Thought For The Day

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL HEART THAT PUMPS THE BLOOD THROUGH OUR BODY THAT KEEPS US ALIVE. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL HEART THE VERY CENTER OF WHO WE ARE.  ALL THAT IS IN OUR SOUL. PROVERBS 4:20-23 MY SON, GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS;  INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS. DO NOT LET THEM DEPART FROM YOUR EYES;  KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF YOUR HEART; FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND THEM,  AND HEALTH TO ALL THEIR FLESH. KEEP YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE, FOR OUT OF IT SPRING THE ISSUES OF LIFE. WE HAVE A CENTER IN OUR BEING CALLED THE HEART.   WHERE ALL OUR DESIRES ARE AND OUR WILL AND EMOTIONS, THE HEART IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF OUR SOUL. ALL THAT WE ARE DEEP DOWN TO THE CORE OF OUR BEING. WE ARE TO KEEP OUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE, BY FEEDING THE WORD OF GOD TO IT, THAT WILL KEEP IT HEALTHY. JESUS REMOVED OUR OLD SPIRIT.  HE PAID THE PRICE OF DEATH ON HIS CROSS FOR OUR  OLD SPIRIT FULL OF SIN AND REBELLION AGAINST GOD, AND HE GAVE US A NEW BORN AGAIN S

WHEN THINGS AROUND US SEEM UNCERTAIN, WE  HAVE A TENDENCY TO QUESTION GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.  WILL HE COME THROUGH THIS TIME?  IS THIS HIS PLAN FOR US NOW?  IS HE STILL IN CONTROL? YES, GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.   HE IS REMOVING THE IDOLS IN OUR LIFE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORSHIPING IN THIS WORLD. SPORTS, SHOPPING MALLS,  PLEASURES THIS WORLD OFFERS, THINGS THAT TOOK OUR TIME FROM THINGS GOD SAID TO DO. THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE CALLED OUT OF EGYPT, (REPRESENTS THIS WORLD)  WE ARE ALSO BEING CALLED OUT OF OUR SLEEP, TIME TO WAKE-UP CHURCH AND BE ABOUT OUR FATHERS BUSINESS. BELOVED YOU CAN NOT TAKE A THING WITH YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SET OUR MIND TO REMEMBER OTHER TIMES GOD HAS COME THROUGH,  THOUGH IT USUALLY IS AT THE LAST MOMENT. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 GOD IS FAITHFUL, BY WHOM YOU WERE CALLED INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. I USE TO SING A SONG IN DIFFERENT CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY, CALLED "HE'S BEEN FAITHFU

GOD'S PROMISES ARE WAITING TO BE REVEALED TO US.  BUT THERE ARE CONDITIONS TO BE MET FIRST. ALL HIS PROMISES ARE YES, AMEN.  NOTICE THE COMMA.  PROMISES ARE SOMETHING IN OUR FUTURE. ONE TIME IN A CHURCH I WAS MINISTERING IN, I SAID I HAVE COME TO PREACH A COMMA.  2  CORINTHIANS 1:20 THEY LOOKED PUZZLED, BUT WHEN I FINISHED, THEY FULLY UNDERSTOOD. MANY CAME UP FOR PRAYER. 2 PETER 1:2-4 GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED TO YOU IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD, AS HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN TO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US BY GLORY AND VIRTUE, BY WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US EXCEEDINGLY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, THAT THROUGH THESE YOU MAY BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION THAT IS IN THE WORLD THROUGH LUST. NOTICE, THAT LIFE AND GODLINESS GO TOGETHER. GOD'S PROMISES ARE WAITING FOR US, AS SOON AS WE GET THE GREED AND LUST, PRIDE AND UNFORGIVENESS OUT OF OUR LIFE.

THERE ARE MANY WHO ALLOW THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES USE THEM.   THEY ARE DRAWN INTO THINGS THEY SHOULD NEVER CONSIDER TO WATCH OR READ. THESE ARE THE LAST OF THE LAST DAYS. 2 TIMOTHY 3:2-5 FOR MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTERS, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS,  DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, UNTHANKFUL AND UNHOLY, UNLOVING, UNFORGIVING, SLANDERS, WITHOUT SELF CONTROL, BRUTAL, DESPISERS OF GOOD,  TRAITORS, HEADSTRONG, HAUGHTY, LOVERS OF PLEASURES RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD,  HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS BUT DENYING ITS POWER, AND FROM SUCH PEOPLE TURN AWAY. ( THIS FITS OUR DAY AND TIMES) WE CAN USE THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. GETTING HIS WORD OUT THERE WILL CHANGE LIVES.  BECAUSE GOD'S WORD IS ALIVE. 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. PSALM 119:103 HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO M

A PHRASE KEEPS RUNNING AROUND IN MY MIND LATELY, IT COMES FROM SCRIPTURE.  "AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE" JESUS SPOKE THESE WORDS. WE ARE LIVING IN THOSE TIMES AS NEVER BEFORE. THE BIRTH PANGS ARE GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER. ARE YOU IN THE ARK OF SAFETY? MATTHEW 24:36-39 AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE, SO ALSO WILL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE. FOR IN THOSE DAYS BEFORE THE FLOOD, THEY WERE EATING AND DRINKING, MARRYING AND GIVING IN MARRIAGE,  UNTIL THE DAY THAT NOAH ENTERED THE ARK, AND DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THE FLOOD CAME AND TOOK THEM ALL AWAY,  SO ALSO WILL BE THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE. BELOVED, DO YOU NOT SEE A PARALLEL IN OUR DAYS NOW!   WE TOO ARE HEARING OF PERILOUS  TIMES IN OUR DAY.   ANARCHY AND HATERS OF GOD RISING UP IN THE WORLD. THEY ARE SHUTTING GOD OUT OF THEIR LIFE AND IT WILL BRING SWIFT JUDGEMENT ON THEM. WITHOUT GOD, WE HAVE NOTHING BUT DESTRUCTIVE ACTS OF TROUBLE ON EVERY SIDE. HAVE YOU SHARED GOD'S LOVE AND TRUTH WITH YOUR NEIGH

WHEN WE HAVE OUR MOUTH FILLED WITH THE PRAISES OF GOD, WE WON'T HAVE TIME TO THINK OF ALL THE NEGATIVE AROUND US. PSALM 34:1 I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES, HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH. GOD'S WORD SAYS HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN OUR MOUTH.   CAN YOU PRAISE HIM FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES.  WHEN WE PRAISE GOD ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, WE WILL CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND US AND OUR BRAIN RESPONDS TO THE PRAISES.  WE BEGIN TO REMEMBER ALL THE GOODNESS OF OUR LORD. ALL THE ANSWERED PRAYERS, THE DELIVERANCE, THE BLESSINGS. I REMEMBER MY PASTOR SAY YEARS AGO, "IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT, PRAISE HIM!  IT IS THE OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORD, NOT WHAT WE FEEL. 2 SAMUEL 22:4 I WILL CALL UPON THE LORD, WHO IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED;  SO SHALL I BE SAVED FROM MY ENEMIES. PRAISE PUTS OUR ENEMY TO FLIGHT, ALL THE DOUBT, AND FEARS, AND DISTRESS. YEARS AGO WE USE TO SING A LOT OF SCRIPTURE SONGS, THIS IS ONE OF T

NONE OF US WHO LOVE THE LORD SHOULD BE DISSATISFIED WITH THIS WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. IF WE HAVE READ HIS WORD, WE KNEW THAT THIS SEASON WAS COMING. ( MATTHEW 24 ) IF OUR MOUTH IS FILLED WITH PRAISES TO OUR LORD WE WILL BE SATISFIED WITH THIS SEASON ALSO.  KNOWING THAT GOD IS STILL ON HIS THRONE AND HAS EVERYTHING IN HIS HAND. LOOK AT THE UNIVERSES AND THE WORLDS HE HAS PUT IN PLACE, DO YOU THINK HE WILL NOT CARE FOR YOU?   HE LOVES YOU, YOU ARE HIS PRICE POSSESSION, HIS BRIDE WHOM HE LOVES. OUR SATISFACTION IS IN JESUS. HE PAID THE PRICE FOR US. PROVERBS 12:14 A MAN WILL BE SATISFIED WITH THE GOOD BY THE FRUIT OF HIS MOUTH, AND THE RECOMPENSE OF A MAN'S HANDS WILL BE RENDERED TO HIM.  ( THERE WILL BE A RECOMPENSE, A GREAT REWARD) BELOVED, WHEN WE ARE PRAISING OUR LORD, AND THANKING HIM FOR OUR DAY, WHATEVER WE PUT OUR HANDS TO WILL PROSPER. PSALM 37:7-8 REST IN THE LORD, AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM,  DO NOT FRET BECAUSE OF HIM WHO PROSPERS IN

THE LOVE OF JESUS THAT HE HAS PLACED IN OUR HEART,  IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE THROUGH THOSE WHO KNOW HIM. WHEN WE OPEN OUR MOUTH AND EXPRESS HIS LOVE AND HIS CONCERN FOR THE LOST ONES, IT WILL PRODUCE LIFE.  WE CARRY LIFE WITH OUR WORDS, BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS IN US. GOD IS LOVE, HE DOESN'T JUST HAVE LOVE, HIS VERY NATURE IS LOVE. WHEN WE OPEN OUR MOUTH AND SPEAK WORDS OF LIFE, THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT SHOULD FLOW FROM US. (GALATIANS 5:22-24) WE ARE GOD'S AMBASSADOR, AND WE CARRY THE SAME POWER IN US THAT RAISE JESUS FROM THE DEAD.    WE CARRY GOD'S DNA. HIS D IVINE N ATURE AND A UTHORITY. 2 PETER 1: 2-4 GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED TO YOU IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD. AS HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN TO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US BY GLORY AND VIRTUE,  BY WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US EXCEEDINGLY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, THAT THROUGH THESE YOU MAY BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE

THOSE COMING TO CHRIST FROM OUT OF THE WORLD, HAVE A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH, IT IS CALLED SPIRITUAL GROWTH BY RENEWING THEIR MIND. AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR NEW SPIRIT, WE WILL NOTICE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGINS TO WORK ON OUR SOUL,  OUR MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS, FOLLOWED BY NEW ACTIONS. WE HAVE TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO THINK NOW. HOW TO REJECT THOUGHTS THAT COME FROM OUR ENEMY, BE IT OUR FLESH OR THE DEVIL. WE HAVE TO BE TAUGHT TO REPENT EARLY IN OUR WALK WITH THE LORD. REPENTANCE IS VITAL TO OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. IT IS DOING 180 DEGREE TURN AROUND. CHANGING OUR MIND. WE MUST LEARN HOW TO CAST DOWN THOUGHTS THAT ARE CONDEMNING AND FULL OF GRIEF AND SORROW.  THOUGHTS THAT REMIND US HOW WE USE TO BE. THOUGHTS OF OUR WEAKNESSES. WE HAVE TO BE TRAINED IN THE WORD OF GOD. ALL OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN, WASHED AWAY BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS. ROMANS 12:2 AND DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS GOOD AND ACCEPTAB

THERE ARE SOME IN DIFFERENT CHURCHES, THAT STRIVE TO BE KNOWN AND TO PUSH THEIR WAY TO WHAT THEY THINK IS THE TOP. THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH SELF. (1 CORINTHIANS 13:4) PRIDE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPENTED OF BEFORE THEY TAKE A FALL. THEY ARE PEOPLE PLEASER'S.  THEY WANT PEOPLE TO ADMIRE THEM AND SEE THEMSELVES AS INVALUABLE TO THE CHURCH. THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST, AND THE LAST WILL  BE THE FIRST. MATTHEW 20:16 " SO THE LAST WILL BE FIRST, AND THE FIRST LAST.  FOR MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN." MATTHEW 20:26-27 "YET IT SHALL NOT BE SO AMONG YOU, BUT WHOEVER DESIRES TO BECOME GREAT AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT,  "AND WHOEVER DESIRES TO BE FIRST AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE YOUR SLAVE-JUST AS THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY. THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE IN THE BACKGROUND, AND SHOW GREAT LOVE AND MERCY TO THE DOWN AND OUTER'S AND ALL THOSE AROUND THEM. IF THEY WERE GONE, THEY WOULD BE MIS

LIKE EVERYONE IN THIS SEASON OF CHANGE, WE ALL ARE FINDING OUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE. MORE AND MORE, I HEAR OF BELIEVERS WHO ARE NOW PUTTING GOD FIRST. HE USE TO BE ON THEIR TO DO LIST, NOW HE IS RECEIVING THE ATTENTION AND HONOR THAT HE SHOULD HAVE HAD BEFORE. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A SHAKING TO WAKE US UP. HEBREWS 12: 25- 27 SEE THAT YOU DO NOT REFUSE HIM WHO SPEAKS. FOR IF THEY DID NOT ESCAPE WHO REFUSED HIM WHO SPOKE ON EARTH, MUCH MORE SHALL WE NOT ESCAPE IF WE TURN AWAY FROM HIM WHO SPEAKS FROM HEAVEN, WHOSE VOICE THEN SHOOK THE EARTH, BUT NOW HE HAS PROMISED  SAYING "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO HEAVEN. NOW THIS, "YET ONCE MORE." INDICATES THE REMOVAL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SHAKEN, AS OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, THAT THE THINGS  WHICH CANNOT BE SHAKEN MAY REMAIN. BELOVED, THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH LEFT OF US AFTER THIS SHAKING.  BUT WHAT WILL BE LEFT WILL BE OF GOD. PRAISE GOD!! ALL THE PRETENSE, AND LIES (EXCUSES) W

WHEN WE START OUR DAY, OUR FIRST PRIORITY SHOULD BE GOD'S WORD IF WE ARE A BELIEVER AND FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST. JOHN 1:14 IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD. HE WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. ALL THINGS WERE MADE THROUGH HIM, AND WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS MADE THAT WAS MADE. IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN. HEBREWS 4:12 FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL,  AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO -EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT,  AND JOINTS AND MARROW,  AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART. AND THERE IS NO CREATURE HIDDEN FROM HIS SIGHT, BUT ALL THINGS ARE NAKED AND OPEN TO THE EYES OF HIM TO WHOM WE MUST GIVE ACCOUNT. BELOVED, THE WORD OF GOD IS FAR MORE THAN TYPED WORDS ON A PAGE.  IT IS LIFE, IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO OUR MARROW IN OUR BONES. THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN PRAYING FOR HEALING FOR OUR BODY OR SOMEONE ELSE'S BODY, TO PRAY THE WORD O

DO YOU WANT TO LIVE A STRESS FREE LIFE? JESUS SAID HE GIVES US REST, SO WHY DO WE FEEL THE NEED TO STRUGGLE ABOUT ANYTHING. IF WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH THINGS THAT WON'T MATTER IF JESUS COMES TODAY,  DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND YOUR MIND AND BODY WILL LOVE YOU FOR IT, REST IN THE LORD. ALLOW THE JOY OF THE LORD TO FLOOD YOUR MIND. HELP OTHERS THAT NEED SUBSTANCE OF ANY KIND, BE IT FOOD, SHELTER OR AN  ENCOURAGING WORD. NEHEMIAH 8:10 THEN HE SAID TO THEM, "GO YOUR WAY, EAT THE FAT, DRINK THE SWEET, SEND PORTIONS TO THOSE FOR WHOM NOTHING IS PREPARED; FOR THIS DAY IS HOLY TO OUR LORD. DO NOT SORROW, FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH. I THOUGHT THIS FIT THE COVID-19 SITUATION. WE ARE TAKING FOOD TO OUR CHURCHES TO HELP THOSE OUT OF WORK, AND  WE SHOULD BE JOYFUL THAT WE CAN HELP.  1 PETER 4:12-13 BELOVED, DO NOT THINK IT STRANGE CONCERNING THE FIERY TRIAL WHICH IS TO TRY YOU, AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING HAPPENED TO YOU;  BUT REJOICE TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU PA

FAITH DOES NOT ONLY COME BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.  FAITH UNDERSTANDS THAT GOD HAS ALREADY GONE BEFORE US AND IS PREPARING ALL THINGS TO HELP US. BUT, OUR FAITH ALSO HAS A MEMORY OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US IN THE PAST, AND HAS BROUGHT US THROUGH SOME ROUGH TRIALS TO VICTORY. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT. HEBREWS 11:6 BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD, MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. WE GROW IN OUR FAITH.  EACH TIME WE COME THROUGH A TRIAL VICTORIOUS, OUR FAITH IS BEING BUILT STRONGER AND STRONGER WHEN WE SEE THE FAITHFULNESS OF OUR LORD. 1 PETER 1:6-9 IN THIS YOU GREATLY REJOICE, THOUGH NOW FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IF NEED BE, YOU HAVE BEEN GRIEVED BY VARIOUS TRIALS,  THAT THE GENUINENESS OF YOUR FAITH BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD THAT PERISHES, THOUGH IT IS TESTED BY FIRE,  MAY BE FOUND TO PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST,

YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND CHRIST JESUS, HE IS AS NEAR AS A WHISPERED PRAYER.   JESUS CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND IN HIS WORD, THE BIBLE.  JESUS IS THE LIVING WORD. IT'S NOT FOR THE BELIEVER TO KNOW WHO THE ANTI-CHRIST IS.   THERE ARE MANY ANTI-CHRISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.  YES, THERE WILL BE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD ONE DAY WITH HIS COHORTS. BUT OUR FOCUS AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST ARE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON OUR LORD. PETER LEARNED THIS LESSON, WHEN HE STARTED LOOKING AROUND AT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE WATER AND WIND, HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF JESUS. MATTHEW 14:25-31 NOW IN THE FOURTH WATCH (BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM) OF THE NIGHT JESUS WENT TO THEM, WALKING ON THE SEA. AND WHEN THE DISCIPLES SAW HIM WALKING ON THE SEA, THEY WERE TROUBLED, SAYING, "IT IS A GHOST!" AND THEY CRIED OUT IN FEAR. BUT IMMEDIATELY JESUS SPOKE TO THEM, SAYING "BE OF GOOD CHEER IT IS I, DO NOT BE AFRAID." AND PETER ANSWERED HIM AND SAID "LORD, IF IT IS YOU COMMAND