Thought For The Day

  Don't look for love to come to you, instead, look  where you can give it. Galatians 5:13 For you brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. If you have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised in new life, then stop looking at the old you. Give the love that you always wanted to experience before you met Jesus. That unconditional love. If you noticed while reading the gospels that Jesus went out of His way to show the Fathers love, to provide what real love looks like. Sinners flocked to hear the good news of the gospel. They felt the love. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Beloved, we are to do the same for sinners we know, who have not received Jesus yet. We only receive real love from God when we realize that real love is missing from our life. Conditional love says, I will love you if you please me. G...

 OUR FREEDOM IS CONNECTED TO OUR KNOWING OF THE TRUTH OF GOD! John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. When we make something it takes time and wisdom of what we are making. We have to persevere and be patient. It's the knowing God's truth that will start the process of making us free.  Free from self desires, and the world. When studying God's word we begin to see the areas in our life that need to be made free. The Holy Spirit is delivering the word of truth that is needed. There are hidden truths that we must seek to find.  Some of them are hidden, because we are not ready to receive them.  It will take growing in the Lord. Some of those truth's are hidden from us for a season, because we have not believed them deep in our heart yet.  It is only head knowledge. Luke 8:17-18 "For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.(the light of God's word) "Therefore ...

There are times that we place God in our neat little box, our religious box. WRONG! It is because we have heard teaching that said he only does things a certain way.   His word tell us different. Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. To Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. He is the Almighty God, who put the worlds in space and named all the stars. Psalm 147:4-5 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. I heard years ago a message that said what we see God allow in the natural, we will see Him do in the spiritual. This is so true. Look through the years when we saw great pain and wickedness.  God turned it around. He saved and baptized the very ones who appeared to be leading the wrong way. We are seeing this again in our day. Beloved...

  No He did not! Because His word says that He has written them in our heart. Hebrews 10:16 ( also Jerimiah 31:31-33) "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put My laws into their hearts, and into their minds I will write them. Because of this we now know the difference between good and evil.  Jesus has given us new laws that He has written in our heart. The law of love God with all your heart and your neighbor as yourself. This covers all the other laws. The definition of law:  A rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as being enforced by a controlling authority. In this  case that is Jesus. Laws are a set of rules that are created and enforced, to regulate behavior. We see this in Paul's teaching, as well as James, John, and Peter. Beloved, they are written in our heart and placed in our mind. Laws are in place for our protection, especially the spiritual laws of God. Will we fail to obey some o...