD SONG SAYS) SOME ARE SO SUPER-SPIRITUAL, THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW MORE THAN GOD. (PRIDE) THEY GO INTO A SITUATION, BEFORE PRAYER AND GOD'S DIRECTION  AND IT  CAN CAUSE A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR YOU AND THEM. THERE ARE SOME  PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HIT BOTTOM, BEFORE THEY WILL TURN TO THE LORD AND FULLY COMMIT TO HIM. FOR IF WE THROW PILLOWS UNDER SOMEONE TO CUSHION THEIR FALL, WE COULD BE INTERFERING WITH GOD'S PURPOSE, PLAN AND HIS TIMING. WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM AND PRAY FOR  THEM, AND FEED THEM GOD'S WORD AND NATURAL FOOD IF THEY ARE HUNGRY. ISAIAH 55:11 SO SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOES FORTH FROM MY MOUTH;  IT SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME VOID, BUT IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH WHAT I PLEASE, AND IT SHALL PROSPER IN THE THING FOR WHICH I SENT IT. GOD WILL BRING THEM THROUGH TO HIS LIGHT AND LOVE AND SALVATION IN HIS TIMING AND WAY. NO ONE COMES TO T

WHEN WE ARISE FROM OUR NIGHTS SLEEP, FIRST THING ON OUR MIND SHOULD BE OUR LORD.  HE HAS GIVEN ME ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, AND WE PRAISE YOU LORD! MATTHEW 24:44 THEREFORE YOU ALSO BE READY, FOR THE SON OF MAN IS COMING AT AN HOUR YOU DO NOT EXPECT. SINCE GOD PLANS ALL OUR DAYS, AND ALREADY KNOWS WHAT WE WILL DO AND WHERE WE WILL GO, WE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT JESUS IS RIGHT THERE BESIDE US, THANK HIM FOR HIS PRESENCE. WE ARE TO LIVE AS THOUGH TODAY IS THE DAY OF HIS RETURN. BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY COULD BE. MATTHEW 26:41 WATCH AND PRAY, LEST YOU ENTER INTO TEMPTATION.  THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK. ARE YOU PRAYING FOR YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST WHO ARE BEING PERSECUTED ?  TORTURED AND MURDERED FOR THEIR FAITH?   THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD. EXCEPT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, IT COULD BE YOU AND I. WE HAVE TO REMIND OUR FLESH THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING AND WE ARE TO STAY ALERT AND FULL OF THE POWER OF THE LORD. WHERE THE WORD OF KING JESUS IS,

TOO MANY OF GOD'S KIDS ARE CARRYING AROUND GUILT AND SHAME.   THAT IS NOT WHY JESUS DIED IN YOUR PLACE. HE DIED ON THAT CRUEL GROSS SO THAT YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GUILT AND SHAME AND ALL REGRETS.  HE CARRIED YOUR GUILT AND SHAME, SO LET IT GO! I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I AM CONVICTED OF SOMETHING, LIKE A THOUGHT OR DEED, I GO TO MY FATHER AND SAY " FATHER I SEE THAT AND I AM CHANGING MY MIND NOW ABOUT IT,  THANK YOU THAT JESUS HAS ALREADY PAID FOR IT." AND THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALED IT. REPENTANCE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CLOSES THE DOOR TO THE ACCUSER, AND WE RETURN TO OUR FREEDOM THAT JESUS BOUGHT FOR US. WE REPENT OUT OF RESPECT OF WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST.  SAYING I AM SORRY FOR A SLIGHT OR WRONG IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY CHRISTIAN. REPENTANCE CAUSES SPIRITUAL GROWTH TO TAKE PLACE.  WE BECOME STRONGER IN THE AREA WE HAD FAILED IN. GOD  DOES NOT WANT US TO CARRY AROUND A SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS.   HE WANTS US FREE TO PRAISE HIM AND COME BOLDLY INTO HIS PRESENCE.

LOVE IS SOMETHING WE DO, NOT JUST SAY, THEN NOT DO.  GOD'S LOVE REQUIRES A COMMITMENT. LOVE HAS TO BE A SACRIFICE AT TIMES, BECAUSE THE LOVE YOU SHOW A BROKEN BRUISED PERSON, MIGHT SNAP BACK AND BITE YOU. ( BEEN THERE AND HAVE DONE THAT) WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU WILL TELL THEM THE  TRUTH.  THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO HARM THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE, WITH WORDS OR DEEDS. UNKIND WORDS HURT, SO USE YOUR WORDS TO BUILD UP, NOT TEAR DOWN. 1 PETER 4:8 AND ABOVE ALL THINGS HAVE FERVENT LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS" ROMANS 12:9 LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY , ABHOR WHAT IS EVIL.  CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD. HYPOCRISY, IS A PRETENSE OF BEING WHAT YOU ARE NOT. YOU WEAR TWO FACES, AND NEITHER CAN BE TRUSTED.  DON'T BE A  HYPOCRITE. BELOVED, BE A SINCERE PERSON OF LOVE, GOD'S LOVE  SUPERSEDES OUR HUMAN NATURAL LOVE.   OUR NATURAL LOVE SAYS, IF I LIKE WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT YOU DO, THEN I WILL LOVE YOU. GOD'

SINCE MOST OF US ARE SHUT IN FOR A SEASON, WE CAN APPRECIATE WHATEVER WE SEE THAT IS AROUND US.  REALLY APPRECIATE GOD'S CREATION. GENESIS 1:20-21 THEN GOD SAID, "LET THE WATERS ABOUND WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF LIVING CREATURES, AND LET THE BIRDS FLY ABOVE THE EARTH ACROSS THE FACE OF THE FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVENS. SO GOD CREATED GREAT SEA CREATURES AND EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVES, WITH WHICH THE WATERS ABOUNDED, OF LIVING CREATURES, ACCORDING TO THEIR KIND, EVERY WINGED BIRD ACCORDING TO ITS KIND, AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. I WATCHED THE LITTLE BIRDS OUT OF MY WINDOW, THEY ARE SUCH BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. HOW THEY INTRICATELY MAKE A NEST FOR THEIR YOUNG.   I WATCHED HOW THE MAMA BIRD TOOK HER BABIES OUT OF THE TREE AND SHOWED THEM THE DISH I PUT OUT FOR THEM WITH WATER. HOW SHE WARNED THEM WHEN I LET THE DOGS OUT, SHE TOOK THEM BACK IN THE TREE.  I WATCHED AND WHEN I BROUGHT THE DOGS IN, SHE BROUGHT THEM AGAIN FOR A DRINK AND BATH.  (WATCHING THE SIMPLE THINGS IN

WE ARE TO PURSUE PEACE, AND SEEK PEACE, AND PROMOTE PEACE AND BLESS OTHERS WITH OUR PEACE , AND MAKE PEACE, THAT COMES FROM GOD. TO PURSUE IS; TO RUN AFTER, WE ARE TO FOLLOW IT AND OVERTAKE IT, CAPTURE IT. JOHN 14:27 " PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.  MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU, NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE YOU TO YOU.   LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID. SINCE JESUS HAS ALREADY GIVEN US HIS PEACE, WE NEED TO HOLD ONTO IT.   IF WE FEEL WE DON'T HAVE PEACE IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE LET IT GO, AND WE HAVE TAKEN OUR EYES OFF OF JESUS. PURSUE PEACE, RUN AFTER IT.  YOU CAN DO THAT, BY RUNNING TO GOD'S WORD AND READING ALL HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT PEACE. JAMES 3:18 NOW THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SOWN IN PEACE BY THOSE WHO MAKE PEACE. ISAIAH 26:3 YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU. BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. HEBREWS 12:14 ,  PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE, AND HOLINESS, WITH WHICH NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD;  LOOKING CAREFU

WE NEED TO KNOW GOD'S WORD IN ORDER TO RIGHTLY BALANCE WHAT WE ARE HEARING IN OUR CHRISTIAN WORLD. WE HEAR ALL KINDS OF THINGS TODAY, THAT TICKLE OUR EARS AND SOUND GOOD TO US AND SURELY THEY SOUND SENSIBLE, TO THE NATURAL MIND,  BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST AND WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCES, SOME OF WHAT WE HEAR, JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. BUT ANYTIME SOMEONE EMBELLISHES GOD'S WORD TO MAKE THEIR POINT IN ERROR , IT IS PRIDE.  (SATAN'S NATURE) GOD'S WORD STANDS ON ITS OWN. JUDE 1:1-4 JUDE, A BONDSERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST AND BROTHER OF JAMES, TO THOSE WHO ARE CALLED, SANCTIFIED BY GOD THE FATHER, AND PRESERVED IN JESUS CHRIST:   MERCY, PEACE, AND LOVE BE MULTIPLIED TO YOU. BELOVED, WHILE I WAS VERY DILIGENT TO WRITE TO YOU CONCERNING OUR COMMON SALVATION, I FOUND IT NECESSARY TO WRITE EXHORTING YOU TO CONTEND EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS. JUDE, IS TRYING TO WARN HIS FELLOW BELIEVERS. 4. FOR CERTAIN MEN HAVE CREPT I

GOD'S GRACE IS BEING MISREPRESENTED. YES, WE HAVE THE GRACE OF GOD, BUT READ THE WHOLE STORY. IT IS NOT A LICENSE TO SIN, AND ALLOW YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO, BECAUSE YOU ARE COVERED BY GRACE,  WRONG! 1 CORINTHIANS 6: 17-20 BUT HE WHO IS JOINED TO THE LORD IS ONE SPIRIT WITH HIM.   FLEE SEXUAL IMMORALITY.  EVERY SIN MAN DOES IS OUTSIDE THE BODY, BUT HE WHO COMMITS SEXUAL IMMORALITY SINS AGAINST HIS OWN BODY. OR DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS IN YOU, YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN? FOR YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE; THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND YOUR SPIRIT, WHICH ARE GOD'S. BELOVED, IF THE ENEMY HAS ENSNARED YOU, BE QUICK TO REPENT. CHANGE YOUR MIND AND ACTIONS. GET BACK INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD. WE HAVE A MEDIATOR, JESUS CHRIST. WE NEED ONE, WHILE LIVING IN THIS HUMAN BODY. IF THERE IS NO REPENTANCE THEN WHY DO WE NEED A MEDIATOR?  THERE IS NEED FOR REPENTANCE AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE LORD. NONE OF US ARE PERFEC

ARE WE TRYING TO REPAY GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US?  THAT'S AN INSULT AND AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. HE ASKS US TO LOVE HIM, NOT REPAY HIM. PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE BROWNIE POINTS WITH THE LORD BY ALL THEIR GOOD WORKS. GOOD WORKS ARE JUST THAT, THEY ARE AN OVERFLOW OF OUR LOVE FOR GOD AND PEOPLE. BUT THEY DO NOT IMPRESS GOD.  HE IS HAPPY THAT WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, AS THAT REVEALS HIS SONS NATURE.   BUT JESUS WANTS US TO FEEL FREE, NOT OBLIGATED TO REPAY HIM WITH OUR WORKS. WE WANT TO SERVE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, ONLY BECAUSE WE LOVE THE LORD. IF WE LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR HEART, WE WILL WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM TELLING HIM SO. JESUS SAID THERE ARE TWO COMMANDMENTS, MATTHEW 22:37-39 JESUS SAID TO THEM,  'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND." THIS IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT, AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT; YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE

WHEN WE TEND TO ALLOW WORRY TO COME INTO OUR MIND, WE LET IT TAKE AWAY TODAY'S PEACE. WE ARE GIVEN ONE DAY AT A TIME, LIVE THAT DAY TRUSTING AND WORSHIPING THE LORD, AND WORRY WILL HAVE NO PLACE IN YOUR MIND. SET YOUR PRIORITIES IN ORDER.  LOVE AND ENJOY THOSE AROUND YOU TODAY. MATTHEW 6:34 "THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITS OWN THINGS. SUFFICIENT  FOR THE DAY IS ITS OWN TROUBLE. JESUS MADE IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE, LIVE TODAY. WE HAVE NO  GUARANTEES FOR ANOTHER DAY, SO WHY NOT ENJOY WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU. WE BORROW TROUBLE FOR OUR MIND WHEN WE DO NOT HEED THE WORD O GOD. ENJOY YOUR DAY! AND BE PRODUCTIVE FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. BE IT PRAYING, SHARING JESUS WITH A LOST SOUL, OR ENCOURAGING ANOTHER BELIEVER WHO IS GETTING BOGGED DOWN WITH LIFE. I KNOW MANY MINISTERS THAT TEND TO TAKE ON TOO MUCH, AND THEY NEED TO DELEGATE OTHERS WHO ARE HONORABLE AND CAN HELP OUT. GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO WEAR OURSELVES OUT.  THAT IS AN

OUR REASONING IS FLAWED, WE KNOW IN PART, WE DO NOT KNOW IT ALL,  ALTHOUGH SOME MAY THINK THEY DO. (PRIDE) WE NEED TO STOP MAKING EXCUSES WHEN THINGS DO NOT GO OUR WAY OR ARE INCONVENIENT FOR US. ( THE SIN THAT SO EASILY ENSNARES US) WHEN WE HAVE CHOSEN TO GO AHEAD OF THE BEST GOD HAS FOR US, WE WILL MISS A BLESSING. EXCUSES ARE JUST DRESSED UP LIES.  THERE IS SOME TRUTH MIXED WITH A LIE. ISAIAH 77:11-14 I WILL REMEMBER THE WORKS OF THE LORD;  SURELY I WILL REMEMBER YOUR WONDERS OF OLD. I WILL ALSO MEDITATE ON ALL YOUR WORK, AND TALK OF YOUR DEEDS.   YOUR WAY O GOD, IS IN THE SANCTUARY; WHO IS SO GREAT A GOD AS OUR GOD? ALL OF GOD'S GOOD REASONS ARE IN HIS WORD.  THEY ARE THERE TO PROTECT US, AND REVEAL HIS TRUTH TO US AND TO GROW US IN THE LORD. PROVERBS 3:5-6 TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING;  IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS. IT'S IN OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE GET INTO TROUBLE. 

ARE WE READY TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S KIND OF LOVE? ARE WE READY TO SACRIFICE, FORGETTING OURSELVES, AND FOCUS ON THE LEADING OF THE LORD. LOOK AT THE SACRIFICE THAT JESUS MADE FOR US. WE CERTAINLY CAN AND SHOULD DO THE SAME FOR OTHERS.  THAT IS, TO BE WILLING TO DIE TO OUR WANTS AND DESIRES, AND MAKE A SACRIFICE OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES, TALENTS AND GIFTS. HEBREWS 13:16 BUT DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD AND SHARE, FOR WITH SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED. WE ARE TO GIVE UP ONE THING FOR THE SAKE OF ANOTHER, THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO SACRIFICE. BELOVED, GO OUT OF YOUR WAY FOR SOMEONE AND TOUCH THEM FOR JESUS WITH HIS LOVE. LOVE THAT SAYS, ITS NOT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, OR WHERE THEY ARE NOW IN THEIR LIFE,  IT IS THE PLACE WHERE GOD'S LOVE CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. ALWAYS PLACE YOURSELF IN ANOTHER PERSONS SHOES, AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT TO SAY AS YOU YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. GOD WILL REVEAL TO YOU, WHAT YOU MUST DO TO SHOW HIS LOVE. WHAT THEIR NEED

OUR HARD TRIALS WILL ALWAYS EXPOSE HOW MUCH WE HAVE GROWN IN THE LORD. ARE WE FEARFUL, WORRIED, CONFUSED, UNSURE OF OUR NEXT MOVE? THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS KIND OF TRIAL.  COULD BE THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER, OR CLOSE FRIEND. FINANCES CHANGING, OR A SICKNESS. WERE THERE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF GOD TO SUPPORT YOU?   WERE  YOU TRYING TO GO IT ALONE AND NOT ASK FOR HELP? JESUS SAID, ASK AND RECEIVE. WE ALL NEED SOMEONE WE CAN DEPEND ON IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.  SOMEONE THAT WILL STAND WITH US IN FAITH THROUGH THICK AND THIN. 1 JOHN 3:16 BY THIS WE KNOW LOVE, BECAUSE HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US, AND WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE BRETHREN. 1 JOHN 4:7-8 BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE IS OF GOD; AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES IS BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE. NEVER FORGET BELOVED, THAT GOD IS OUR REFUGE. HIS LOVE IS THERE TO COMFORT US. PSALM 46:1-3 GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH, A VERY

GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A HOLY REMNANT THAT HE COULD COUNT ON TO STAY FAITHFUL. NOT EVERYONE THAT CLAIMS TO BE A CHRISTIAN ARE IN THIS COMPANY OF THE HOLY REMNANT. MANY ARE FALLING AWAY, LISTENING TO THE ENEMY AND FOLLOWING THE DECEPTION IN THE WORLD. THE HOLY REMNANT IS VICTORIOUS.  THEY HAVE OVERCOME SOME HARD THINGS AND THEY ARE GROWING AND READY FOR WHATEVER THE LORD HAS FOR THEM. THEY ARE NOT FULL OF PRIDE OR ARROGANCE, THEY ARE A HUMBLE GROUP OF BELIEVERS WHO KNOW THAT THEIR GOD IS FAITHFUL,  AND THAT HE WILL COME THROUGH FOR THEM,  AS THEY HAVE A RECORD IN THEIR HEART AND MIND ABOUT PAST EXPERIENCES WHERE GOD PROVED FAITHFUL. THE PROPHET ELIJAH, SPOKE FROM PRIDE WHEN HE TOLD THE LORD  THAT HE WAS THE ONLY PROPHET LEFT.  1 KINGS 19:11 THEN HE SAID "GO OUT AND STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN BEFORE THE LORD." AND BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY, AND A GREAT AND STRONG WIND TORE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND BROKE THE ROCKS IN PIECES BEFORE THE LORD,  BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE W